Ancient DNA study tracks formation of populations across Central Asia
For some, it is written in artifacts. For others, truth can be found in cool, hard genetic code. Both kinds of data factor into an ambitious new study that reports genome-wide DNA information from 523...
View ArticlePicture yourself part of the inauguration celebration
Get a group together, download our printable signs and send your greetings to Chancellor Martin and his family in advance of inauguration day Oct. 3. The Washington University in St. Louis community —...
View ArticlePreparation underway for inauguration of Chancellor Andrew D. Martin
The inauguration of Andrew D. Martin as the 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis will take place Oct. 3 in a daylong, communitywide celebration. The theme for the event will be...
View ArticleIn India, riots have lasting impact on how loans are made
Riots that resulted in anywhere from 10 to 1,000-plus deaths in their hometowns ultimately influenced lending decisions among hundreds of loan managers in India — and the effect endured for decades,...
View ArticleLight-activated nanoheaters may control nerve cells, locust mind
The neurons in our brains are its basic computational units analogous to a computer transistor. They process information and send and receive messages to and from the rest of our bodies. Engineers from...
View ArticleE-scooters banned from campus pathways, sidewalks
In an effort to support the safety of the Washington University in St. Louis community, electric scooters, motorized skateboards, hoverboards and other motorized transportation devices will no longer...
View ArticleArts & Sciences dean search committee appointed
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and Interim Provost Marion G. Crain, the Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law at the School of Law, have appointed a 16-member committee to identify candidates for the...
View ArticleViolence and racism shape views of environmental issues
People living in marginalized communities in St. Louis, particularly African Americans, have been enduring, as one study participant said, “real problems” such as violence and racism that are perceived...
View ArticleUse of antibiotics in preemies has lasting, potentially harmful effects
Nearly all premature babies receive antibiotics in their first weeks of life to ward off or treat potentially deadly bacterial infections. Such drugs are lifesavers, but they also cause long-lasting...
View ArticleHalting spread of HIV in Midwest is aim of new network
The battle against HIV increasingly looks winnable, and Washington University in St. Louis is helping lead the charge. Rupa Patel, MD, an assistant professor of medicine, has received a grant for $3.9...
View ArticleFaculty fellows to lead key areas in provost’s office
Carpenter, Joe and Maffly-Kipp Three members of the Washington University in St. Louis faculty have been appointed to serve as faculty fellows in the Office of the Provost, according to Interim...
View ArticleMenthol restrictions may hike cigarette costs, reduce health disparities
Restricting the sale of menthol cigarettes to tobacco specialty shops may reduce the number of retailers and increase the cost of smoking, according to new research from the Brown School at Washington...
View Article$7.5 million to fund pioneering approaches to respiratory disease
Michael J. Holtzman, MD, director of the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received awards totaling $7.5 million to...
View Article$5 million grant endows research to advance blood disorder therapies
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $5 million grant from the Edward P. Evans Foundation to establish and endow a new center focused on advancing research and improving...
View ArticleVirginia Tech shooting survivor to speak for Ready Week
Kristina Anderson, a survivor of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, will be the featured speaker for Ready Week, which will take place Sept. 16-20 and is organized by the Washington University in St....
View ArticleSocial Policy Institute launches at Washington University
Inequities and inequalities are ever-evolving and surfacing in our society, presenting a shifting landscape of challenges and problems. Gaps in our social, economic, education and health systems all...
View ArticleBrown School researchers begin low-income smoker study
Brown School researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have begun work on a five-year, $3.9 million study that tests an innovative approach to help low-income smokers quit. Matthew Kreuter, the...
View ArticleIntervention in Uganda aims to stem HIV through economic empowerment for women
Nearly 1,000 women engaged in sex work in Uganda are being provided with savings accounts, financial literacy skills and vocational training in a study currently underway by researchers from the Brown...
View ArticleRadiation therapy effective against deadly heart rhythm
A single high dose of radiation aimed at the heart significantly reduces episodes of a potentially deadly rapid heart rhythm, according to results of a phase one/two study at Washington University...
View ArticleInvite consumers to pop-up, and pop goes the spending — offline and online
To lure customers, online retailer Alibaba often targeted existing customers when marketing resources were limited. Then along came a research project with a novel question: What if you pursued...
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