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Law speaker series features public interest law, policy advocates
The School of Law’s 22nd annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series fall lineup features leading lawyers, judges, academics and authors addressing several high-profile issues, including...
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Hiding in plain sight
Early rice growers unwittingly gave barnyard grass a big hand, helping to give root to a rice imitator that is now considered one of the world’s worst agricultural weeds. New research from Zhejiang...
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Cause of rare, fatal disorder in young children pinpointed
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis appear to have solved a decades-long mystery regarding the precise biochemical pathway leading to a fatal genetic disorder in...
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Finding first principles last: A new control methodology
If an aeronautical engineer wants to make sure a plane stays steady in the air, she might first build a computational model, feeding into it variables such as information about the plane’s weight or...
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Prevention Research Center to work toward preventing obesity
The Prevention Research Center (PRC) at Washington University in St. Louis has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lead a broad effort to better...
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Faculty symposium to kick off inauguration day
The inauguration of Andrew D. Martin as the 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis Oct. 3 will begin with a faculty symposium that explores connections between research and discovery as...
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School of Medicine receives award to develop physician-scientists
Aiming to encourage and inspire more physicians to develop careers that blend scientific research with patient care, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) has announced that Washington University School of...
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Mural celebrates spirit of Rodriguez scholars
Artist Gonz Jove at work on his mural celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Rodriguez Scholars Program. The painting is located near the Fun Room of the Danforth University Center. The Washington...
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Multi-institutional team to study effects of age, gender on brain injury...
Traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) have become common in athletes who suffer repeated blows to the head. Most recently, former New England Patriots tight end Rob...
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Brantmeier named faculty fellow in international research
Brantmeier Cindy A. Brantmeier, professor of applied linguistics and education in Arts & Sciences, has been selected to serve as the first faculty fellow in international research at Washington...
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For gut microbes, not all types of fiber are created equal
Certain human gut microbes with links to health thrive when fed specific types of ingredients in dietary fibers, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The...
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You’re so vain, you probably think this study’s about you
Go ahead, look in the mirror and admit it: If you are middle aged, you probably aren’t as self-centered as you used to be. The reason isn’t merely maturity from the intervening years since college, but...
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Finding new uses for old water
Washington University in St. Louis, as a partner institution in the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), will be on the forefront of unprecedented water research and management thanks to the...
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University student turnout spiked in 2018 midterm elections
Voter turnout among Washington University in St. Louis students leaped to 41.8% in the 2018 midterm elections, more than double the 2014 midterm voting rate of 15.9%, according to a national study of...
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Another golden moment on Francis Field
Francis Field, the venerable stadium on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis that was the site of the first Olympiad in the Western Hemisphere, was rededicated Sept. 21 as Francis...
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WashU Spaces: Kuehner Court
To learn more about the green wall, hover over the image. (All photos: James Byard/Washington University) Colors and textures swirl like paint strokes. More than 5,000 plants — from Kangaroo Paw Fern...
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Inside the Hotchner Festival: Sophie Tegenu
Senior Sophie Tegenu (right) chats Sept. 21 with director Paige McGinley at rehearsals for Tegenu’s new play, “Mrs. Kelley’s Igloo.” (All photos: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington University)...
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Workplace theft is contagious (and strategic)
Plenty of workplace research shows that people with helpful, mentoring colleagues tend to be helpful and perform better themselves. Few researchers have looked at whether bad behavior spreads among...
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‘Momentum’ exhibit opens at Olin Library
In mapping his vision for the future of Washington University in St. Louis, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin has looked to the past — the university co-founder who called for the end of slavery; researchers...
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NIH funds centers to improve, diversify reference human genome
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will share with collaborating institutions $29.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the accuracy and diversity of the...
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