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New book examines eating disorders, failure to care for those impacted
Video courtesy of Arts & Sciences A new book from a cultural anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis explores a topic that impacts and kills almost as many people in the United States...
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Drug-resistant staph can spread easily in household environments
Once rare, the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. each year and kills about 20,000. Antibiotic overuse has made MRSA more...
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Washington People: Jennifer Gartley
From negotiating performance contracts with some of the world’s best musical artists to working on multimillion-dollar construction projects, Jennifer Gartley keeps busy at the 560 Music Building on...
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Friedman to leave position as vice chancellor for public affairs
Friedman Jill D. Friedman, vice chancellor for public affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, will leave her position effective Dec. 31, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. A national...
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WUDT presents ‘Coalescence’ Dec. 6-8
“Emergent Action,” choreographed by David Marchant (Photo: Danny Reise/Washington University) In the forest, each tree represents a series of adaptations. Roots, trunk, branches, canopy — all are...
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#DecYourDigs winners offer a peek inside their winning rooms
Color, collages and comfort — those characteristics identify the winning rooms in the 2019 #DecYourDigs room-decorating contest sponsored by the Office of Residential Life. Here, The Record takes a...
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Video: ‘Ai Weiwei: Bare Life’
“I’m not a person who has a clear plan,” Ai Weiwei said. And yet, he observed, flowing “like a leaf on the river” can lead to unexpected destinations. In this video, the acclaimed dissident artist...
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Halting opioid abuse aim of several grants from NIH, CDC
Tapped for their work aimed at stemming opioid abuse and halting what has become an epidemic in the United States, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received...
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Lower number of people covered leads to higher rural health insurance...
Small risk pools may contribute to the challenges faced by private insurance plans in rural areas, in which case risk reinsurance, or insurance for the insurer, is a potential policy solution, finds a...
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Machine learning, imaging technique may boost colon cancer diagnosis
Colorectal cancer is the second most common type of cancer worldwide, with about 90% of cases occurring in people 50 or older. Arising from the inner surface, or muscosal layer, of the colon, cancerous...
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Great Artists Series presents Eric Owens and Jeremy Denk Dec. 8
Owens (Photo: Dario Acosta) Eric Owens is a “towering bass-baritone” (The New York Times) who “shakes you when he sings” (Chicago Sun Times). Jeremy Denk is an “inquisitive pianist” whose playing is...
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McKelvey Engineering, IIT Bombay partner to study air pollution
In November, air quality in New Delhi reached such dangerous levels that schools closed, flights were cancelled and local authorities declared a public health emergency. News of the city’s heavy smog...
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Student Life’s Grace Bruton shares favorite sports photos
The Washington University in St. Louis women’s basketball team hosts the 19th annual McWilliams Classic on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7, at the Field House. In this photo, Bruton captured last...
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Rover retrospective
In June 2018, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity succumbed to a massive dust storm, the largest researchers have seen on Mars. NASA officially declared “mission complete” in February 2019 after...
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Families with long, healthy life spans focus of $68 million grant
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $68 million grant to investigate and discover what contributes to extreme longevity. The researchers are studying hundreds of...
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Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts announces new full-tuition scholarships
Sam and Marilyn Fox (center) meet with students in 2016. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University) Since its founding in 2006, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington...
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Philadelphia soda tax lacks fizz, study finds
If Philadelphia’s soda tax is any indication, local soda taxes don’t work as well as policymakers intend. Song Yao, associate professor of marketing in Olin Business School at Washington University in...
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Art ‘Multiplied’
Works by Marcel Duchamp and Jesús Rafael Soto. (See below for full credit lines) The Duchamps spin, the Sotos vibrate, the Tinguelys shake so rapidly their forms appear to dissolve. In the late 1950s...
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Why doesn’t deep-brain stimulation work for everyone?
People with severe Parkinson’s disease or other neurological conditions that cause intractable symptoms such as uncontrollable shaking, muscle spasms, seizures, obsessive thoughts and compulsive...
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In transfusions for children, fresh and older blood are equally effective
Critically ill children who suffer from traumatic blood loss, cancer or sickle cell disease, for example, often require red blood cell transfusions. However, research has been lacking about whether the...
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