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Heroes, theater and suspensions of disbelief
The Cast of “Men On Boats.” (Photo: Danny Reise/Washington University) “I was kidding. You’re cool. You make maps. You pack light. You’re not like … weirdly defensive or anything.” — Hawkins Ten brave...
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Battling treatment resistant opioid use disorder
Similar to treatment resistant depression, there is a subpopulation of those addicted to opioids who do not respond to standard opioid use disorder (OUD) treatments. In a new paper, an addiction expert...
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Zhang wins Olin Award for research on Alibaba packing time
Dennis Zhang, assistant professor of operations and manufacturing management at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2020 Olin Award for research that creates a...
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‘A single moment’ can change behavior
Aisha Sultan wants us to care about what’s being said every day on playgrounds, at birthday parties and in classrooms. Small stuff, right? “Why sweat the small stuff?” asked Sultan, a nationally...
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WashU Expert: Social networks enable hate movements, like boogaloo, to grow...
Using popular social media networks and under-the-radar memes and phrases, hate movements are able to organize and gain appeal, a Washington University in St. Louis expert says. The most recent hate...
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Richards installed as inaugural Koch Distinguished Professor of Law
Neil M. Richards has been installed as the inaugural Koch Distinguished Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis. A ceremony and reception were held last October to mark the occasion. One...
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Diabetes in mice cured rapidly using human stem cell strategy
Researchers have converted human stem cells into insulin-producing cells and demonstrated in mice infused with such cells that blood sugar levels can be controlled and diabetes functionally cured for...
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Naked mole rats migrate above ground with no help from the moon
A full moon conjures an image of a person transforming into a werewolf — a mythical story of moonlight explaining the unexplainable. While werewolves may only exist in the movies, unusual animal and...
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Washington People: Kathy Kniepmann
Kathy Kniepmann has been a curious learner her whole life. As a grade-schooler, she attempted her first research projects — offering the family dog a choice between clear water or water dyed with food...
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How John Lewis kept his ‘Eyes on the Prize’
(Video: Tom Malkowicz/Washington University) Fifty-five years ago, on March 7, 1965, the events of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Ala., forever changed the civil rights movement and the life of Rep. John...
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‘Surfing attack’ hacks Siri, Google with ultrasonic waves
Ultrasonic waves don’t make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone and have it make calls, take images or read the contents of a text to a stranger. All without the phone owner’s...
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Revving up immune system may help treat eczema
Brian S. Kim, MD, examines eczema patient Casey Richards. Kim has found that boosting the number of natural killer cells in the blood is a possible treatment strategy for the skin condition and also...
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Cancer survival disparities in minority children, adolescents greater for...
Racial and ethnic minority children and adolescents with cancer have a higher risk of death than non-Hispanic white children and adolescents, with evidence for larger disparities in survival for more...
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WashU Spaces: The Spartan Light Metal Products Makerspace
To tour the Spartan Light Metal Products Makerspace, hover over the image. (All photos: Joe Angeles/Washington University) The Spartan Light Metal Products Makerspace is not the first makerspace on...
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WashU Expert: Stakes could not be higher in Supreme Court abortion case
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on March 4 in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, a case challenging Louisiana’s law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting...
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Fail Better: Andrew Bass
(Video by Tom Malkowicz/Washington University) Develop an open-source nuclear detection system. That was the charge from the U.S. Department of Defense to members of its new internship program, the...
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WashU Counts: campus prepares for 2020 census
The 2020 U.S. census starts soon, and the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement wants to make sure every student at Washington University in St. Louis is counted. A new website explains...
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New center promotes healthy workplaces
Construction workers are at high risk of injury. Worse, they risk losing their jobs if they take time off for repeated medical and physical therapy appointments. To keep working while coping with...
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Lori White appointed president of DePauw University
White Lori S. White, vice chancellor for student affairs and professor of practice in education at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed president of DePauw University, effective July...
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Birds of a feather better not together
Diversity plays a key role in maintaining the stability of plant and animal life in an area. But it’s difficult to scale up smaller experiments to understand how changes will impact larger ecosystems....
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