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Parents’ social isolation linked to their children’s health
Parents’ social isolation was linked to self-reported poorer health not only for themselves but also for their adolescent children, finds a study from the Brown School at Washington University in St....
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Radiation therapy for colon cancer works better when specific protein blocked
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis appear to have discovered a way to make radiation therapy for colorectal cancer more effective by inhibiting a protein found in...
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Immune cells play surprising role in heart, mouse study suggests
New research in mice suggests that certain immune cells may help guide fetal development of the heart and play a role in how the adult heart beats, according to new research at Washington University...
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Book explores ‘rugged individualism’ and its impact on inequality in America
“Pull yourself up by the bootstraps.” It’s an old adage about American resilience. But how does it impact poverty? A new book by a professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis...
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School of Medicine physicians, researchers tackle coronavirus
Soon after a novel coronavirus first appeared in China in late 2019, researchers, doctors and staff at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis began preparing for the possibility of an...
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Tate appointed provost of the University of South Carolina
Tate William F. Tate IV, dean of the Graduate School, vice provost for graduate education and the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University...
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Washington University to break ground on major neuroscience research hub
Washington University in St. Louis will begin construction in March on an 11-story, 609,000-square-foot neuroscience research building on the School of Medicine campus. The project initially will...
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Rice, know thy enemy: NSF grants $2.6M to study weedy invader
Many farmers struggle with an enemy that looks like a friend. Agricultural weeds that are close relatives of crops present a particular challenge to farmers because their physical similarities to the...
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Cancerous tumors, surrounding cells illuminated by new imaging agent
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new imaging agent that could let doctors identify not only multiple types of tumors but the surrounding normal cells...
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Hot time in the city: Urban lizards evolve heat tolerance
Faced with a gritty landscape of metal fences, concrete walls and asphalt pavement, city lizards in Puerto Rico rapidly and repeatedly evolved better tolerance for heat than their forest counterparts,...
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Study links present-day xenophobia, political intolerance to Third Reich
It has been nearly 75 years since the end of World War II, yet its legacy of xenophobia, political intolerance and radical political parties continues to plague Germany and the rest of Europe. A new...
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Long-term analysis shows GM cotton no match for insects in India
Genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton produces its own insecticide. The seeds were introduced in India in 2002 and today account for 90% of all cotton planting in the country. Bt cotton is now the most...
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Tang Dynasty noblewoman buried with her donkeys, for the love of polo
A noblewoman from Imperial China enjoyed playing polo on donkeys so much she had her steeds buried with her so she could keep doing it in the afterlife, archaeologists found. This discovery by a team...
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Washington University cancels Commencement due to COVID-19 concerns
Washington University in St. Louis has canceled its 159th Commencement, which had been scheduled for Friday, May 15, due to the continuing global crisis of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,...
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Coronavirus alters Washington University history
“We are in unprecedented times.” Those were the words of Chancellor Andrew D. Martin in one of the numerous communications that went out to the Washington University in St. Louis faculty, staff and...
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Reaching students where they are
Like most in the immediate aftermath of the announcement of major changes in campus life at Washington University in St. Louis, the staff at the Habif Health and Wellness Center was working overtime to...
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Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus
Shown is the first look at the Folding@home project’s simulations of the COVID-19 spike protein. The three colors represent components of the spike protein; this is the protein that the novel...
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Faculty adjust to online instruction with help from Center for Teaching and...
As faculty, students and staff come to grips with a new reality, the Center for Teaching and Learning at Washington University in St. Louis has leapt into action to help make the sudden, universitywide...
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Help line requests for food skyrocket as pandemic spreads
In the first week since COVID-19 was designated a pandemic, requests for food pantries skyrocketed across the United States. Requests for home-delivered meals more than tripled in the same time period,...
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Working from home: Advice for managers and employees during the coronavirus...
In less than a week, companies around the country have scrambled to transition their operations from traditional offices to — in some cases — entirely remote-based workforces. That swift transition...
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