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Possible COVID-19 treatment: transfusion of antibodies from recovered...
With no drugs or vaccines yet approved for COVID-19 and the number of U.S. cases increasing by the thousands every day, doctors are looking to revive a century-old therapy for infectious diseases:...
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Coping during coronavirus
Tim Bono is an assistant dean in Arts & Sciences and a lecturer in psychological and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Bono is also author of Happiness 101: Simple Secrets to...
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Residential life staff, campus volunteers unite to pack student belongings
The task was as Herculean as it was heartbreaking: Pack and ship some 2,000 boxes of books, computers, medications and other essentials to Washington University in St. Louis students across the globe....
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Weedy rice is unintended legacy of Green Revolution
A new global study reveals the extent to which high-yielding rice varieties favored in the decades since the “Green Revolution” have a propensity to go feral, turning a staple food crop into a weedy...
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Insight into Alzheimer’s early stages provides clues to treatment strategies
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 5 million people in the U.S., but doctors have limited advice on how to protect against it. The disease develops silently in...
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Hu appointed dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences
Hu Feng Sheng Hu, the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been appointed dean of the faculty of Arts &...
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WashU entrepreneurs respond to the coronavirus
The phrase ‘We’re all in this together’ takes on new urgency and meaning Washington University in St. Louis has a long tradition of coming together to care for one another and work toward the greater...
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Musical Postcards: ‘Love is Here to Stay’
In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble They’re only made of clay But our love is here to stay – George and Ira Gershwin Two lovers dance along the banks of the Seine, the city eerily...
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Lifestyle trumps geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome
Apes in U.S. zoos host bacterial communities in their intestinal tracts that are more similar to those of people who eat a non-Western diet than to the gut makeup of their wild ape cousins, according...
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Class explores intersection of law, race and design
Law and graphic design. Not necessarily two disciplines one thinks of as being related. But a new class at Washington University in St. Louis is using concepts from each to help students wrestle...
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Fossil discoveries rewrite our family history
An international team of researchers that includes anthropologists at Washington University in St. Louis has unearthed the earliest known skull of Homo erectus, the first of our ancestors to be nearly...
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New fund created to help students and employees through COVID-19 crisis
COVID-19 has impacted countless people’s lives and livelihoods, resulting in financial hardships for many, including students and employees at Washington University in St. Louis. In response, the...
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Maintaining health, wellness and well-being connections
Washington University in St. Louis is engaged in a two-pronged strategy to help flatten the curve during the COVID-19 outbreak. While School of Medicine faculty members work to treat patients and...
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Medical Campus students mobilize to help health-care workers, community
As the novel coronavirus has accelerated its spread throughout the Midwest and across the U.S., scores of students on the Washington University Medical Campus have mobilized to support health-care...
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Arts & Sciences launches environmental analysis major
Washington University in St. Louis now offers a major in environmental analysis through the Environmental Studies program in Arts & Sciences. The interdisciplinary major is a response to global...
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Coming together to support the St. Louis community
As Washington University in St. Louis researchers and physicians join the fight to halt COVID-19’s proliferation across the globe, our staff, students, doctors and alumni are working tirelessly to care...
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$1.2M grant to study evolution of Central American lizards
A research team led by a Washington University in St. Louis biologist was awarded $1.2 million for a CRISPR-based gene editing study of Anolis lizards. Jonathan Losos, the William H. Danforth...
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Clinical trial launches to evaluate antimalarial drugs for COVID-19 treatment
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is launching a clinical trial for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The trial will investigate the effectiveness of...
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Video series ‘WashU Between the Lines’ launches in time of uncertainty
Earlier this semester, Shelly Gupta (left) and Rory Mather recorded the personal stories of campus leaders for the video campaign “WashU Between the Lines.” (Photos: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington...
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Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting March 6, several faculty members were appointed, promoted or granted tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise indicated. Appointment...
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