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Minimum wage increases a mixed bag, but ‘not a good idea’ amid crisis
If the post-pandemic economic return includes minimum-wage increases across a few or many states, research led by Washington University in St. Louis scientists in the Olin Business School suggests that...
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Study examines black male youth reactions to social media videos of community...
New research from the Race and Opportunity Lab in the Brown School’s Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on youths’ reactions to social media videos showing...
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Institute helps local students in the era of COVID-19
From creating a new COVID-19 curriculum for middle school students to providing free STEM activities and supplies for families, the Institute for School Partnership (ISP) at Washington University in...
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WashU Expert: ‘Innovate or die’ has never been truer for businesses
Despite efforts to reopen local economies, business is far from usual for companies small and large and will likely stay that way for some time. During this critical transition, an organizational...
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Bookshelf: Living faithfully in a world of difference
In a society that is increasingly diverse yet less tolerant, how can Christians live faithfully while respecting those whose beliefs are radically different? A Washington University in St. Louis...
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Ssewamala receives NIH grant to train HIV/AIDS Ugandan researchers
Ssewamala A $1.5 million grant will provide state-of-the-art training for 18 early-career researchers in Uganda to strengthen the capacity of research institutions in the country to address HIV/AIDS...
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Washington University announces 2020 College Prep scholars
In 2016, College Prep Scholar Khylan Nevils-Reed participated in a design workshop. Today, he is a rising junior at Washington University. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) Washington...
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How to build better highways in plants
As a plant grows, it moves cellular material from its version of manufacturing sites to the cell wall construction zone. Transporter proteins, called motor proteins, are thought to move these cell wall...
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Antibiotic-destroying genes widespread in bacteria in soil and on people
Shown above are two different 3D views of TetX7 (green), a tetracycline-destroying enzyme that causes resistance to all tetracycline antibiotics (the small multicolored molecule in the center)....
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Silicon ‘neurons’ may add a new dimension to computer processors
When it fires, a neuron consumes significantly more energy than an equivalent computer operation. And yet, a network of coupled neurons can continuously learn, sense and perform complex tasks at energy...
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New microscopy method provides unprecedented look at amyloid protein structure
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are often accompanied by amyloid proteins in the brain that have become clumped or misfolded. At Washington University in St. Louis, a...
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Maffly-Kipp named interim dean of Graduate School, vice provost for graduate...
Maffly-Kipp Laurie Maffly-Kipp, the Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor in the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed interim...
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Medical students assist health departments in tracking COVID-19
Washington University medical student Sharon Abada is one of more than 100 students at the School of Medicine who has undergone training to become a volunteer contact tracer for the St. Louis County...
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‘Ring Their Names’ virtual vigil scheduled Friday
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion is inviting Washington University in St. Louis students, staff and faculty to come together at 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 5, for “Ring Their Names,” a virtual vigil...
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Modeling study: COVID-19 stay-at-home policies to be relaxed before pandemic...
Relaxing stay-at-home social and business policies should occur prior to the peak and could be accompanied by increases in the infection rate of COVID-19. And the race for a vaccine will lose its value...
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Students, employees benefit from university’s crisis response fund
When the COVID-19 crisis hit, Danny Lawrence, a University College student at Washington University in St. Louis, immediately lost his part-time job. Soon Lawrence, who is 50 and blind, had a mortgage...
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University called to action at ‘Ring Their Names’ vigil
At the virtual vigil “Ring Their Names,” Adrienne Davis, vice provost and the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, urged faculty, students and staff to direct...
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Disch named university registrar
Keri Disch, associate university registrar at Northwestern University, has been named university registrar at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, according to Marion Crain, interim...
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Scientists generate early stem cells that form human placenta
Despite researchers’ efforts to understand pregnancy — both healthy and high-risk — the human placenta remains something of a mystery. Tissue samples are nearly impossible to obtain until after birth,...
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Ancient micrometeoroids carried specks of stardust, water to asteroid 4 Vesta
The formation of our solar system was a messy affair. Most of the material that existed before its formation — material formed around other, long-dead stars — was vaporized, then recondensed into new...
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