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Folding@home’s fight against COVID-19 enlists big tech, gamers, pro soccer
The crowdsourced supercomputing project Folding@home harnesses the combined processing power of computers whose owners download the project’s software and run simulations to model protein motion. In...
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Wingfield installed as Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor in Arts & Sciences
Adia Harvey Wingfield, a leading sociology expert in gender equity and racial inequality, has been installed as the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in...
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Brown promoted to vice chancellor and chief of staff
Brown Rebecca L. Brown has been promoted to vice chancellor and chief of staff for Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Andrew D. Martin, effective June 1, according to Martin. Brown, who...
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Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting May 1, several faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise indicated. Appointment with...
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Artificial intelligence identifies, locates seizures in real-time
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis’ McKelvey School of Engineering have combined artificial intelligence with systems theory to develop a more efficient way to detect and accurately...
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Burning Kumquat garden thrives while students away
The mission of Burning Kumquat, a student-run organic garden at Washington University in St. Louis, is “sharing the joy of freshly picked vegetables with the world.” While the “world” — with the...
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Brown School’s Race and Opportunity Lab recommends specific policing reforms
As the nation struggles with police violence, a new report from HomeGrown StL in the Race and Opportunity Lab at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis recommends reforms to build an...
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Lahiri receives first Sawyer professorship in mathematics
Soumendra Lahiri has been installed as the Stanley A. Sawyer Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. A ceremony was held earlier this year in Ridgley Hall to mark the...
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University introduces new personal safety app
Starting July 1, Washington University in St. Louis will offer its students, faculty and staff a new, free phone-based app designed to address and promote personal safety both on and off campus. WashU...
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Effort to screen potential COVID-19 antiviral drugs underway
Six months into the pandemic, people diagnosed with mild cases of COVID-19 still are told to isolate themselves and wait out the infection at home. Doctors monitor such patients so they can intervene...
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WashU Expert: How to document the protests
This photo, from an anonymous contributor, is part of the “Documenting Ferguson” archive at University Libraries. Americans across the nation are documenting today’s protests through photography and...
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COVID-19 demonstrates why wealth matters
While COVID-19 has impacted all individuals, the impact has not been equal. In a new national Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 survey, the Social Policy Institute (SPI) at Washington University in St....
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An emerging understanding of smell
How does the brain detect smells? To find out, you could rely on biological sciences, using high tech imaging methods, or studying anatomical diagrams. You could even get philosophical and ask, “What...
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Local gym moves classes to West Campus garage
Washington University worked with tenant TruFusion to transform the West Campus garage into a fitness studio during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photos: Joe Angeles/Washington University) One of the cruel...
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Davis, Luby receive 2020 faculty achievement awards
Adrienne Davis and Joan Luby will receive Washington University in St. Louis’ 2020 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced. Davis, vice provost, the William M. Van Cleve...
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Washington University statement on ICE guidance on international students
We are disappointed in the announcement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement regarding temporary exemptions to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). These requirements will have a...
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McDonnell Academy supports COVID-19-related global research
Washington University in St. Louis’ ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic is multifaceted and continues to evolve. It has taken campus, community and global approaches and includes...
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Brown School’s Race and Opportunity Lab recommends specific policing reforms
As the nation struggles with police violence, a new report from HomeGrown StL in the Race and Opportunity Lab at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis recommends reforms to build an...
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Study to examine social media’s effects on stress during COVID-19 pandemic
The impact of social media on anxiety and stress during the coronavirus pandemic is the focus of a new study led by mental health experts at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and...
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Experimental drug shows early promise against inherited form of ALS, trial...
An experimental drug for a rare, inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has shown promise in a phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St....
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