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COVID-19 course moved beyond the science to explore virus’s impact on society
Students of “The Pandemic: Science and Society” created artwork, graphics and social media posts communicating information about the virus and its impact. After completing the three-week summer...
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Perception matters: Consumers prefer ‘natural’ prevention options
New research shows consumers strongly prefer “natural,” not synthetic, products to prevent ailments. That presents a dilemma. Medical researchers are racing to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. When they...
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Female faculty in psychological sciences survey present, chart future
Psychology has made some impressive gains in gender parity in recent years. In the United States, women comprise the vast majority of undergraduate students in psychology classrooms, and women earn...
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Rigged election? Partisans view threats to election integrity differently
Even before they cast their votes, partisans of different stripes are poised to question the legitimacy of the election outcome, but for different reasons. According to The American Social Survey,...
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Washington University begins search for executive vice chancellor and chief...
Washington University in St. Louis has launched a search for its next executive vice chancellor and chief administrative officer. A search committee comprising faculty and administrators will begin its...
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Kill switch could keep genetically engineered bacteria at bay
Sharp teeth. Camouflage. Poisoned flowers. Brains. The diversity of the natural world is, in a sense, a byproduct of one of the fundamental features of living organisms: they mostly “want” to stay...
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Materials in lithium-ion batteries may be recycled for reuse
China expects to generate 2.5 billion end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from portable electronics such as smartphones and laptops in 2020, but very few are recycled. Although these batteries are...
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Immune system affects mind and body, study indicates
New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis helps illuminate a surprising mind-body connection. In mice, the researchers found that immune cells surrounding the brain produce...
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Imaging agent developed at Washington University spotlights inflammation
Many of the most common diseases — cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and lung disease, and even COVID-19 — have been linked to chronic or excessive inflammation. Blood tests can indicate that some part...
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Older people with early, asymptomatic Alzheimer’s at risk of falls
Falls are the leading cause of fatal injuries in older adults, causing more than 800,000 hospitalizations and about 30,000 deaths in the U.S. every year. Some risk factors are well-known — advanced...
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Midwest Climate Summit kicks off Oct. 2
If the 12 states that comprise the Midwest were a country, they would be the fifth-largest greenhouse gas-emitting nation on the planet. On average, Midwest states lag behind the rest of the country on...
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Remembering Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth
Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth, MD, who served as chancellor for 24 of his more than 65 years of service to Washington University in St. Louis, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at his home in...
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Solving a current mystery
Consumer demand has driven engineers to design batteries that are more compact while at the same time maintaining, or even improving, their capacity. On paper, it seems there is plenty of room to...
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Search begins for Washington University’s next vice chancellor for student...
Washington University in St. Louis will conduct a national search for its next vice chancellor for student affairs, beginning this fall. The new vice chancellor will succeed Lori S. White, who left the...
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Family care resources for faculty, staff
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed how all of us live our everyday lives. The stress of trying to balance the needs of our families and individual workloads can seem overwhelming at times,...
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Campus space in a COVID-19 world
Some 600 moveable yet durable outdoor chairs have been placed throughout the Danforth campus to give students more places to sit and socialize safely. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University; Graphic...
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Funding climate action policies: Consumers weigh in
For decades, scientists have urged policymakers to take prompt action to address climate change, but their calls have largely gone unanswered. Now, as wildfires ravage the west and hurricanes batter...
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Replacing Justice Ginsburg
President Donald Trump’s apparent top picks to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court — Judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa — would fall ideologically somewhere between Justices Neil...
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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
On Valentine’s Day 1979, while still a professor at Columbia University, Ruth Bader Ginsburg discussed the Equal Rights Amendment in a “Sexual Equality Under the Fourteenth and Equal Rights Amendment”...
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Hope in a time of uncertainty
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the ways we learn, collaborate and stay in touch — especially with colleagues around the world. It also has exposed other enormous societal fissures,...
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