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Young people with disabilities focus of COVID-19 testing grant
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a two-year $5 million grant to offer 50,000 saliva tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus to students, teachers and staff in...
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Davis stepping down as vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity
Adrienne D. Davis, vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity and the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, is stepping down May 31 from her position in the...
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Innovative training program boosts expertise in putting cancer research into...
Cancer is the second leading cause of death overall in the United States. While university-based research is yielding an abundance of new discoveries related to cancer treatment, research findings...
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Adolescent girls at high risk of violence in humanitarian settings
A 10-year-old girl was living in a small village in southeastern Sierra Leone during the country’s decade-long civil war when the rebels arrived. “They said they were going to take the girls and boys,”...
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Three Washington University scholars were Rhodes finalists
Two Washington University in St. Louis students and a recent alumnus were finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. They are: Christopher Taylor Brown, 23, a graduate student studying...
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Secrets of the ‘lost crops’ revealed where bison roam
Blame it on the bison. If not for the wooly, boulder-sized beasts that once roamed North America in vast herds, ancient people might have looked past the little barley that grew under those thundering...
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COVID-19 cases could nearly double before Biden takes office
President-elect Joe Biden has signaled that fighting the COVID-19 pandemic will be an immediate priority for his administration. He recently announced a coronavirus advisory board of infectious disease...
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Stronger memories can help us make sense of future changes
Memory is as much about the future as it is the past. Whether experiencing something new, or something we’ve experienced a hundred times, people use memories of the past to navigate subsequent...
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AAAS names 7 Washington University faculty as 2020 fellows
Seven faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis are among 489 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific...
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Severe scoliosis in African Americans focus of $3.2 million grant
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a five-year $3.2 million grant to study the genetic basis of the musculoskeletal disorder scoliosis, and particularly...
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Inside the black box of iron oxide formation
From the splendorous red hues in the Grand Canyon to the mundane rust attacking a neglected bicycle, iron hydroxides are all around us. As a matter of fact, they are just as common as quartz, which is...
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In fire-prone West, plants need their pollinators — and vice versa
2020 is the worst fire year on record in the United States, with nearly 13 million acres burned, 14,000 structures destroyed and an estimated $3 billion spent on fire suppression — and counting. At the...
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‘Remember… That Time Before the Last Time’
The cast of “Remember…That Time Before the Last Time” in Edison Theatre. (All photos: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington University) It was going to be “Little Shop of Horrors.” But after a year of protest...
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Wanted: Board of directors’ member with bankruptcy experience
A member of a corporation’s board of directors may exert a similar amount of influence on a business’ outcome as its CEO. Particularly if that board member has endured a bankruptcy at another company...
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New tech can get oxygen, fuel from Mars’ salty water
When it comes to water and Mars, there’s good news and not-so-good news. The good news: there’s water on Mars! The not-so-good news? There’s water on Mars. The Red Planet is very cold; water that isn’t...
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Gene that protects against osteoarthritis identified
Osteoarthritis is one of the most common problems associated with aging, and although there are therapies to treat the pain that results from the breakdown of the cartilage that cushions joints, there...
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Building better vaccines for the elderly
As human lifespans have gotten longer, certain proteins in our bodies are increasingly prone to take on alternative shapes. These misfolded proteins can ultimately trigger neurodegenerative diseases...
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Construction progresses on neuroscience research building
Washington University School of Medicine’s eastern border began noticeably changing in April and will look strikingly different in 2023, when the neuroscience research building — 11 stories tall and...
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Shareholder influence more effective than mandates in diversifying boards
On Dec. 1, Nasdaq asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a new rule requiring companies listed on the U.S. stock exchange to regularly report on the diversity of their boards and have...
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Making a pandemic-proof supply chain
The global supply chain has experienced once-in-a-lifetime disruptions — at least four times in the past 12 years or so. The 2007-09 financial crisis was followed by Japan’s tsunami, earthquake and...
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