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Virtual African Film Festival runs March 26-28
The African Film Festival will virtually present an array of award-winning shorts and full-length features from across Africa March 26-28. All programming is free. Highlights include “You Will Die at...
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Search begins for vice provost and university librarian
Provost Beverly Wendland has appointed a committee to identify candidates for the position of vice provost and university librarian at Washington University in St. Louis. In January, Denise Stephens,...
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Can changes in driving habits predict cognitive decline in older adults?
Every day in the U.S. in 2018, motor vehicle crashes killed more than 20 people over age 65 and injured almost 700. Older adults are the most responsible drivers of any age group — they tend to obey...
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Brain rewires itself after injury ‘on the edge of what’s compatible with life’
For 13 years, Daniel Carr had no idea he was missing part of his brain. One of the first clues occurred on the baseball field. The coach of his seventh-grade boys’ competitive team in suburban St....
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Gonzalez appointed vice chancellor for student affairs
Anna Gonzalez, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Harvey Mudd College, has been appointed vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, effective...
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University Dining partners with social enterprise Bridge Bread
A good bagel is hard to find. So when Andrew Watling, associate director of dining operations at Washington University in St. Louis, sampled the chewy blueberry bagels from Bridge Bread, a social...
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ERCOT to blame for Texas blackouts, not renewables or fossil fuels
February’s deep freeze not only sunk much of Texas into a dark, powerless, snow-riddled period, it sapped the energy grid that affected millions across the state. At the McKelvey School of Engineering...
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Anti-Asian racism nuanced and often intertwined in misogyny
On March 16, a man went on a shooting rampage at three Atlanta spas, killing eight people, including six Asian women. The killings have sparked outrage and fear in the Asian American community, but...
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Seeing exponential growth for what it is
Understanding the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, requires understanding nonlinear growth, according to Jeffrey M. Zacks, associate chair and professor of psychological and...
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COVID-19 transmission rare in schools with masking, distancing, contact tracing
In-school COVID-19 transmission is rare — even among close school contacts of those who test positive for the virus — when schools heed public health precautions such as mandatory masking, social...
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Widening political rift in U.S. may threaten science, medicine
The lightning speed with which scientists developed and tested the COVID-19 vaccine is a true scientific triumph — one that would not have been possible without the more than 70,000 volunteers who...
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Charting new ‘Pathways’
“Loss is forever, and grief is everlasting,” Leah Robertson said. “It sits in your pocket as you walk through life, sometimes hardly noticeable, sometimes weighing you down, but always there and...
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‘Leap forward’ in risk management of rectal cancer
(From left) Ultrasound images, photoacoustic microscopy (PAM)/US images, and representative hematoxylin–eosin (H&E) stain of the tumor bed. Panel C: treated tumor bed with residual cancer; Panel...
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New HR, finance system to launch in July
The MyDay program, the multiyear effort to modernize how Washington University in St. Louis collects, records, manages, analyzes and reports the data needed to operate the institution, reached a key...
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Zika virus helps destroy deadly brain cancer in mice
The Zika virus that ravaged the Americas, leaving many babies with permanent brain damage, may have a silver lining. The virus can activate immune cells to destroy an aggressive brain cancer in mice,...
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Yes, spring flowers are blooming earlier. It might confuse bees.
After a long pandemic winter, people are eager to welcome the first cheerful blooms of spring. Lucky for them, many flowers really are popping open earlier in the year. Not so lucky for some plants,...
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Scientists find genetic link to clogged arteries
High cholesterol is the most commonly understood cause of atherosclerosis, a hardening of the arteries that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. But now, scientists at Washington University...
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Flory appointed vice chancellor for marketing and communications
Julie Hail Flory, interim vice chancellor for public affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed vice chancellor for marketing and communications, effective April 1, according to...
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Washington University accepts exceptional students after an exceptional...
The 33,634 applications have been reviewed. The 4,374 admission decisions have been released. And now — on campus and online — Washington University in St. Louis is making its final pitch to...
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State laws can bolster physical education among children, study finds
The presence and strength of state physical education (P.E.) laws positively affected P.E. attendance and the frequency and duration of physical activity throughout the day, suggests a new analysis...
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