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Gordon receives Kober Medal
Jeffrey Gordon, MD, has received the 2021 Kober Medal, one of the highest awards in academic medicine. Given by the Association of American Physicians, the honor recognizes Gordon’s extraordinary...
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Now playing: Propaganda at the movies
In July 2021, China will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. In the runup to celebrations, Variety magazine reports that the powerful National Film Administration is...
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How marriage is impacted by a breast cancer diagnosis among African American...
Most African American women described successfully navigating the challenges of a breast cancer diagnosis with their partners, finds a new analysis from the Brown School at Washington University in...
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Ethic of Service Awards honor those who’ve made a difference
Kennedy Young, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis, used to believe that only bad people went to jail. “I didn’t understand the prison system and how it disproportionately impacts poor...
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Treatment not always needed to prevent vision loss in patients with elevated...
More than 20 years after the launch of a landmark clinical trial, follow-up examinations and analyses found that not all patients with elevated eye pressure need pressure-lowering treatment to prevent...
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Gerberding, first woman to lead CDC, will address 2020 graduates
Washington University in St. Louis is welcoming alumni from the Class of 2020 back to campus for in-person Commencement ceremonies on May 30. Julie L. Gerberding, MD, the first woman to serve as...
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Class Acts: The Makers
Welcome to Class Acts, a celebration of remarkable graduating students at Washington University in St. Louis. In our first installment, Class Acts showcases three incredible makers — artist Erin...
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Women seeking help for unmet needs often overdue for cervical cancer screenings
More than half of cervical cancer cases in the United States occur in women who have not had timely Pap smears and/or HPV tests — screenings that allow for detection of precancerous or cancerous cells...
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Washington University researchers to design detectors of airborne SARS-CoV-2
As the COVID-19 pandemic surged last summer and contact tracers struggled to identify sources of infections, John Cirrito, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Washington University School of...
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Mountain high
The Andes Mountains of South America are the most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for plant and vertebrate species in the world. But the forest that climbs up this mountain range provides another...
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Prison Education Project wins Mellon Foundation grant
Washington University in St. Louis’ Prison Education Project (PEP) has won a two-year $980,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The award resulted from the Mellon Foundation’s “Future of...
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Study finds shifting mindset increases managers’ willingness to invest in new...
Forget the 30,000-foot, big-picture view. When faced with a cutting-edge technological idea, business leaders who approach the idea in more concrete “how” terms — rather than in abstract “why” terms —...
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How racial violence affects Black Americans’ mental health
Black Americans experience an increase in poor mental health days during weeks when two or more incidents of anti-Black violence occur and when national interest surrounding the events is higher,...
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Thurtene hosts benefit art auction this weekend
Inspired by the theme “Dream On,” local students and artists created works for the benefit auction. Thurtene, the Washington in St. Louis junior honorary, will host “Dream On,” a virtual art show and...
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Mindfulness and anti-racism series launches
Meshing mindfulness with anti-racism is the focus of a series of upcoming talks funded by Washington University in St. Louis’ Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2). The first...
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Five factors that led to Chauvin guilty verdicts
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted April 20 on three charges in the death of George Floyd. Collectively, people across the country breathed a sigh of relief because far too...
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Performing Arts gets ‘Tough!’
Bobby, Jill and Tina gather around the picnic table. Their bickering drifts across Mudd Field. “You had to tell her,” says Bobby. “Well, I thought about it all weekend,” says Jill. “I weighed the...
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Personalized cancer vaccines for breast, pancreatic cancers show promise
The COVID-19 vaccines — designed using bits of genetic information that prime our immune systems to recognize and fight off viral infections — have become lifesavers in the global fight to end the...
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Chancellor, four other faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and four other faculty members of Washington University in St. Louis were elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the academy announced April 22....
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Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness
As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, it has become clear that many survivors — even those who had mild cases — continue to manage a variety of health problems long after the initial infection...
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