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MEDIA ADVISORY: Washington University Commencement ceremonies May 20-21
WHAT: Washington University’s 160th Commencement ceremonies. To allow for in-person ceremonies, the traditional universitywide ceremony will be broken up into eight ceremonies over two days. The...
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How new CDC mask guidelines will impact businesses
On May 13, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors...
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Thriving in ‘unpredictable challenges’
At the 160th Commencement — a Commencement like no other in the storied history of Washington University in St. Louis — National Basketball Association great and social justice advocate Kareem...
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Commencement diary: Capturing sights, stories from the Class of 2021
Washington University in St. Louis celebrated its 160th Commencement not once, but eight times on Thursday, May 20, and Friday, May 21. The Record kept a diary of the days’ sights and stories,...
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WHO accepts COVID-19 reform recommendations from Harris Institute
A report on COVID-19 reforms convened by the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute in the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, in partnership with the McDonnell International Scholars...
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Good news: Mild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection
Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers...
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A seedy slice of history: Watermelons actually came from northeast Africa
Just in time for picnic-table trivia, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences rewrites the origins of domesticated watermelons. Using DNA from greenhouse-grown...
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Made in the shade or fun in the sun
Plants contain several types of specialized light-sensitive proteins that measure light by changing shape upon light absorption. Chief among these are the phytochromes. Phytochromes help plants detect...
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For men, low testosterone means high risk of severe COVID-19
Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence that men with COVID-19 fare worse, on average, than women with the infection. One theory is that hormonal differences between men and women may make...
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Black Lives Matter flags planted on Brookings Hall lawn
In commemoration of the one-year anniversary May 25 of the killing of George Floyd, the leaders of Washington University in St. Louis’ Center for Diversity and Inclusion planted Black Lives Matter...
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Electric fish — and humans — pause before communicating key points
American writer and humorist Mark Twain, a master of language and noted lecturer, once offered, “The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” Electric...
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Brain tumors caused by normal neuron activity in mice predisposed to such tumors
Seeing, hearing, thinking, daydreaming — doing anything at all, in fact — activates neurons in the brain. But for people predisposed to developing brain tumors, the ordinary buzzing of their brains...
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Researchers keep international COVID-19 projects moving forward
The COVID-19 pandemic — that still has the world firmly in its grip — presented a series of unprecedented, immense challenges for Washington University in St. Louis. Patient care, campus life, lab...
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Delaying lung cancer surgery associated with higher risk of recurrence, death
Swiftness is essential when treating lung cancer, the second most common type of cancer in the U.S. and the country’s leading cause of cancer deaths. For patients with early-stage non-small cell lung...
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Class of 2020 graduates return to campus for in-person Commencement ceremony
Their academic year was cut short when the coronavirus started spreading around the world in March 2020. No last in-person classes. No personal goodbyes to friends, faculty and staff. No donning a cap...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Washington University’s delayed in-person Commencement...
WHAT: Delayed by a year, students who graduated in 2020 will finally get their chance to experience the time-honored tradition of walking in their Washington University in St. Louis Commencement. The...
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‘Stride boldly through the portal of the pandemic’
“Another better world.” Three words that Julie L. Gerberding, MD, implored the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2020 to strive for as they participated — at last — in a Commencement that...
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Class of 2020 reunites for delayed Commencement ceremony
The first time Joe Beggs graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, he was alone in his St. Louis apartment, watching Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s recorded address on YouTube. “It was hardly...
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A ‘jolt’ for ocean carbon sequestration
Global oceans absorb about 25% of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. Electricity-eating bacteria known as photoferrotrophs could provide a boost to this...
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Without requiring vaccines, filled stadiums are unsafe
Some 135,000 fans gathered in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indy 500 over the 2021 Memorial Day Weekend. A Washington University in St. Louis mathematician, who helped write a scientific...
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