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Olin’s new ‘On Principle’ podcast focuses on leaders’ decision-making process
How do you put a price tag on a hall-of-fame ballplayer? How do you decide to throw away one career dream for another one? How do you survive an existential crisis in your business? A new podcast from...
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What makes us sneeze?
A tickle in the nose can help trigger a sneeze, expelling irritants and disease-causing pathogens. But the cellular pathways that control the sneeze reflex go far beyond the sinuses and have been...
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School-based COVID-19 testing initiative focuses on vulnerable populations
During the ongoing pandemic, many schools with large numbers of vulnerable students — including those with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and minority students living in economically...
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Immune system protein may defend against deadly intestinal disease in babies
The intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis is a leading cause of death among premature infants born in the U.S. and across the globe. Characterized by excessive inflammation that can cause...
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Blood cancer patients with COVID-19 fare better with convalescent plasma
A large, retrospective, multicenter study involving Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can dramatically improve...
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Caldwell named vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity
Kia Lilly Caldwell, professor of African, African American and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, has been named vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity...
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Edwards honored with Gloria White Award
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin surprises Jill Edwards with the news that she is the 2021 recipient of the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award. After a quarter-century, Jill Edwards still is awed...
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Crisis or momentary blip? Explaining inflation concern
On June 16, the Federal Reserve announced it may raise interest rates twice in 2023 in response to higher-than-expected increases in inflation. In his announcement, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the...
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Buckley awarded $4.9 million to develop gamma ray astronomy mission
James H. Buckley, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a $4.9 million award from NASA to build a demonstration version of a large satellite...
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COVID-19 dual-antibody therapies effective against variants in animal study
COVID-19 therapies made from antibodies often are given to patients who are at high risk of severe illness and hospitalization. However, there have been nagging questions about whether such antibody...
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Protein linked to heart health, disease a potential therapeutic target for...
By the time people with Alzheimer’s disease start exhibiting difficulty remembering and thinking, the disease has been developing in their brains for two decades or more, and their brain tissue...
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Investigational Alzheimer’s drug improves biomarkers of the disease
An investigational Alzheimer’s drug reduced molecular markers of disease and curbed neurodegeneration in the brain, without demonstrating evidence of cognitive benefit, in a phase 2/3 clinical trial...
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First race and ethnicity cluster hires arrive at Washington University
Washington University in St. Louis is welcoming the first round of faculty members identified through its race and ethnicity cluster hire initiative, a multiyear effort to build a world-class and...
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Pandemic air quality affected by weather, not just lockdowns
Headlines proclaiming lockdowns drastically reduced pollution were mostly referring to nitrogen dioxide, NO2, a reactive gas emitted from burning fuel. There had been less understanding of how...
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New snack foods nurture healthy gut microbiome
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified ingredients for snack food prototypes that have been formulated to deliberately change the gut microbiome in ways...
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‘A wonderful catastrophe’
Love stories get a bad rap. “We often think about genres of love narratives, whether they’re films or novels, as frivolous,” said Jessica Rosenfeld, associate professor of English in Arts &...
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Calter appointed vice provost and university librarian
Mimi Calter, deputy university librarian at Stanford University, has been appointed vice provost and university librarian at Washington University in St. Louis, according to Provost Beverly Wendland....
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Virus that causes COVID-19 can find alternate route to infect cells
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gets inside cells to cause infection. All current COVID-19 vaccines and antibody-based...
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Crisis or momentary blip? Explaining inflation concern
On June 16, the Federal Reserve announced it may raise interest rates twice in 2023 in response to higher-than-expected increases in inflation. In his announcement, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the...
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COVID-19 vaccine generates immune structures critical for lasting immunity
The first two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employed a technology that had never before been used in FDA-approved vaccines. Both vaccines...
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