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WashU students break records at ballot box
A record-breaking 71% of eligible Washington University in St. Louis students voted in the 2020 presidential election compared with 66% of students nationwide and 67% of the American public. It’s...
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Enhanced therapeutic foods improve cognition in malnourished children
A nutritional supplement popular in the U.S. and added to some types of yogurt, milk and infant formula can significantly improve cognition in severely malnourished children, according to a study led...
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Using microbes to make carbon-neutral fuel
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make a readily usable biofuel. A team of biologists and engineers modified a microbe called...
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St. Louis International Film Festival screenings this month
Secret military experiments. A television star turned health-care activist. The yearslong battle to remove a Confederate statue in New Orleans. This month, the Film & Media Studies program in Arts...
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Sheldon Scott’s ‘Portrait, number 1 man’ at Kemper Art Museum
No one knows how rice came to South Carolina. The plant is not native to the Americas. But records show that barrels of rice arrived in the port of Charles Town at least as early as 1672. By 1800,...
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Popular heart failure drug no better than older drug in sickest patients
A new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that a widely used heart failure drug named sacubitril/valsartan is no better than valsartan alone in...
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Adaptive measures
Olivia likes pink and teal and purple in all tones, and the way satin and a knit-jersey feel on her skin but might like some tulle added to dress it up a bit. Anna likes black, white and gold, and...
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Board grants faculty appointments, promotions, tenure
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Oct. 1, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective that day. Promotion with tenure...
View ArticleCancer moonshot grant funds research into reducing health disparities
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $17 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address disparities in cancer research, treatment and outcomes in...
View ArticleNew strategy against treatment-resistant prostate cancer identified
Many patients with prostate cancer are treated with drugs that lower or block hormones that fuel tumor growth. While the drugs are effective for a time, most patients eventually develop resistance to...
View ArticleInternational Alzheimer’s clinical trial to test two drugs in combination
Researchers leading a worldwide clinical trial aimed at finding treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are modifying an arm of the trial to evaluate a combination of drugs targeting two brain proteins:...
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Why is the North American fall so red, compared with Europe?
Each fall, the leaves of almost half of North America’s species of trees and shrubs turn red. But why is bewitching autumn foliage — to borrow from Mark Twain — so common in New England, but not in...
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Veteran Millar aims to serve veterans without homes
In 2008, U.S. Army veteran Scott Millar was watching a documentary about the war in Afghanistan with his wife, Donna. On the screen, American soldiers panted with exhaustion as they chased insurgents...
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Tread lightly: ‘Eggshell planets’ possible around other stars
Strange ‘eggshell planets’ are among the rich variety of exoplanets possible, according to a study from Washington University in St. Louis. These rocky worlds have an ultra-thin outer brittle layer...
View ArticleDemocracy in Danger: Former congressmen launch bipartisan call to action
The Washington University in St. Louis community is invited to register for a virtual discussion with former U.S. congressmen Russ Carnahan, a Democrat from St. Louis, and Tom Coleman, a Republican...
View ArticleAntidepressant may prevent severe COVID-19, follow-up study indicates
In the largest study yet to evaluate a common, low-cost antidepressant as a treatment for COVID-19, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and from Canada and Brazil...
View ArticleNew technique may lead to safer stem cell transplants
For hard-to-treat leukemias, lymphomas and other blood cancers, stem cell transplantation is the gold standard of care. The procedure involves replacing a patient’s own blood-forming stem cells with a...
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Washington University partners with Sheldon for Whitaker World Music Series
Afrobeat, Spanish dance, Ukrainian multi-instrumentalists and contemporary Son jarocho and Afro-Mexican music. Next spring, Washington University in St. Louis’ Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity...
View ArticleEdmond, Reis to serve as co-interim deans of Brown School
Tonya Edmond, professor and associate dean for social work and social policy, and Rodrigo Reis, professor and associate dean for public health, have been appointed to serve as co-interim deans of the...
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Are supply chain disruptions here to stay?
It’s common knowledge that holiday shopping is going to be challenging this year due to the broken supply chain. Many favorite items — like game consoles, toys, clothing and shoes — will be in short...
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