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It’s complicated: Social media and well-being during COVID-19
When students were told to stay home after COVID-19 began to spread stateside, it’s not surprising that their social media use increased — there wasn’t much else to do. But was it all doom scrolling...
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Less energy, better quality PAM images with machine learning
Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) allows researchers to see the smallest vessels inside a body, but it can generate some unwanted signals or noise. A team of researchers at the McKelvey School of...
View ArticleKim to research skin inflammation
Brian Kim, MD, associate professor of medicine, of anesthesiology and of pathology and immunology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of...
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Reidentifying faces from genomic data more difficult than previously thought
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing has enabled millions of individuals to determine their ancestry and gain insights about their genetic pre-disposition to inherited diseases. While individual...
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Wild turkeys among us
Missouri’s wild turkeys might live closer than you think. Trail cameras set up in green spaces along an urban-to-rural gradient stretching from the Gateway Arch National Park to Eureka, Mo., have...
View ArticleUltrashort-pulse lasers kill bacterial superbugs, spores
Life-threatening bacteria are becoming ever more resistant to antibiotics, making the search for alternatives to antibiotics an increasingly urgent challenge. For certain applications, one alternative...
View ArticlePrenatal, early-life influences on child brain development focus of new study
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are joining scientists at 24 other sites around the country to conduct a comprehensive study aimed at understanding how prenatal...
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Minton appointed vice chancellor for technology and chief information officer
Minton Jessie Minton, vice provost and chief information officer at the University of Oregon, has been appointed vice chancellor for technology and chief information officer at Washington University...
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‘Return’ to Edison
For performing artists accustomed to live audiences, the COVID-19 pandemic posed an almost existential question. “How does dance fit into this world?” David Marchant remembers thinking. “Will dance...
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Which mask is easier on the ears?
To assess how different styles of face masks affected speech intelligibility in normal hearing listeners, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis put some of the most popular mask designs...
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Research sheds light on rotator cuff injuries
Engineers often use nature to inspire new materials and designs. A discovery by a multi-institutional team of researchers and engineers about how tendon and bone attach in the shoulder joint has...
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Regardless of outcome, MLB has already lost
Following the expiration of Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement at 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday, Dec. 1, team owners announced a lockout of the players. It is the league’s first work...
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Roe v. Wade reflects neutrality that Kavanaugh seeks
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested the court should take a neutral position on the divisive question of abortion during oral arguments in an abortion case Dec. 1. In fact, Roe v. Wade...
View ArticleSearch begins for new WUPD chief
Shantay Bolton, executive vice chancellor for administration and chief administrative officer at Washington University in St. Louis, has appointed a committee to identify candidates for the position...
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A river runs through it
Jordan Neeley, a junior studying environmental earth science at Washington University in St. Louis, once asked the same question that many visitors ask: What is a shut-in? Rock formations called...
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Is privacy dead?
Everywhere we turn, companies and governments are seeking information about us and everyone we interact with. Advertising companies mine our internet searches to provide “more relevant” ads. Cameras...
View ArticleUniversity announces plans for new Arts & Sciences building
Washington University in St. Louis plans to construct a new state-of-the-art building for Arts & Sciences, the largest school on the Danforth Campus, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. The...
View ArticleCovey, Milbrandt, Moran named to National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors has elected three faculty members from Washington University in St. Louis to its 2021 cohort of fellows: Psychiatry professor Douglas F. Covey, geneticist Jeffrey...
View ArticleGet to know Sean Armstrong
Asquith S. “Sean” Armstrong joined Washington University in St. Louis as dean of University College on Nov. 1. In this video, he talks about his decision to come to WashU, his background and his...
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How do others help us regulate emotions?
When COVID-19 hit, many people were suddenly cut off from their social support systems, the people with whom we often share our emotional lives. They who listen to our grievances, share in our...
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