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School of Law dean search committee announced
Holden Thorp, PhD, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, has appointed an eight-member committee to identify candidates for the position of...
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Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series begins today
James Cavallaro, JD, professor of law at Stanford University, kicks off the 16th annual School of Law Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series at noon today, Sept. 23, with a talk on “The...
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Two new NSF grants allow Bayly to study brain biomechanics
http://youtu.be/U5NGGf-hmkgRuth Okamoto, DSc, senior research associate in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, uses a common "biomaterial" to mimic the brain inside the skull and explain...
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Griffith installed as Danforth Distinguished Professor in Humanities
Mary Butkus/WUSTL Photos Marie Griffith, PhD (second from right), director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, shares a laugh with former...
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Alzheimer's progression tracked prior to dementia
Michael C. PurdyResearchers including Anne Fagan, right, and graduate student Courtney Sutphen, have shown that markers in human spinal fluid and other indicators can help track the progression of...
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What historians have to say about global warming
This is the first in a series of articles that describe how scholars at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing their varied skills to bear on the issue of climate change and global...
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Mosaic Project collecting ideas for a new center for diversity and inclusion
Rob Wild, associate vice chancellor for students, has no preconceived notions about what Washington University’s proposed diversity center should be. That’s for students, faculty and staff to decide....
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Q&A: Carter W. Lewis
Carter Lewis at the first roundtable reading of The Impossible Adventures of Supernova Jones. Written by 2013 alumnus Aaron Senser, the play is one of three featured in this year's A.E. Hotchner New...
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Savings can work in developing countries if you 'take the bank to the youth'
Courtesy photoStudents at a school in Nepal show off banks as part of that country's YouthSave program in that country.Low-income youth in developing countries will save their money in a formal account...
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New WUSTL college-prep program aimed at local high school students
Leah Merrifield is very excited about her latest role at Washington University in St. Louis.As assistant vice chancellor for community engagement, she will be heading up a new pre-college program...
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McLeod Memorial Lecture features Ruth Simmons on the power of the liberal...
Simmons Scholar and academic leader Ruth J. Simmons, PhD, will deliver the second annual James E. McLeod Memorial Lecture on Higher Education at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30. The Assembly Series event will...
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Girls who eat peanut butter may improve breast health later in life
E. Holland DurandoGirls who regularly eat peanut butter or nuts could be 39 percent less likely to develop benign breast disease by age 30, according to a new study. Here’s some news worth spreading:...
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Missouri ponds provide clue to killer frog disease
Travis Mohrman/Tyson Research CenterA green frog, Rana (Lithobates) clamitans, in a pond at Washington University's Tyson Research Center. In Missouri, this frog’s tadpoles are often infected with the...
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Assembly Series: 'ObamaCare' expert Jonathan Gruber to discuss why...
GruberJust a few days after the opening of online health insurance exchanges required by the Affordable Care Act, the principal architect of the Massachusetts health care system and chief adviser to...
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Procedure to open blocked carotid arteries tested
Silk Road Medical, Inc.The carotid arteries, shown above, feed blood to the brain. Doctors at Washington University are testing an investigational device designed to open blocked carotid arteries in...
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A new era for the Brown School
James byard/WUSTL PHOTOS (2)The Brown School community celebrated its expansion Sept. 24 with a ceremonial groundbreaking for an innovative new building of approximately 105,000-square feet set to open...
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Weighing the Antarctic ice sheet
This is the second in a series of articles that describe how scholars at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing their varied skills to bear on the issue of climate change and global...
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Trustees grant faculty promotions, tenure
At the Oct. 4 Board of Trustees meeting, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective Oct. 4 unless otherwise noted. Appointment with...
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Examining the 21st-century city
James Byard/WUSTL PhotoSWUSTL faculty members (from left) Vetta Sanders Thompson, Carol Camp Yeakey and Anjanette Wells crossed disciplines and schools to collaborate on a book that examines the...
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‘Privacy and Surveillance’ roundtable discussion to address history, meaning...
When former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposed classified information about widespread government surveillance programs, he launched a public debate about privacy in the digital...
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