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George named chair of Department of Biomedical Engineering
Steven C. George, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, 2014. George George is professor of biomedical...
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Mardis makes Discover’s list of top 2013 stories
Robert BostonElaine Mardis, PhD, co-director of The Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine, is featured in Discover magazine's "100 Top Stories of 2013." Elaine Mardis,...
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Policy Forum: Examining charter schools in Missouri
MARY BUTKUS/WUSTL Photos (2)The Policy Forum, the Brown School’s premier community engagement forum, held on Dec. 11 another event in its Child Well-being series, an ongoing public discussion on child...
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Snow day: Some of WUSTL had a long weekend due to winter storm
James Byard/WUSTL Photos (2)Some employees at Washington University in St. Louis had a rare snow day Monday, Jan. 6, after the St. Louis region got blasted with major snowfall during the weekend,...
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Some brain regions retain enhanced ability to make new connections
In adults, some brain regions retain a "childlike" ability to establish new connections, potentially contributing to our ability to learn new skills and form new memories as we age, according to new...
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Elephant shark genome decoded
Byrappa VenkateshByrappa Venkatesh, PhD, holds an elephant shark, one of the world's oldest-living jawed vertebrates. Sequencing its genome offers new clues to why the skeleton of this fish is made of...
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St. Louis region is hot spot of flu activity
Robert J. BostonA nurse at the School of Medicine administers a flu vaccine. Because of a severe flu outbreak that includes deaths from the illness, physicians are strongly encouraging people to get...
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Microbes buy low and sell high
Tracy Collins/WUSTL Creative Services The idea that people make calculated decisions that allow them to obtain the most goods with the smallest amount of effort — a complex hypothesis called ‘economic...
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Malaria discovery may aid vaccine design
Mae Melvin/CDC PHILA form of malaria common outside of Africa has an unusual approach for infecting red blood cells, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned....
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Washington University to sponsor Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls -- the...
Women are underrepresented in the important fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) — minority women even more so. To help close the gender gap and to prepare more students for...
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Washington University celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin The 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration at Washington University in St. Louis will include a number of free events, from lectures to performances. Michel Martin, host of Tell Me...
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A message from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
Throughout my nearly 19-year tenure as chancellor, Washington University’s priority has been to provide an educational experience that is among the very best in the nation and that is accessible and...
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John Schael to retire after 36 years as athletics director
Schael After 36 years of leading the Washington University in St. Louis Department of Athletics, John Schael announced he would retire at the conclusion of the 2013-14 school year. Schael’s final day...
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Brain regions 'tune' activity to enable attention
Robert J. BostonScientists at the Neuroimaging Laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned that brain regions sync their activity levels to enable attention....
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Widespread flu activity seen in St. Louis region
It’s still not too late to get a flu shot. Washington University physicians are strongly encouraging the public to get vaccinated due to reports of widespread flu activity and deaths related to the...
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Business schools in St. Louis and Seoul launch global finance program
Mahendra R. Gupta, PhD, dean of Olin Business School, and Young-Ryeol Park, PhD, dean of Yonsei School of Business, hold the official agreement between their schools for the creation of the Global...
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Immune cells may heal an injured heart
Slava Epelman, MD, PhDStudying mice, new research suggests that embryonic macrophages in the heart promote healing after injury. The immune system plays an important role in the heart’s response to...
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$4.9 million grant to fund AIDS research
The AIDS Clinical Trials Site at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant that supports testing of treatments for HIV, AIDS and...
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William Tate named next dean of Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, vice...
TateWilliam F. Tate, PhD, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and chair of the Department of Education at Washington University in St. Louis, has been...
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Class of 2018 selection is underway
With the Jan. 15 regular decision application deadline passed, the selection of Washington University’s Class of 2018 is well underway.When final processing is complete, the university expects to have...
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