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'You Can’t Take It With You' Feb. 21 to March 2
Mitchell Manar and Catherine Athenson as Tony and Alice. Photo by James Byard/WUSTL Photos Download hires version.It’s the difference between passion and love.The Vanderhof home is a haven for...
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Nobel laureate neuroscientist Eric Kandel explores art and the mind/brain for...
What happens in your brain when you look at Viennese Expressionist artist Gustav Klimt’s famous 1901 painting “Judith”?A lot more than you might guess, according to neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel, MD....
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Community invited to give feedback on 'For the Sake of All' project
Last fall, researchers in St. Louis released five policy briefs in a groundbreaking study on the health and well-being of African Americans in the region. Now it’s time for the community to weigh in...
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Ritters receive 2014 Harris St. Louis Community Service Award
Sid Hastings/WUSTL PHOTOSWashington University in St. Louis honored Peggy and Jerry Ritter (right) with the Jane and Whitney Harris St. Louis Community Service Award. The couple received the award at a...
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A great talent and a lovely man
Harold Ramis signs autographs for students at Washington University in St. Louis in September 2009. (Whitney Curtis/WUSTL Photos)Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it...
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Students from WUSTL in DC Programs get rare chance to visit with Dalai Lama
Third-year law student Sam Negatu snapped a selfie with the Dalai Lama. Not many students have been invited to hear the Dalai Lama. Fewer still have have posed him a question. But snapping a selfie...
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New clues found to preventing lung transplant rejection
Robert BostonBroadly suppressing the immune system after lung transplantation may inadvertently encourage organ rejection, according to a new study in mice. Pictured from left are study co-authors...
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Stand-alone facility for retrieving donated organs more efficient, less...
Robert BostonA study led by M.B. Majella Doyle, MD, a Washington University liver transplant surgeon, shows that retrieving donor organs at a stand-alone facility is more efficient and less costly than...
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Artery-clearing surgery after stroke should be delayed
Robert BostonNeurosurgeons including Greg Zipfel, MD, (left) and Ralph Dacey, MD, have found evidence that an artery-clearing surgery sometimes given to patients a few days after stroke may need to be...
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3-D printer creates transformative device for heart treatment
James Byard/wustl photosIgor Efimov, PhD, the Lucy & Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, works with Sarah Gutbrod, PhD candidate in biomedical engineering in the...
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Brain cell activity regulates Alzheimer's protein
Increased brain cell activity boosts brain fluid levels of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St....
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Brain freeze for a good cause
Jerry Naunheim Jr./WUSTL PhotosTeams of Washington University in St. Louis students devoured buckets of Ben & Jerry's ice cream last weekend at the Vermonster Challenge. The annual benefit in the...
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Groundbreaking neuroscientist Richard Davidson to explore emotion and the...
DavidsonRichard J. Davidson, PhD, is a renowned neuroscientist and one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of contemplative practices such as meditation on the brain. He will give this year’s...
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STL To Do: Diavolo at the Touhill Center
Diavolo returns to St. Louis Feb. 28 and March 1.Charlie Robin “With their high-wire athleticism and awe-inspiring physicality, Diavolo Dance Theatre redefines dance as an extreme sport.First...
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Physical therapy students journey to Guatemala
Allie HarrisPhysical therapy student Leslie Wallace gets a kiss from a Guatemalan woman who was grateful for the students' visit to her village. For a week during winter break, 19 students and two...
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Maple trees on campus tapped for class — and brunch
KRISTA BaKer/bon appetit(top), Sid Hastings/WUSTL Photos (bottom)Students tapped maple trees on the Washington University in St. Louis campus, and they collected berries on the South 40 and acorns in...
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Students offer ideas for increasing locally grown food on campus
Could Washington University in St. Louis strengthen the local economy and limit its carbon footprint by sourcing more locally grown food, while still providing nutritionally balanced and diverse food...
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Cause of heart disease spurred by kidney syndrome found, neutralized
Robert BostonResearch led by Keith A. Hruska, MD, has pinpointed the cause of a kidney-related syndrome linked to heart disease. Hruska's team also discovered how to neutralize a protein produced by...
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Earth and moon’s origins are topic of 2014 McDonnell Distinguished Lecture
Leroy ChiaoThe full moon above Earth's horizon and airglow. Photographed by Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao on the International Space Station on Feb. 24, 2005. Alex N. Halliday, PhD, a professor...
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Fiberglass cakes celebrate WUSTL's role in St. Louis history
James Byard/WUSTL PhotosPaying tribute to the 1904 Olympic Games, the Francis Field cake includes photographic transfers of images from WUSTL's University Archives.Swapping her whisk for a paintbrush,...
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