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The Ticker: Inside the 2016 Presidential Debate
As the eyes of the world turn to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Washington University in St. Louis will play a prominent role in the national political conversation when it hosts the second...
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Acetaminophen does not worsen children’s asthma symptoms
A new study in young children with mild asthma shows that compared with ibuprofen, acetaminophen does not worsen asthma symptoms. Some earlier studies have suggested that acetaminophen may exacerbate...
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Closing the STEM skills gap in St. Louis
If the St. Louis region is to close the gap between what its workers know, and what its businesses need, it must play the long game. That’s why St. Louis’ leading employers, school districts and...
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Building better health care
Architecture students in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts created speculative designs for a rehabilitation hospital to be located near the Christian Hospital Northeast complex in St....
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New clues found to how ‘cruise-ship’ virus gets inside cells
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the protein that norovirus – shown above in a colored transmission electron micrograph – uses to invade cells....
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Media Advisory: First-year students move in Thursday, Aug. 25
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton leads the annual “Peel the Banana” dance. WHAT: Move-in Day for new students at Washington University in St. Louis is Thursday, Aug. 25. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will...
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Working well by being well
Nearly 90 percent of companies in the United States use some form of employee wellness program – from gym memberships to health screenings to flu shots – all designed to improve health. Yet past...
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Excess weight linked to 8 more cancer types
There’s yet another reason to maintain a healthy weight as we age. An international team of researchers has identified eight additional types of cancer linked to excess weight and obesity: stomach,...
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Class of 2020 moves in with ‘excellent vision’
Some 300 volunteers helped move in the Class of 2020, Washington University’s largest and most diverse class yet. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) Washington University in St. Louis welcomed...
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University community invited to join in opening ‘reflections’ event
Graham Chapel Washington University in St. Louis will open the academic year on Monday, Aug. 29, with a universitywide gathering to reflect upon recent events, consider our individual and collective...
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Elfenbein installed as John K. and Ellen A. Wallace Distinguished Professor
Hillary Anger Elfenbein, professor of organizational behavior in Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been installed as the John K. and Ellen A. Wallace Distinguished...
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Fail Better: Kenneth Sng
At this year’s convocation, Kenneth Sng stood before Washington University in St. Louis’ Class of 2020 and told them the truth — they will fail. Somehow, someway, each of them won’t get the grade, the...
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‘You are here for such a time as this’
Leaders of the Washington University in St. Louis community gathered in the Athletic Complex for the annual Convocation Aug. 25 to celebrate the Class of 2020 and to offer its 1,780 members advice and...
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Olin announces new graduate degree track
Washington University in St. Louis has announced a new degree track at Olin Business School: Wealth and Asset Management (WAM), to be offered as part of the Masters of Finance degree. It is an...
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University to host Alan Alda ‘Communicating Science’ workshops
Jon Hamilton (right), a science reporter for National Public Radio, interviews John C. Morris, MD, (left) director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Washington University, and Randall J....
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Center for Diabetes Translation Research gets $3.7 million grant
The Center for Diabetes Translation Research (CDTR) has been awarded $3,735,000 to continue five years of funding by the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a National...
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Amy Owens, Kirt Pavitt present Liederabend Sept. 18
Amy Owens Cupid sits by the fire, fanning flames until his wings are singed. A shepherdess runs to help, but finds her own heart set ablaze. Richard Strauss’ “Amor” (1918) is a masterwork, a...
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Study may explain why people with type O blood more likely to die of cholera
People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may explain why. In people...
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Harvard leader appointed associate vice chancellor, dean of Center for...
dela Peña (Photo: eeman agrama minert, myownbeat photography) Emelyn dela Peña, assistant dean of student life for equity, diversity and inclusion in the Office of Student Life at Harvard College, has...
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Helping low-income smokers quit
The Brown School’s Health Communication Research Laboratory (HCRL) at Washington University in St. Louis has received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and...
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