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WUSTL leaders urge action on sequester threat
Wrighton Echoing recent concerns regarding the “fiscal cliff,” Washington University in St. Louis administrators are urging Congress and the White House to reach a compromise to avoid wide-ranging,...
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New device better traps viruses, airborne pathogens
Washington University engineering researchers have created a new type of air-cleaning technology that could better protect human lungs from allergens, airborne viruses and ultrafine particles in the...
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Watching molecules grow into microtubes
Sometimes the best discoveries come by accident. A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, headed by Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical engineering &...
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Bayly, team get $2.25 million grant to study brain mechanics
Washington University in St. Louis engineering researchers have received a five-year, $2.25 million grant to better understand traumatic brain injuries in efforts to improve methods for prevention and...
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Ancient sea lamprey gets DNA decoded
JERAMIAH SMITH, UNIV. OF KENTUCKY What can we learn about human evolution from an eel-like creature with a sucker-shaped mouth?...
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Global NeuroDay is March 2
The NIH Human Connectome ProjectPartial view of the wiring in the brain with neurons color-coded according to the direction they run. There could hardly be a more auspicious time for NeuroDay, part of...
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Stay up-to-date on WUSTL's Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct governs members of the university community: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the university. It states the ethical and legal standards that guide their...
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Behavioral economist Dan Ariely explains why some of us can't handle the...
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, PhD, is intrigued by the fact that humans believe they act rationally when his research indicates otherwise. In fact, not only do we humans act irrationally, we also...
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Internship ‘slam’ brings together students and employers
Sid HastingsWUSTL students gathered in the Women's Building Formal Lounge Feb. 22 for an internship “slam,” where employers participated in an "open mic" pitch to students looking for summer...
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Mullins teaches emergency medicine in Bolivia
Michael MullinsMichael Mullins and other U.S. health-care workers lectured to this class of paramedics at the medical society in La Paz, Bolivia. Flying into El Alto International Airport in Bolivia in...
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Bang’s translation of Dante’s Inferno makes two notable lists
The Academy of American Poets has selected Mary Jo Bang’s translation of Dante’s Inferno as one of the Notable Books of 2012. Bang is a professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington...
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Walking in the footsteps of 19th- and 20th-century naturalists, scientists...
Public domain image (created by the Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility)Pollen grains from a variety of common plants. Both plants and insects depend on insect pollination, but so do people. Without...
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CGI U announces 2013 speakers; new CGI University Network to fund student...
Among the featured speakers:Chelsea Clinton, board member, William J. Clinton Foundation; Stephen Colbert, host and executive producer of ‘The Colbert Report’ on Comedy Central; Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe,...
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LockerDome’s CEO shares secret to success at Olin Business School
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7KIlSgi6q4&feature=share&list=PL547A483CDE937D99Olin Business School students at Washington Univ. in St. Louis are engaged in the vibrant St. Louis startup...
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Human Connectome Project releases major data set on brain connectivity
The Human Connectome Project, a five-year endeavor to link brain connectivity to human behavior, has released a set of high-quality imaging and behavioral data to the scientific community. The project...
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Washington University School of Law launches national semester-in-practice...
Beginning in fall 2013, Washington University School of Law will offer the Semester-in-Practice Externship, an innovative program that empowers second- and third-year law students to gain hands-on...
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Project Blacktop: Student athlete Cooney works to make a difference in St....
Tim Cooney grew up in St. Louis and rarely had a place where he and friends could gather and play a pickup basketball game. Cooney, a junior guard on the Washington University in St. Louis men’s...
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New clues to causes of peripheral nerve damage
Bogdan Beirowski, Washington UniversityNew research suggests that damage to cellular energy factories in Schwann cells, which support neurons, may play a key role in peripheral neuropathies. A Schwann...
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The importance of groups: First Amendment expert testifies before United...
From a small informal social group to a large formal political organization, groups are an important part of American life. The Constitution protects the ability for individuals to form and participate...
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Nanoparticles loaded with bee venom kill HIV
Joshua L. Hood, MD, PhDNanoparticles (purple) carrying melittin (green) fuse with HIV (small circles with spiked outer ring), destroying the virus's protective envelope. Molecular bumpers (small red...
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