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‘Rosalyn Drexler: Who Does She Think She Is?’
Rosalyn Drexler (American, b. 1926), “Lovers,” 1963. Acrylic and paper collage on canvas, 55 1/4 x 52″. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, by exchange, 2016. ©...
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If Obamacare gets replaced, will this study still apply?
If you are on Obamacare, you are likely a better tenant or homeowner. Families who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are significantly more likely to make their rent and...
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Persistent infection keeps immune memory sharp, leading to long-term protection
Many infectious diseases are one and done; people get sick once and then they are protected from another bout of the same illness. For some of these infections – chickenpox, for example – a small...
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Q&A: Adia Harvey Wingfield on sociology, women and the path ahead
Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was elected president of Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), a national...
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‘Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha’
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901), “La loge au mascaron doré (The Box with the Gilded Mask),” 1893. Lithograph, 19 3/4 x 12 3/4″. Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 83:1932. A woman...
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Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 2, the following faculty members were appointed, appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure, effective that day unless...
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Leggett appointed university’s first executive director of residential life
Leggett Kawanna Leggett, director of residential education at the University of California, Berkeley, has been appointed Washington University in St. Louis’ first executive director of residential...
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Bear Cub Challenge rebrands as LEAP, awards $250K to university teams
After 14 years as the “Bear Cub Challenge,” Washington University in St. Louis’ competition for inventors has received a new name: the LEAP Inventor Challenge, for Leadership in Entrepreneurial...
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WashU Experts: The First 100 Days
From left, presidential candidate Donald Trump greets Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, his wife, Risa Zwerling Wrighton, Student Union President Kenneth Sng and Graduate Professional Council President...
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2017-18 tuition, room, board, fees announced
Undergraduate tuition at Washington University in St. Louis will be $50,650 for the 2017-18 academic year — a $1,700 increase over the 2016-17 current academic tuition of $48,950, announced Amy B....
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New genetic engineering technique could help design, study biological systems
Sergej Djuranovic (right) and graduate student Laura Arthur look at plates of bacteria producing precisely calibrated levels of a protein. The two are part of a team that has developed a new technique...
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Smart sorting: University announces new recycling guidelines
Last spring, a staggering 50 percent of Washington University in St. Louis’ recycling loads were rejected by waste haulers because of food contamination. The primary culprit: the used to-go box. “Food...
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New insight into origin of stomach cancer
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/metaplasia%20.mp3 Conventional wisdom holds that the loss of cells that secrete acid in the stomach leads to a condition that eventually can develop into...
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Assembly Series unveils spring 2017 calendar
Washington University’s spring 2017 Assembly Series, which debuts Feb. 2, will present programs that feature a wide array of topics for thought and discussion. As always, the university’s signature...
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Creativity focus of MLA Lecture Series
Creativity will be explored during a series of Saturday talks in February at Washington University in St. Louis. Free and open to the public, the Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) Lecture Series is...
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New public health directorship from BJC HealthCare honors Shapiro
The directorship of the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis has been named in honor of Larry J. Shapiro, MD, former executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean...
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Study unveils new way to starve tumors to death
For decades, scientists have tried to halt cancer by blocking nutrients from reaching tumor cells, in essence starving tumor cells of the fuel needed to grow and proliferate. Such attempts often have...
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Drug compound halts Alzheimer’s-related damage in mice
Under ordinary circumstances, the protein tau contributes to the normal, healthy functioning of brain neurons. In some people, though, it collects into toxic tangles that damage brain cells. Such...
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Tackling aging: China forum addresses global issue
By the year 2050, the number of Chinese citizens over the age of 65 is expected to reach 329 million. About 120 million of those people will be over age 80, with some 20 percent suffering from...
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Romney headlines School of Law speaker series
The School of Law’s 2017-18 “Access to Justice” Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series at Washington University in St. Louis features a lineup of lawyers, judges, authors and academics with...
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