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Nobel laureate Levi-Montalcini being inducted into Walk of Fame April 6
Levi-Montalcini works in her lab. (Photo: Becker Medical Library) Nobel laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini, who conducted groundbreaking research at Washington University in St. Louis from 1947-1977, will...
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Washington University students launch a new type of chemistry tournament
Katheryne Lamkin (left) and Annie Zheng, students at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, participated in the inaugural tournament in April 2016. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University) High school...
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$3.6 million to fund personalized 3-D brain maps to guide neurosurgeries
Removing a brain tumor requires walking a fine line: Remove too little, and the disease remains; remove too much, and sight, speech or movement may be impaired. To help strike that delicate balance,...
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CRETE House
Concrete is durable, inexpensive and ubiquitous. But is it sustainable? Yes, argues Hongxi Yin, I-CARES associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Though the manufacturing process emits...
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Parking & Transportation announces permit pricing, lottery process for all
As part of the new parking plan, Washington University in St. Louis is announcing parking permit pricing for the 2017-18 academic year as well as details on the new lottery system, which is slated to...
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Stark wins Guggenheim Fellowship
Christopher Stark, assistant professor of music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected for a prestigious fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial...
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Washington People: Charles Goldfarb
Growing up in Birmingham, Ala., Charles A. Goldfarb was the youngest son of a head and neck surgeon. Although his older brother and sister became lawyers, Goldfarb initially thought he might follow his...
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A simple sniff
Delivering life-saving drugs directly to the brain in a safe and effective way is a challenge for medical providers. One key reason: the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from...
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Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting March 3, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise...
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Brownson awarded $2.6 million grant for cancer research
Health researcher Ross Brownson has received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study examining poor implementation of...
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Olin Award winners impact business
In a concentrated, continuing effort to link Washington University in St. Louis academic research to everyday business practice, the 10th annual Olin Award recognizes an Olin Business School faculty...
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$3.5 million funds study aimed at applying precision medicine to rare tumor...
David Gutmann, MD, PhD, speaks with patient Sarah Bess and Stephanie Morris, MD, at the Neurofibromatosis Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Gutmann has received a grant...
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Death, humor and ‘Gossip’
A rubber tire hangs from the ceiling. A glittering crowd sips champagne. “To minimal art,” a woman toasts, and promptly falls dead. So begins “Gossip,” a satirical who-done-it by Canadian playwright...
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Celebrating sustainability
Washington University in St. Louis, the first university to ban plastic beverage bottles and which now offers a Doctor of Sustainable Urbanism degree, will hold an inaugural celebration and discussion...
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Wiens installed as the Robert S. Brookings Distinguished Professor
Douglas Wiens was installed as the Robert S. Brookings Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences at a ceremony held Feb. 21 in Holmes Lounge at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the second...
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Patients with hearing loss benefit from training with loved one’s voice
Hearing loss often is called the invisible disability, according to Washington University researcher Nancy Tye-Murray. It can masquerade as other problems, from dementia to depression, and it can make...
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Antibody helps detect protein implicated in Alzheimer’s, other diseases
Researchers use mouse brains (above) to study ways to measure the brain protein tau, which plays a role in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. A team led by scientists at Washington...
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The Bard meets B-school
Washington University in St. Louis will celebrate William Shakespeare’s 453rd birthday with a special event on campus April 23, featuring performances of some of the Bard’s most famous works, including...
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What is your future risk of poverty?
Donald Trump won the presidency last fall in part by tapping into economic fear and the income insecurity that has been growing in America for years, due largely to the loss of good-paying jobs. While...
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Thurtene returns this weekend
What started 110 years ago as the “Grand Gigantic Galaxy of Gorgeous Glittering Generalities” is now Thurtene, the nation’s oldest and largest student-run carnival. Washington University in St. Louis...
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