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Sleep loss precedes Alzheimer's symptoms
Audio available Sleep is disrupted in people who likely have early Alzheimer’s disease but do not yet have the memory loss or other cognitive problems characteristic of full-blown disease, researchers...
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WUSTL makes progress in sustainability
James ByardStephen Xie clears his plate after a meal this month at the student eatery Bear's Den, one of the campus locations that offers composting as part of university efforts to reduce its waste...
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REINS Act would severely impair ability to implement laws
There is little on which the two houses of Congress and the president can find compromise these days, with the sequester a vivid symbol of this polarization. And gridlock in government would only...
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WUSTL's Thurtene organizers hold events for students, neighbors, kids
Jerry Naunheim Jr. Members of the Beta Theta Pi/Chi Omega group prepare their Thurtene Carnival projects in April 2012.As students from Washington University in St. Louis gear up for the annual...
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Sherraden to lead panel discussion at Clinton Global Initiative University
Sherraden Michael Sherraden, PhD, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, will be among a distinguished list of speakers for...
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Author Kelly Link March 21 and 28
“Charley looked like someone from a Greek play, Electra, or Cassandra. She looked like someone had just set her favorite city on fire.”-- from “The Hortlak” by Kelly Link Zombies at the convenience...
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Kelleher receives Sloan Research Fellowship
http://youtu.be/c3iPrqVeh2ECaitlin Kelleher, PhD, Hugo F. and Ina Champ Urbauer Career Development Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering, has developed Looking Glass, which she created to...
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Pow Wow 2013: 'Honoring Our Cultures'
James byard (2)Participants in the 23rd annual Pow Wow at Washington University in St. Louis line up for the grand entrance in the Field House March 16. The annual event, hosted by the Kathryn M. Buder...
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Faces of Hope campus rally to kick off Clinton Global Initiative University
People around campus have been considering their personal commitments to action since it was announced that CGI U would be coming to Washington University in St. Louis. Above, engineering students...
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Obituary: Sweet, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, 74
Frederick Sweet, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, following a stroke. He was 74.Since joining the...
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Medical Center's north campus first to see change as part of Campus Renewal...
Shown is a preliminary rendering of what the north campus of the Washington University Medical Center may look like as part of the Campus Renewal Project.In the next decade, the Washington University...
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Skulls of early humans carry telltale signs of inbreeding, study suggests
View of the Xujiayao site (below) and internal and external view of the Xujiayao 11 skull piece with its position indicated on the drawing of a complete skull (above). Buried for 100,000 years at...
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Know thyself: How mindfulness can improve self-knowledge
Mindfulness — paying attention to one’s current experience in a non-judgmental way — might help us to learn more about our own personalities, new research from Washington University in St. Louis...
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New engineering breakthrough may answer host of medical questions
In an engineering breakthrough, a Washington University in St. Louis biomedical researcher has discovered a way to use light and color to measure oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time. The...
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Wellness program cuts hospitalizations, not costs
Valerie Hoven, BJCAt BJC's Missouri Baptist Medical Center, employees can complete a health risk assessment that includes height, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar as part of the...
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Support proposition to improve Arch, trails and public parks on April 2 ballot
On Tuesday, April 2, City of St. Louis and St. Louis County voters will vote on Proposition P, the Safe and Accessible Arch and Public Parks Initiative. Proposition P proposes a 3/16 of 1 cent sales...
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Daniel Libeskind to discuss 'The Future of Cities' April 2
Daniel Libeskind. Image courtesy of Michael Klinkhamer Photography.Daniel Libeskind, one of the most celebrated architects working today, will discuss “The Future of Cities” as part of the Assembly...
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Inaugural infectious disease conference brings global health leaders to St....
The Carter Center/Emily StaubJoseph Gondovo, a patient in Nigeria, receives treatment for lymphatic filariasis, a neglected tropical disease that can cause immensely swollen limbs. HIV/AIDS, malaria,...
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The secret lives of the wild asses of the Negev
Alan TempletonThe wild asses of the Negev are extremely wary of people, but Brian Hampton, who studies Australia's wild horses (in t-shirt) was able to get close enough to dart this male, called...
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Wang to use NSF grant for study of oxygen consumption in cells
When scientists study cells, they need to know how much oxygen each cell consumes to determine its metabolism. However, existing technology limits this study to groups of cells, not individual cells....
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