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University partners with SafeTrek to provide peace of mind for students, staff
Washington University in St. Louis is providing all students, faculty, staff and basic service contractor employees free activation for the personal safety app SafeTrek. Essentially a mobile “blue...
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University receives major support for east end transformation
A rendering of Tisch Park, as viewed from the Skinker Boulevard entrance to the Danforth Campus. As Washington University in St. Louis prepares for a significant transformation of the east end of its...
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New use for a pesky weed
Taraxacum officinale, better known as the common dandelion, is a much-maligned weed cursed the world over for its ability to infest lawns and crops. The plant’s paratrooper-like seed dispersal system...
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Student films go to Cannes
A drawer slams like a gunshot. Condolence cards are tossed away. A young man collapses, overwhelmed by memory, his eyes bright with shock and loss. In “Grieve,” director Sagar Brahmbhatt depicts...
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Smart decarceration can help shrink sprawling American prison system
The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration, spending $52 billion a year on correctional supervision and another $948 billion in related social costs. What can be done to shrink the prison...
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Potential predictor of glaucoma damage identified
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/GDF15%20story.mp3 Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide, most often is diagnosed during a routine eye exam. Over time, elevated pressure inside...
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Four faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Four university scientists are among the 84 members and 21 foreign associates recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing...
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Schnuck Pavilion to add flavor to east end transformation
Rendering of the Craig and Nancy Schnuck Pavilion When the transformation of the east end of the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis is complete, it will be home to new academic...
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Class Acts: When the student writes curriculum
During her first year at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Hilary Gallin studied racial and gender disparities in health care. She learned about various physicians’ approaches to...
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Many Washington University medical students seek dual degrees
(Image: Michael Worful) Nearly one-third of the 136 students graduating this month from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will receive more than one degree. Those 44 students also...
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Trustees meet, elect new board members and officers
At its spring meeting, held Friday, May 5, the Board of Trustees at Washington University in St. Louis elected five new members, re-elected four members and elected officers, among other actions,...
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Guo named Yangtze River Scholar
Shenyang Guo, the Frank J. Bruno Distinguished Professor of Social Work Research at the Brown School and assistant vice chancellor for international affairs – Greater China at Washington University in...
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Hundreds celebrate Eliot Society milestone
April 5 was a special night for members of Washington University’s William Greenleaf Eliot Society, for it marked a half-century of dedicated alumni, friends and parents coming together and giving...
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Uninsured breast cancer patients more likely to die
Uninsured women with breast cancer were nearly 2.6 times more likely to have a late-stage diagnosis than cancer patients who were insured, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington...
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Antibiotic resistance circumvented in lab
Bacteria are plated in petri dishes in the lab of Gautam Dantas at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dantas and his colleagues have identified compounds that block resistance to...
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Washington University announces 2017-18 Great Artists Series
Katia and Marielle Labèque are “the best piano duet in front of an audience today” (The New York Times). Susan Graham is “America’s favorite mezzo” (Gramaphone Magazine). The Calidore String Quartet is...
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Bolden named director of parking and transportation
Bolden Gwendolyn Bolden has been appointed director of Parking & Transportation at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Dedric Carter, vice chancellor for operations and technology...
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Sculpture takes flight
How do you create an artwork light enough to hang from the ceiling but substantial enough to fill an airport terminal? Over the last four months, eight students in the Graduate School of Architecture...
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Women’s Society presents Switzer awards, Danforth scholarships
Students Annie Marggraff (left) and Connie Gan, winners of the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Awards, visit with Switzer during the Women’s Society of Washington University annual membership meeting...
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Class Acts: At the intersection of business and sustainability
Sustainability champions Nick Annin, Elise Fabbro and Nicola Salzman graduate this month from Washington University in St. Louis poised to fight the globe’s most pressing problem with a powerful tool:...
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