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Smith new ombuds for Danforth faculty
Smith Peggie R. Smith, the Charles F. Nagel Professor of Employment and Labor Law, has been named the new ombuds for the Danforth Campus faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Provost...
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Cameron installed as Michael B. Kaufman Professor of Practice
Heather Cameron was installed as the Michael B. Kaufman Professor of Practice at Washington University April 3. Here, Cameron poses for a picture with Kaufman during the ceremony. (Photo: Whitney...
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‘Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection’
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617), “The Great Hercules,” 1589. Engraving, 22 1/2 x 16 1/4″. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. University purchase with funds from...
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Research dog helps scientists save endangered carnivores
Scat-sniffing research dogs are helping scientists map out a plan to save reclusive jaguars, pumas, bush dogs and other endangered carnivores in the increasingly fragmented forests of northeastern...
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A message from Chancellor Wrighton regarding the rescission of DACA
To the Washington University community: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program should be continued and even expanded. With President Trump’s decision to rescind the program and end...
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Ssewamala to use NIH grant on HIV interventions in stricken Africa
Fred Ssewamala, professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a $3.4 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study the effectiveness of interventions in...
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Decade of work pays off
Since he was a graduate student, Washington University in St. Louis systems engineer Jr-Shin Li has provided specific mathematical information to experimentalists and clinicians who need it to perform...
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Joining forces to advance the study of life on earth
In less than half a century, global populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles have declined to less than half their size. One in five of the plant species on earth is currently...
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Pushing science and engineering to create new soft materials
Engineering new materials holds enormous potential to improve and advance the global community. Breakthroughs in medicine, defense and clean energy could be achieved by designing polymeric materials...
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Human skin cells transformed directly into motor neurons
Scientists working to develop new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases have been stymied by the inability to grow human motor neurons in the lab. Motor neurons drive muscle contractions, and their...
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Potential new therapy relieves chronic itch
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/JAK%20itch%20.mp3 The roots of chronic itching have long remained a mystery. Meanwhile, those with the condition suffer from an unrelenting and sometimes...
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Scott Wilson appointed chief investment officer at Washington University
Wilson Scott L. Wilson has been appointed chief investment officer at Washington University Investment Management Company (WUIMC), effective Dec. 1, according to David W. Kemper, chairman of the board...
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Emergency Management hosts Ready Week Sept. 10-15
Knowing what to do in case of an emergency is important. The Emergency Management Department at Washington University in St. Louis will host its first-ever Ready Week Sept. 10–15. The goal of Ready...
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Does health insurance status affect childhood cancer survival?
Privately insured children and those with Medicaid at the time of a cancer diagnosis experience largely similar survival trends, with slight evidence for an increased risk of cancer death in children...
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Does improving cardiovascular health reduce risk of dementia?
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/Binder%20rrAD%20.mp3 Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recruiting volunteers for a national study that is exploring...
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The remaking of Wall Street
Private equity firms are more financially stable and pose less systemic risk to the global economy than the large investment banks that went defunct during the financial crisis of 2007-09, finds a new...
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Wiens, Shore to study seismic activity on Alaskan coast
Douglas Wiens, the Robert S. Brookings Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and Patrick Shore, staff scientist and lecturer in earth and planetary...
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Tomb of early classic Maya ruler found in Guatemala
The tomb of a Maya ruler excavated this summer at the Classic Maya city of Waka’ in northern Guatemala is the oldest royal tomb yet to be discovered at the site, the Ministry of Culture and Sports of...
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Pledges of Allegiance
Last November, as voters took to the polls after a long and grueling presidential campaign, the artist Robert Longo completed a monumental charcoal drawing. “Untitled (Nov. 8, 2016)” depicts an...
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Time to step it up, America
The United States earns failing grades when it comes to the number of people walking to work and school plus the number of walkable communities, finds a new national report. Amy Eyler, associate...
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