A unique solution for bioelectronics: collagen and cacao butter
In Brief A new fabrication method created by WashU engineers could improve medical implants and bioelectronics. Researchers found use of cacao butter, often used in 3D printing chocolate sculptures,...
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Cancer survivors less likely to be physically active, study finds
In Brief Cancer survivors were less likely to be physically active than adults without a cancer history, although activity increased among both groups from 2018-2024. Physical activity can provide...
View ArticleBlood proteins reveal effects of Alzheimer’s drug
In Brief In patients taking an Alzheimer’s drug, dozens of blood proteins changed in abundance. Some proteins tracked with clearance of a toxic brain plaque; others with cognitive changes. Findings...
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WashU students build skills, networks through internships
In Brief WashU students gained job skills and expanded their professional networks in labs, offices, hospitals and courthouses. The WashU Center for Career Engagement maintains a large database of job...
View ArticleAdvice from the frontline of alpha-gal syndrome
The year 2026 has been great for ticks. The number of emergency department visits for tick bites have reached near-record highs across the United States, with the Midwest and Northeast experiencing...
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Family resilience can help protect children from climate change
In Brief Climate change can disrupt children’s safety, routines, schools and communities, increasing vulnerability to mental health challenges. Strengthening family resilience before disasters can...
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Get by with a little help from (old) friends
In Brief Earth sciences researchers found evidence that chemosymbiotic relationships between microbes and animals are an ancient evolutionary mechanism. Chemical signatures in fossils indicate...
View ArticleFaculty committee begins review of ‘Call to Action’ letter
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has asked university presidents and boards across the country to respond to a series of core questions about higher education. Now, in response, a committee...
View ArticleInclusive Excellence Advisory Committee outlines recommendations for...
Washington University in St. Louis is taking the next step in its work to cultivate and maintain a community where all feel welcome, included and valued, based on new recommendations from the...
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The Writer and Her Editor
Deb Olin Unferth will read from “Earth 7,” her latest novel, Sept. 24. (Photo: Nick-Berard) Two women meet on an artificial beach. One was raised underwater. The other may be a robot. In “Earth 7,”...
View ArticleA new toolkit for teaching in the age of AI
Anna Cunningham loved playing teacher as a kid. Using an upturned laundry hamper as a lectern, she would spend summer breaks delivering lectures from the Encyclopedia Britannica to her cousins. AI...
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The future of queer gerontology
In Brief Queer gerontology builds on decades of research examining LGBTQ+ aging and challenging conventional ideas about later life. Vanessa Fabbre’s five principles offer a framework emphasizing...
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FTC settlements may fall short of curbing pharmacy benefit managers
The Federal Trade Commission’s settlements with two of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) could change how the companies do business, but they may not do enough to lower...
View ArticleClearing the way for renewable carbon fiber production
In Brief WashU engineers developed new design principles for carbon fiber manufacturing. The process makes use of waste material, greatly reducing the costs of production and carbon emissions. This...
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Everyone has a role in suicide prevention
In Brief Suicide prevention is everyone’s responsibility, but people need different levels of training and expertise. Gatekeeper training can help people recognize distress, ask directly about...
View ArticleNew Transcend Initiative to address mycobacteria threats
In Brief WashU’s MycoTranscend Initiative joins experts in medicine, chemistry and public health to tackle dangerous mycobacterial infections. Missouri experiences five times the national average of...
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Learfield Directors’ Cup Festival to celebrate WashU Bears
In the past decade, WashU has celebrated eight NCAA championships, 25 individual national champions and some 60 University Athletic Association conference championships. But one title has been...
View ArticleGut microbiome features predict devastating disease affecting preemies
In a discovery that challenges long-standing assumptions about necrotizing enterocolitis, a sudden and often fatal intestinal illness that affects premature infants, researchers at Washington...
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Hotchner Festival highlights WashU playwrights
In Brief The festival is modeled on professional theater development workshops. All plays are selected by “blind” submission. The readings are free and open to the public. The cast of “What We Talk...
View ArticleUniversity to retire Robert J. Terry Lecture, rename professorship
Washington University in St. Louis will retire the Robert J. Terry Lecture and rename the Robert J. Terry Professorship, following approval by the Board of Trustees. The action follows a...
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