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Washington University a partner in greenway project to connect Forest Park to...
Washington University in St. Louis is participating in a major public-private partnership that aims to connect Forest Park to the Gateway Arch grounds. The scenic conduit — dubbed the Chouteau Greenway...
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Choosing between work and breastfeeding in Haiti
New mothers in poor urban communities may feel the necessity to work and have a measure of food security rather than trying to find the time and ability for exclusive breastfeeding, a health issue that...
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The First 40: Three first-year students record a second of video a day
Meet Rodriguez Scholar Jazmin Garcia, international student Astrella Sjarfi and football player Tim Tague — three members of the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2021. Back in August, we...
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Postdoc researcher Cao receives STAT honor
Cao Bin Cao, a Washington University postdoctoral researcher who studies how the placenta protects the fetus from infections such as Zika virus, has been named a 2017 Wunderkind by the national...
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Nasdaq president to speak for Calhoun Lectureship series
Adena T. Friedman, president and chief executive officer of Nasdaq, will be on the Washington University in St. Louis campus at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium as part of...
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Barnes named Packard Fellow
Jonathan Barnes, assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was among 18 leading young researchers across the United States honored Oct. 16 as a 2017...
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Portable 3-D scanner assesses patients with elephantiasis
An estimated 120 million people worldwide are infected with lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic, mosquito-borne disease that can cause major swelling and deformity of the legs, a condition known as...
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Video: CRETE House debuts at Solar Decathlon 2017
Buildings use much of the world’s energy. To fight global warming, we must make buildings better. Over the past two years, more than 100 Washington University in St. Louis students from the Sam Fox...
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Evaluating a next-gen learning management system
Representatives of the two learning management systems (LMS) under consideration to replace the current Blackboard platform at Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting demonstrations and...
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New gene-altering treatment offered for certain blood cancers
Amanda Cashen, MD, examines patient Marie Miceli at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Miceli successfully responded to a new...
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‘Icarus’ film to be screened Nov. 7
“Icarus,” a 2017 documentary film exploring doping in sports, will be screened from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall at Washington University in St....
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Anderson Cooper to deliver Founders Day keynote
Cooper CNN journalist Anderson Cooper will be the keynote speaker at Founders Day, to be held Oct. 28 at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel. Cooper is the anchor of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°,” which...
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Woman of the Year: Alum Crist picks up NCAA honor
Video courtesy of NCAA Lizzy Crist, a May 2017 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, was named 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year. Crist was chosen from among nine finalists for the award, three...
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Older Neandertal survived with a little help from his friends
An older Neandertal from about 50,000 years ago, who had suffered multiple injuries and other degenerations, became deaf and must have relied on the help of others to avoid prey and survive well into...
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Large declines seen in teen substance abuse, delinquency
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/RG%20Psyc%20Med%20.mp3 More than a decade of data indicates teens have become far less likely to abuse alcohol, nicotine and illicit drugs, and they also...
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Center offers support and scholarship but no easy answers
Emelyn dela Peña (second from right), associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, meets with students (from left) Sam Sadat-Wexler, Emi Wyland,...
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Music for Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” (1818) is one of the most influential artistic creations of the last two centuries. At 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will present...
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Key malaria parasite findings could lead to new treatments
Sebastian Nasamu, an MD/PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, battled successive bouts of malaria as a child growing up in Ghana. He survived – but decided long ago to...
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Strengthening international ties
A newly drafted partnership, signed last month in New York by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and officials with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), will bring up to 15 new PhD students per year from...
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Early childhood adversities linked to health problems in tweens, teens
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/Luby%20ACEs%20.mp3 Adverse experiences in childhood — such as the death of a parent, growing up in poverty, physical or sexual abuse, or having a parent...
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