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Art, war and good intentions
Can art be separated from its cultural context? Can one society understand another? And when things go bad, how much are good intentions worth? In “Kiss,” Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderon explores...
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Masters and Johnson to be honored through annual lecture
The legacy of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson will be revisited in a new annual lecture launched by the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. The inaugural Masters...
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Chancellor search committee to hold first ‘listening sessions’ on Danforth...
As the search gets underway for the next chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, the search committee is eager to hear feedback from members of the university community. To begin the process...
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Taylor family establishes $10 million scholarship challenge
Barbara and Andrew Taylor’s latest gift for scholarships fortifies Washington University’s ability to make a top-tier education accessible to the most talented students. A $10 million commitment from...
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Research team developing new pediatric neuroimaging technology
A team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a new way to look inside the brains of the littlest patients — a technique that will provide precise measurements without...
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Aggressive testing provides no benefit to patients in ER with chest pain
Patients who go to the emergency room (ER) with chest pain often receive unnecessary tests to evaluate whether they are having a heart attack, a practice that provides no clinical benefit and adds...
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‘Reformation/Revolution’ concert Nov. 19
In the fall of 1517, German theologian Martin Luther mailed his “Ninty-Five Theses” to the Archbishop of Mainz — and, legend has it, nailed a copy to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. Thus...
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Washington University responds to proposed tax legislation
As our nation’s leaders debate the proposed federal legislation known as The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, colleges and universities across the country are responding to a number of provisions that would have...
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Ancient barley took high road to China, changed to summer crop in Tibet
First domesticated 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East, wheat and barley took vastly different routes to China, with barley switching from a winter to both a winter and summer...
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Congressional briefing on human trafficking includes Washington University...
Several Washington University in St. Louis faculty members served as panelists for a congressional briefing titled “Human Trafficking and the Impact on Children and Families” Nov. 14 in Washington. The...
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Cutting NIH budget could cripple drug development
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/NIH%20cuts%20.mp3 A proposal to slash funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) could severely impair the development of new, life-saving drugs,...
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All Black Friday deals are not created equal
Spend $200 on a great Christmas gift at the big box store and get a $50 gift card. Sounds like a great offer. It may, in fact, entice you to spend more than you normally would, warned a marketing...
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Water world
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have traced the paths of three water channels in an ancient photosynthetic organism to provide the first comprehensive, experimental study of how that...
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Camille Borders, Jasmine Brown named Rhodes Scholars
Jasmine Brown (left) and Camille Borders, both seniors at Washington University, have been named 2018 Rhodes Scholars. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) Washington University in St. Louis...
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Search begins for new Skandalaris Center director
Washington University in St. Louis is beginning a search for the next director of its Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a position that will be vacated when...
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Oxygen levels link to ancient explosion of life
Oxygen has provided a breath of fresh air to the study of the Earth’s evolution some 400-plus million years ago. A team of researchers, including a faculty member and postdoctoral fellow from...
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Seven faculty are 2017 AAAS Fellows
Seven faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis are among 396 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific...
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Ramani installed as Wittcoff Distinguished University Professor
Vijay Ramani has been named the inaugural Roma B. and Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished University Professor of Environment and Energy at Washington University in St. Louis. He was installed Sept. 13...
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Washington University Dance Theatre Dec. 1-3
“I like to think about the difference between a technique and an approach. An arabesque is an arabesque; it’s not anything else. But an approach — to gravity, to movement, to the body — can lead a...
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New pathways, better biofuels
The mass manufacture of biofuels could hold the key to greener, more environmentally sound energy, transportation and product options. Scientists have previously engineered metabolic pathways of...
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