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Existing drugs may help more with breast cancer
Shyam Kavuri, PhDInvestigators found that some women with HER2 negative breast cancer would still benefit from anti-HER2 drugs even though standard tests don't indicate they are candidates. The top...
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WUSTL gathers global leaders in India to explore sustainable energy access...
Washington University in St. Louis and its academic and corporate partners worldwide are putting research into action and leading a major initiative in Mumbai, India, Dec. 6-12 to address global energy...
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WUSTL named Truman Scholar Honor Institution
sid hastingsWashington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (center) accepts the 2012 Truman Foundation Honor Institution Award from Andrew Rich (third from left), executive secretary of the Harry S....
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Super-TIGER is up!!!
Richard BoseThe Super-TIGER cosmic-ray experiment had a perfect launch Sunday at 9:45 a.m. New Zealand Daylight Time. The enormous balloon that will carry it to the limits of Earth’s atmosphere was...
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Insights From India
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is in India with a group of Washington University in St. Louis leaders and members of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP) this week to...
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Into adulthood, sickle cell patients rely on ER
Morey A. Blinder, MDMoving from childhood to adulthood, patients with sickle cell disease rely more on emergency care, a new study shows. Normal red blood cells (top) are round and disk-like. The...
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Library launches 26th annual Neureuther competition
The book collection essay competition sponsored by Washington University Libraries is celebrating its 26th year this winter, offering four cash prizes to students who submit short essays about their...
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Hanto to oversee continuing medical education
Douglas W. Hanto, MD, PhD, is the new associate dean for continuing medical education (CME) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.He replaces W. Edwin Dodson, MD, who continues to...
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Video: George Will discusses religion, politics with WUSTL’s Marie Griffith
Pulitzer Prize-winning political journalist and author George F. Will visited campus Dec. 4 to deliver the fall 2012 keynote speech for the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics in Graham...
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Insights From India
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is in India this week with a group of Washington University in St. Louis leaders and members of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP)...
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Gingerbread Chapel
Jerry naunheimDining Services staff recently collaborated to create a festive gingerbread Graham Chapel, now on view in Danforth University Center. Mike Healy, campus catering chef, proposed the plan...
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Siteman Cancer Research Fund grants $2 million for unique approaches to...
Recipients of this year's grants from the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Research Fund are (clockwise from upper left): Kyhunghee Choi, PhD; David Curiel, MD, PhD; Kenneth Murphy, MD, PhD; Mark Watson, MD,...
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WUSTL reaches list of top Fulbright producers again
Thanks in part to key support on campus, Sarah Myers Tlapek, PhD candidate in the Brown School, will be leaving for Rwanda in February as one of 14 Fulbright scholarship recipients from Washington...
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Pediatric program for brain injuries saves lives, reduces disabilities
Drew Mitchem of Oran, Mo., is closely monitored at St. Louis Children's Hospital a few days after suffering a severe head injury in a January 2010 sledding accident. Drew, 11 at the time, was treated...
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Holiday shopping? Explore list of faculty books
whitney curtisStill looking for that perfect holiday gift to buy? A book by a Washington University faculty author could be the answer for the devoted readers on your list. Whether through poetry, art...
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Sadat appointed special adviser on crimes against humanity
Leila Nadya Sadat, JD, the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, added another international honor to her resumé recently when she was appointed special adviser on...
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Toys, joys at Brown School holiday celebration
sid hastings (2)The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis celebrated the holidays Dec. 12 by doing what it does best: engaging the community. (Above left) Lorien Carter, assistant dean of...
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Insights From India
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is in India this week with a group of Washington University in St. Louis leaders and members of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP)...
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Apte to receive Macula Society's Young Investigator Award
Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual science and of developmental biology, will receive the 2013 Young Investigator Award from the Macula Society. Founded in 1977,...
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India 2012: Strengthening connections
courtesy photos (2)The second half of the trip to India brought together members of the university's International Advisory Council for Asia (IACA) Dec. 12-15 in New Delhi. The IACA assists university...
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