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Uncertainty leads to treatment delays for young people with mental illness
Stigmas, attitudes of self-reliance and misattributing symptoms led a group of young adults experiencing their first episode of psychosis to delay seeking treatment, finds a new study from the Brown...
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Why customer-facing companies have happier workers
It’s possible the Keebler Elves aren’t as happy at work as they seem. At the same time, SpongeBob SquarePants’ dour fast-food colleague Squidward might be a little cheerier than he lets on. New...
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Decoy molecules target E. coli to treat UTIs in mice
Half of all women will experience the pain and burning of a urinary tract infection (UTI) at some point in their lives. Most such infections can be successfully treated with antibiotics, but antibiotic...
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New way to fight sepsis: Rev up patients’ immune systems
A small clinical trial led by Richard S. Hotchkiss, MD, at the School of Medicine, shows that a drug that revs up the immune system holds promise in treating sepsis. The approach goes against the...
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Students to build homes, make connections
Small (right) and other members of Habitat for Humanity’s Washington University chapter traveled to Alabama last spring break to build affordable housing. This year, the chapter will go to Tucker, Ga....
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Gut microbes influence severity of intestinal parasitic infections
A new study indicates that the kinds of microbes living in the gut influence the severity and recurrence of parasitic worm infections in developing countries. The findings, by researchers at Washington...
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No progress seen in reducing antibiotics among outpatients
Despite public health campaigns aimed at reducing unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics, the drugs continue to be prescribed at startlingly high rates in outpatient settings such as clinics and...
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University launches new required process for international travel
In summer 2016, members of Washington University’s International Travel Oversight Committee (ITOC) watched as a coup erupted in Turkey just as a group of undergraduate students was landing at the...
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3-D mapping babies’ brains
During the third trimester, a baby’s brain undergoes rapid development in utero. The cerebral cortex dramatically expands its surface area and begins to fold. Previous work suggests that this quick and...
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WashU Expert: (Daylight Saving) Time is not on your side
On Monday morning, the Earth will continue to orbit the sun at roughly 67,000 mph. At the equator, the Earth will rotate about 1,000 mph in relation to its core. The planet’s axis will have an orbital...
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Education leader to discuss using hip-hop culture to reach African-American...
Gloria Ladson-Billings, president of the National Academy of Education, will discuss “Hip Hop/Hip Hope: The (R)Evolution of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy” as part of the Edward and Ilene Lowenthal...
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Keeping plant-cell motors on track
Fluorescent dyes light up the areas of activity for regulator IMB4 (red) along green microtubules in a growing plant cell. (Image: Dixit lab) Within both plant and animal cells, motor proteins act like...
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Patti installed as inaugural Powell Professor
Gary Patti has been named the Michael and Tana Powell Associate Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. He was installed Dec. 1 in a ceremony in the Laboratory Sciences Building....
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Proposed Medicaid work requirements would affect fewer in Missouri
Significantly fewer people in Missouri than in other participating states would be affected if Medicaid recipients were required to take part in some kind of work, volunteering or other tasks in order...
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Global warming focus of 2018 McDonnell lecture
A February 2018 image from Jason-3 oceanographic satellite, which gathers data for El Niño and La Niña forecasting, among other ocean height and monitoring purposes. (Image: NASA/JPL) S. George...
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The real Wakanda: African Film Festival showcases continent’s rich diversity
Filmmaker Rokhaya Diallo (pictured) will present her film “From Paris to Ferguson: Guilty of Being Black” at 7 p.m. March 25. The 2018 African Film Festival at Washington University in St. Louis will...
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Creating a new generation of educators
The St. Louis Teacher Residency program will provide urban educators an opportunity to work with an experienced mentor and earn a graduate teaching degree at University College in Arts & Sciences....
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Bono debut book tackles strategies for happiness
How can we be happier? In a world where stress, anxiety and bad days can easily overtake the good, happiness expert Tim Bono, lecturer in psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in...
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Higher doses of radiation don’t improve survival in prostate cancer
A new study shows that higher doses of radiation do not improve survival for many patients with prostate cancer, compared with the standard radiation treatment. The analysis, which included 104...
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Americans prefer economic inequality to playing Robin Hood
Voters in modern democracies, such as the United States and Germany, have long held the power to take from the rich, give to the poor and erase the huge economic inequalities that separate the vast...
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