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Kamimura-Jimenez named associate vice chancellor, dean of Center for...
Kamimura-Jimenez Mark Kamimura-Jimenez has been named associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis, according...
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New study advocates a positive approach to school safety
Policy responses to school shootings have not prevented them from happening more frequently, but restorative justice has the potential to avert bad behavior and school shootings, finds a new study from...
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Kip Thorne explores the ‘warped side’ of the universe
Nobel laureate Kip Thorne, of the California Institute of Technology, will deliver a public talk at Washington University in St. Louis next week. Thorne’s work in theoretical physics examines...
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New antidepressants on horizon
More than 14 million Americans suffer from clinical depression, yet one in three doesn’t experience relief from approved antidepressant drugs. A new treatment approach involving drugs called...
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Actor Goodman to headline Founders Day Nov. 2
Award-winning actor and St. Louis native John Goodman will be the keynote speaker for Washington University in St. Louis’ annual Founders Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 2, at St. Louis Union Station...
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New clues found to help protect heart from damage after heart attack
Studying mice, scientists have shown that boosting the activity of specific immune cells in the heart after a heart attack can protect against developing heart failure, an invariably fatal condition....
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Straight from the source
Ever since scientists discovered that certain microbes can get their energy from electrical charges, researchers have wondered how they do it. Bose Bacteria don’t have mouths, so they need another way...
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University delivers shuttle to Better Family Life
Washington University and its shuttle provider, Huntleigh Transportation Services, donated a shuttle to longtime community partner Better Family Life. The organization will use the shuttle to create...
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‘This is the resource I always wished I had’
Washington University in St. Louis senior Luka Cai is a transmasculine, pansexual, queer person. But as a teenager in Singapore, Cai did not have that vocabulary; they only knew they didn’t want to...
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Connecting veterans to personalized care
For the past year, Deniz Ercan-Fang, a senior in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has spent his Saturdays interviewing veterans receiving palliative or hospice care, simply...
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Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Oct. 4, more than a dozen faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective Oct. 4 unless otherwise...
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Field Notes: Junior teaches emergency medicine to Sierra Leone’s locals
Washington University in St. Louis junior Zach Eisner is working toward a future where all of the world’s citizens have access to quality emergency medicine. But until then, he is committed to...
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Investigating water ice, space weathering on the Moon
The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969. A new research collaborative led by Arts & Sciences researchers from Washington...
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‘Seasonal Music’ in the age of climate change
The Momenta String Quartet (Photo: John Gurrin) The Momenta String Quartet is among the most acclaimed ensembles of its generation, praised as “taut and compelling” (The New York Times), “razor-sharp”...
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Cancer risk from air pollution higher in poor, segregated areas of St. Louis
Higher levels of air pollution in St. Louis are associated with neighborhoods with high levels of poverty, unemployment and segregation, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University...
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Toward a more civil discourse
In our current climate of sometimes intense vitriol, reappropriation — by which a group of people reclaims words or artifacts that were previously used in a way disparaging of that group — can tame...
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Modifications to social, physical spaces make living at home easier for older...
Social and physical modifications can make aging in place more accessible at the same time they positively impact cognitive function in older adults living alone, finds a new study from the Brown...
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HIV treatment innovation leads to better lifetime choices, study finds
Domestic violence and illicit drug use plummeted among women who realized they could live decades longer than they’d expected because of a new HIV treatment, according to a new study involving a...
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Heart pump devices associated with serious complications in some patients...
In critically ill patients who require a heart pump to support blood circulation as part of stent procedures, specific heart pumps have been associated with serious complications, according to a new...
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The time for privacy reform is now
America needs an internet privacy bill. However, Congressional inaction or even its best intentions could lead to an Americanized version of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a move...
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