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Study links present-day xenophobia, political intolerance to Third Reich
It has been nearly 75 years since the end of World War II, yet its legacy of xenophobia, political intolerance and radical political parties continues to plague Germany and the rest of Europe. A new...
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Long-term analysis shows GM cotton no match for insects in India
Genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton produces its own insecticide. The seeds were introduced in India in 2002 and today account for 90% of all cotton planting in the country. Bt cotton is now the most...
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Washington University cancels Commencement due to COVID-19 concerns
Washington University in St. Louis has canceled its 159th Commencement, which had been scheduled for Friday, May 15, due to the continuing global crisis of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,...
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Coronavirus alters Washington University history
“We are in unprecedented times.” Those were the words of Chancellor Andrew D. Martin in one of the numerous communications that went out to the Washington University in St. Louis faculty, staff and...
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Reaching students where they are
Like most in the immediate aftermath of the announcement of major changes in campus life at Washington University in St. Louis, the staff at the Habif Health and Wellness Center was working overtime to...
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Tang Dynasty noblewoman buried with her donkeys, for the love of polo
A noblewoman from Imperial China enjoyed playing polo on donkeys so much she had her steeds buried with her so she could keep doing it in the afterlife, archaeologists found. This discovery by a team...
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Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus
Shown is the first look at the Folding@home project’s simulations of the COVID-19 spike protein. The three colors represent components of the spike protein; this is the protein that the novel...
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Faculty adjust to online instruction with help from Center for Teaching and...
As faculty, students and staff come to grips with a new reality, the Center for Teaching and Learning at Washington University in St. Louis has leapt into action to help make the sudden, universitywide...
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Help line requests for food skyrocket as pandemic spreads
In the first week since COVID-19 was designated a pandemic, requests for food pantries skyrocketed across the United States. Requests for home-delivered meals more than tripled in the same time period,...
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Working from home: Advice for managers and employees during the coronavirus...
In less than a week, companies around the country have scrambled to transition their operations from traditional offices to — in some cases — entirely remote-based workforces. That swift transition...
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Possible COVID-19 treatment: transfusion of antibodies from recovered...
With no drugs or vaccines yet approved for COVID-19 and the number of U.S. cases increasing by the thousands every day, doctors are looking to revive a century-old therapy for infectious diseases:...
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Coping during coronavirus
Tim Bono is an assistant dean in Arts & Sciences and a lecturer in psychological and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Bono is also author of Happiness 101: Simple Secrets to...
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Residential life staff, campus volunteers unite to pack student belongings
The task was as Herculean as it was heartbreaking: Pack and ship some 2,000 boxes of books, computers, medications and other essentials to Washington University in St. Louis students across the globe....
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Tang Dynasty noblewoman buried with her donkeys, for the love of polo
A noblewoman from Imperial China enjoyed playing polo on donkeys so much she had her steeds buried with her so she could keep doing it in the afterlife, archaeologists found. This discovery by a team...
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Weedy rice is unintended legacy of Green Revolution
A new global study reveals the extent to which high-yielding rice varieties favored in the decades since the “Green Revolution” have a propensity to go feral, turning a staple food crop into a weedy...
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Hu appointed dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences
Hu Feng Sheng Hu, the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been appointed dean of the faculty of Arts &...
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WashU entrepreneurs respond to the coronavirus
The phrase ‘We’re all in this together’ takes on new urgency and meaning Washington University in St. Louis has a long tradition of coming together to care for one another and work toward the greater...
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Insight into Alzheimer’s early stages provides clues to treatment strategies
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 5 million people in the U.S., but doctors have limited advice on how to protect against it. The disease develops silently in...
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Musical Postcards: ‘Love is Here to Stay’
In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble They’re only made of clay But our love is here to stay – George and Ira Gershwin Two lovers dance along the banks of the Seine, the city eerily...
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Lifestyle trumps geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome
Apes in U.S. zoos host bacterial communities in their intestinal tracts that are more similar to those of people who eat a non-Western diet than to the gut makeup of their wild ape cousins, according...
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