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New faculty join Brown School, Law School
Several new faculty members have joined the Brown School and the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis this academic year. Below are details about their backgrounds. Brown SchoolDerek...
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Macias in China for announcement of new Schwarzman Scholarship Program
This past weekend, Blackstone founder and philanthropist Stephen A. Schwarzman announced a $100 million personal gift to build and endow an elite scholarship program in China inspired by the...
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Bacteria may contribute to premature births, STDs
Wandy BeattyGardnerella vaginalis, a common species of bacteria, may be an important contributor to bacterial vaginosis, a condition linked to preterm birth and increased risk of sexually transmitted...
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New restaurant at Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health
Shown is the new restaurant — Central Table — at the Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health.Central Table, a new 10,000-square-foot restaurant at the Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health, is...
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Annual food drive feeds more than 3,000 for a day
The third annual PB&Joy food drive at Washington University in St. Louis yielded 8,372 pounds of food, compared to 4,686 pounds last year. The campaign also raised more than $3,800 in monetary...
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Crowds flock to Thurtene Carnival
Pleasant weather led to a good turnout this past weekend for Thurtene Carnival. The annual community event brings together students, faculty and staff from Washington University in St. Louis with the...
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Make music with student-created app
It’s called Sketch-A-Song. It’s free, and it’s designed to make music creation accessible to everyone — even people without formal musical training.The Sketch-A-Song app in use. Jacob Zax, a senior...
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Book idea gets boost from awards, faculty fellowship
Messbarger Rebecca Messbarger, PhD, has a great start to her next book. Not only did she win two awards for an article summarizing her book idea, but next fall she will have more time and resources to...
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Gephardt Institute selects new cohort of Civic Scholars, inaugural cohort...
The Gephardt Institute for Public Service has selected eight sophomores for its third cohort of the Civic Scholars Program. With its mission “to cultivate the next generation of civic leaders,” this...
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Graduate students recognize faculty mentors
kevin lowderThe Graduate Student Senate at Washington University in St. Louis recognized eight faculty with Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards during its 14th annual awards ceremony, held April 10 in...
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Obituary: Charles W. Parker, emeritus professor of medicine, 83
Charles Ward Parker, MD, a Washington University faculty member whose pioneering research helped improve treatment of allergies and asthma, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, from pancreatic cancer at his...
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2013 Spector Prize goes to Kelly, Stevens
Each year, the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis awards a prize to a graduating senior in memory of Marion Smith Spector, a 1938 WUSTL graduate who...
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Andrew Scharlach to discuss aging-friendly communities at Friedman lecture
Scharlach Andrew Scharlach, PhD, the Eugene and Rose Kleiner Professor of Aging at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the 2013 Friedman lecture Friday, May 3, at the Eric P. Newman...
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Missing link in Parkinson’s disease found
Gerald W. Dorn II, MD A mouse heart, in gray, shows signs of heart failure because it is missing Mfn2, newly identified as a key molecule in the process that culls unhealthy mitochondria from cells....
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Washington People: Ross Brownson
Joe AngelesBrownson (left), president-elect of the American College of Epidemiology, talks with former student Carlos Mario Arango (MPH ’13). Brownson says that students keep him energized in his work,...
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ALS trial shows novel therapy is safe
Matthew J. CrispA mutated protein that causes an inherited form of Lou Gehrig's disease leads to clumps in the human cells in the bottom image. A therapy that blocks production of this protein has...
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Four student projects win Gephardt Institute Social Change Grants
The Community Service Office of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service recently announced winners of social change grants for student projects pursuing innovative ideas and serving the common good...
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Forum to highlight faculty flexibility benefits
Robert BostonBess Marshall, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, used the faculty career flexibility benefit of going part-time to care for her three young children and her father-in-law, who had...
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Freshmen celebrate ‘finale’ of first year
Whitney CurtisThe annual Freshman Finale celebration was held Tuesday, April 23, in College Hall on the South 40. Top, Professor of English Joe Loewenstein, (PhD) left, accepts the Delores K. Kennedy...
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Women’s Society presents Switzer leadership awards, Danforth scholarship
Three already accomplished young women received awards recently from the Women’s Society of Washington University (WSWU). At the society’s annual membership meeting April 17, leaders announced the...
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