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Biggs Lecture in Classics features acclaimed Athenian archaeologist John Camp
CampWorld-renowned archaeologist John M. Camp, PhD, will give this year’s John and Penelope Biggs Lecture in the Classics for the Assembly Series. His lecture, “Greece Between Antiquity and Modernity:...
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Bill signed on campus lowers cost of cancer drugs
PhotoS By Jerry Naunheim Jr.Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signs legislation Wednesday, March 19, at the Center for Advanced Medicine that increases the affordability and accessibility of oral chemotherapy...
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Biomarkers of cell death in Alzheimer’s reverse course after symptom onset
Michael C. PurdyAnne Fagan, right, led a group of researchers who discovered that some markers for early Alzheimer's disease change significantly after patients develop dementia. Fagan is pictured with...
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Harold Pinter’s 'Betrayal' March 27-30
Washington University presents Harold Pinter's "Betrayal" March 27-30. Pictured are Sarah Palay as Emma, Charles Morris as Robert and Connor McEvoy as Jerry. (Jerry Naunheim Jr./WUSTL Photos (2))...
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Olin launches customer analytics master's degree
Big data is everywhere – from our smartphones to business to government. Studies have indicated that data production will be 44 times greater in 2020 than it was in 2009. However, The McKinsey Global...
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A novel mechanism for fast regulation of gene expression
Whitney Curtis/WUSTL PhotosYehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD, assistant professor of biology, (left) and Xingguo Zheng, a PhD candidate in neuroscience and co-author on the paper, examine fruit flies in the lab....
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Gut bacteria can cause life-threatening infections in preterm babies
E. Holland DurandoPhillip I. Tarr, MD, and Barbara B. Warner, MD, view an agar dish containing organisms sequenced in their study of gut bacteria in preterm babies. The researchers found that premature...
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Investigational drug evaluated in newborns to treat rare disorder
E. Holland DurandoRobert and Sarah Yaroch visit their son Andrew in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Andrew is the third baby worldwide to participate in a...
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Obituary: Murray Weidenbaum, noted economist, professor, presidential...
http://youtu.be/ECNEAfLy5dwMurray Weidenbaum: A life of scholarship and public service (2006 video) Murray Weidenbaum, PhD, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts &...
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Medical students learn their futures on Match Day
Robert BostonWashington University MD/PhD student Radhika Jagannathan (right) received two surprises at Match Day on Friday, March 21. First, she learned she will be going to...
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STL To Do: Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
http://youtu.be/Im7sndDqY-s Most film festivals don’t feel like an actual festival, but the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour feels like a two-night major event. Both nights are filled with...
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Eliot Trio March 26
The Eliot Trio will perform works by Martinů, Beethoven and Dvořák at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in Holmes Lounge. From left to right: Seth Carlin, professor of music; David Halen, concertmaster for...
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Former Sen. Snowe to chat with faculty, students
Former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, of Maine, will have an informal conversation with Washington University in St. Louis students and faculty at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in the Women’s Building Formal...
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Washington University to re-establish sociology department
Washington University in St. Louis is re-establishing its sociology department after a nearly 25-year hiatus, Barbara A. Schaal, PhD, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, has...
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WU-SLam places sixth at national college slam poetry competition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euSehEhDeSwWU-SLam perform "Marathon," a group poem.WU-SLam, Washington University in St. Louis' spoken-word poetry group, placed sixth at the 14th annual College Unions...
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Five students, five continents, one fascinating blog
WUSTL juniors Sarah Hull, Hana Hartman, Rachel Hirsch, Sara Fletcher and Madeline Wells share a passion for travel and potluck. During one of their regular dinners, the five friends realized each would...
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Washington University hires Title IX coordinator
KennedyTo promote and strengthen a culture that proactively supports a safe and respectful learning, working and living environment, Washington University in St. Louis has appointed Jessica W....
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Serving others during spring break
Washington University in St. Louis students traveled across the globe this spring break helping others. They worked to provide clean water to a village in Honduras, taught students to read in Jamaica,...
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Helen Fisher explains everything you want to know about love and aren’t...
FisherWe die for love; we kill for love: Twas ever thus.But why? That’s the question biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, PhD, has been asking for decades, and it's the topic of her Assembly Series...
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Medical students review for exam ‘Jeopardy’ style
PHOTOS BY MICHAEL C. PURDY (5)(From left) Tracey Godbold and her teammates Sravya Vajapeyajula and Christelle Samen provide the correct answer, "What are Rosenthal fibers?" during a review modeled...
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