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Leaders to discuss implementation of ‘For the Sake of All’ strategies
More than 100 local community leaders will convene Friday, Feb. 19, at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis to help lay the groundwork for implementing strategies put forth by For the...
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A shot in the arm for flu vaccine distribution
Research from Olin Business School aims to fix problems with the influenza vaccine supply chain, ensuring there’s plenty available before flu season starts. Each fall, doctors stress the importance of...
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Breakthroughs in the fight against childhood malnutrition
Manipulating the makeup of microbes in the gut has the potential to provide new ways to treat and ultimately help prevent childhood malnutrition. The research involved studying gut microbes from...
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B. J. Novak brings his standup to Graham Chapel
B. J. Novak performs at Graham Chapel. (Photo: Courtesy of Holly Ravazzolo/Student Life) A man of many talents, actor, author, director and screenwriter B. J. Novak is best known for his role as Ryan...
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Longer-lived imaging agents could hasten Alzheimer’s research
In the past few years, drug after drug designed to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has failed in clinical trials. Some had no effect on the progression of the disease, others made...
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Shattering Western mythology
Julian Rosefeldt, “American Night” (2009). Five-channel film installation, 40:42 min. (looped). (Photo courtesy of Barbara Gross Galerie Munich, Arndt Berlin/Singapore, and the artist. Click here for...
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Women in STEM Day: Busting the ‘bro code’
Two high school students participate in a design challenge at the 2015 Women in Engineering Day. Organizers have changed the name of the event to Women in STEM Day. (Photo: Courtesy of Mary Richardson)...
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Getting to know Maria Hinojosa
Hinojosa Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa will be the keynote speaker at the campus-wide Day of Discovery & Dialogue, to be held Feb. 24-25 at Washington University in St. Louis. Her talk,...
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Natural sugar may treat fatty liver disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition closely linked to obesity, affects roughly 25 percent of people in the U.S. There is no drug treatment for the disease, although weight loss can reduce the...
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Dietary link to stunted growth identified
Worldwide, an estimated 25 percent of children under age 5 suffer from stunted growth and development. The most visible characteristic is short stature, but the effects of stunting are far more...
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Habitable Mars topic of 2016 McDonnell Distinguished Lecture
John P. Grotzinger, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology and chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology, will deliver the McDonnell...
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Laser surgery opens blood-brain barrier to chemotherapy
Using a laser probe, neurosurgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have opened the brain’s protective cover, enabling them to deliver chemotherapy drugs to patients with a form...
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New bike route helps cyclists avoid Loop Trolley tracks
Cyclists traveling near the Delmar Loop are encouraged to avoid the recently installed Loop Trolley tracks and take a newly marked bike route. The route starts at Delmar Boulevard and Eastgate Avenue,...
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Will it float?
Design is critical, but you have to begin with capacity. What is a thing capable of doing? Earlier this month, a group of 10 architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts...
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People stay true to moral colors, studies find
U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been criticized for their seeming willingness to cut corners on core principles when they consider it necessary to make some progress...
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Timothy Cardinal Dolan to speak at Washington University March 2
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, a native of the St. Louis area, was named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, returns to his...
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A jazz legend returns
In a career stretching more than 40 years, bassist Gary Peacock has, in the words of National Public Radio, played “with nearly everyone who is or was anyone in jazz.” Marc Copland and Gary Peacock At...
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Poll reveals why Sanders, Clinton must straddle liberal v. progressive divide
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have locked horns in recent exchanges over who is the more “progressive” candidate and who deserves to be labeled as a “liberal,” a...
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Proposals being accepted for ‘Bring Your Own Idea’ faculty collaboration grants
If you are a Washington University in St. Louis faculty member with an interest in developing teaching or research collaborations with colleagues in other departments or schools, a program from the...
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Shedding light on the day-night cycle
New research sheds light on how the rhythms of daily life are encoded in the brain. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that different groups of...
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