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Mercier named managing director of Office of Technology Management
Mercier Nichole Mercier has been appointed managing director of the Office of Technology Management (OTM) at Washington University in St. Louis. Mercier has served as the OTM’s interim director since...
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Many patients in urban clinics need mental health treatment
The American health care system must do a better job of systematically detecting and treating mental health problems within outpatient primary care clinics, especially those that serve vulnerable...
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Rare form of diabetes may require alternate treatment
http://mpaweb1.wustl.edu/~medschool/radio/files/MODY1.mp3 Patients with a rare, genetic form of diabetes often are misdiagnosed as having type 2 diabetes because the two share symptoms. But new...
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Better understanding biorhythms
An electrical and systems engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has designed a method that, figuratively, forces a leopard to change its spots. Jr-Shin Li Jr-Shin Li, the Das Family...
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EMBA cohort makes inaugural trip to Brookings
Olin Business School’s Executive MBA cohort at Washington University in St. Louis recently traveled to Washington, D.C., for a four-day immersion program focused on policy entrepreneurship. The visit...
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Survival of the hardest-working
A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis discovered a way to improve production of biofuels, pharmaceuticals, materials and other useful chemicals by capitalizing on the work ethic of...
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WashU Expert: Quo Vadis, Cuba?
President Obama and Malia share a laugh with Havana restauranteur Carlos Cristóbal Márquez Valdés. The president dined at San Cristobal paladar, the chef’s private restaurant, on March 20, 2016, his...
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School of Medicine launching Institute for Informatics
Philip Payne will lead Washington University’s new Institute for Informatics. His tenure as head of the institute will begin July 1. From analyzing vast DNA sequences to handling electronic medical...
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Brown School initiative to explore inequality and racism in America
The Brown School’s Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis has launched a new initiative aimed at examining how racism and inequality affect quality of life in the United...
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The dark side of CEO incentive-based pay
When a publicly traded company meets a pay-for-performance target, it may be lauded by Wall Street investors. New research from Washington University in St. Louis shows it can also be cause for...
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Inaugural Faculty Fellows & Emerging Scholar-Professional program set for...
Click for full-size flyer The Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) is accepting proposals for the inaugural Faculty Fellows & Emerging Scholar-Professional (FFESP) Program for the 2016-17...
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Nerve injury appears to be root of diabetes-related vision loss
http://mpaweb1.wustl.edu/~medschool/radio/files/RR-CSretinopathy.mp3 Diabetes-related vision loss most often is blamed on blood vessel damage in and around the retina, but new research indicates that...
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Fail Better: Tim Bono
The first time Tim Bono wanted to drop out of Washington University in St. Louis, he was a month into his freshman year. “I was totally in over my head,” recalled Bono, now assistant dean for...
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A theatrical tour de force
The cast of “Love and Information.” (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington University) Caryl Churchill is one of England’s most influential playwrights. Works such as “Cloud Nine” (1979), “Top Girls”...
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Pow Wow 2016: ‘Our language helps define us’
The theme of this year’s Pow Wow is “Honoring Our Language to Strengthen Our Future.” Joe Masters, MSW ’13 (Biidwewiigun Mukwa, Thunder Bear), says language is an essential part of Native American...
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Study finds vast diversity among viruses that infect bacteria
Viruses that infect bacteria are among the most abundant life forms on Earth. Indeed, our oceans, soils and potentially even our bodies would be overrun with bacteria were it not for bacteria-eating...
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Community event to focus on research, responses to gun violence
One year after the launch of “Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis,” members of the Washington University in St. Louis community will gather April 5 to focus on “Research, Reflection and Responses.”...
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New clues identified in childhood cancer syndrome
Children with the inherited cancer syndrome neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are prone to developing brain and nerve tumors as well as myriad other medical problems, including autism, epilepsy and bone...
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Annual African Film Festival celebrates cultural, linguistic diversity
Senay Behre, a vital voice in filmmaking, will discuss his mission to change the way we understand Africa at the 11th Annual African Film Festival that begins Friday, April 1, at Washington University...
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Commencement speaker John R. Lewis: Champion of civil rights
John R. Lewis U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis, considered one of the most courageous and influential leaders in the civil rights movement, will give the 2016 Commencement address at Washington...
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