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NSF announces new Science and Technology Center
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has added a newly formed collaboration between Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Pennsylvania to its list of Science and Technology Centers...
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$10 million gift creates Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy
Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, Robert D. Schreiber and Wayne M. Yokoyama, MD, lead a team of investigators working to develop new immune-based therapies for cancer, infectious disease, autoimmunity and...
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Political illustrations of the past
An illustration by Robert Weaver, who was among the top political illustrators of the mid-20th century. The Douglas B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library, which opens this week, is home to Weaver’s...
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When lava erupted in the Midwest
When Doug Wiens approached Minnesota farmers to ask permission to install a seismometer on their land, he often got a puzzled look. “You could tell they were thinking ‘Why are you putting a seismometer...
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Video: Where and when does America begin?
In 1630, John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, proclaimed to fellow Puritan settlers that “we shall be as a city upon a hill.” Nearly four centuries later, Winthrop’s striking image...
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Registered and ready — Washington University students are engaged voters
Student Nero Zhou (center) checks a T-shirt for size at a WashU Votes kick-off event in August. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University) True of false: Registering to vote takes forever. False: The...
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Nanoparticle injections may be future of osteoarthritis treatment
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that injecting nanoparticles into an injured joint can inhibit the inflammation that contributes to the cartilage damage...
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A Q&A with Bill T. Jones
Dancer Shaneeka Harrell of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company visits a class at COCA, the Center of Creative Arts, Sept. 23, 2016. The class was led by Kirven Douthit-Boyd, COCA’s co-artistic...
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Employees invited to support United Way through community service
For years, Washington University in St. Louis faculty and staff have supported the United Way through their generous financial support. Now, they may also give the their time to the annual campaign....
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Student playwright Andie Berry on writing and the creative process
Andie Berry, a senior in Arts & Sciences, sits in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre. Her drama “Son of Soil” will receive a staged reading Oct. 1 as part of the A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival....
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Culprit identified as a major cause of vision loss
MD/PhD student Jonathan Lin (left) and Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have identified a pathway involved in photoreceptor death in the retina. They...
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KIPP College Partnership established at Washington University
Ilan Wallentin, a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, talks with Camden Butler, 5, during Greek Day of Service Sept. 24. The annual tradition hosts dozens of KIPP families on the Danforth Campus....
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Countdown to debate: Brookings shines red, white and blue
Debate week is here, and hundreds celebrated its start at Washington University in St. Louis Oct. 1 with the lighting of Brookings Hall. Students, staff and community members gathered on the steps of...
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Presidential candidates and their possible Supreme Court picks
How might the makeup of the United States Supreme Court change depending on who is elected as the country’s next president? A new analysis from Washington University in St. Louis estimates where the...
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Danforth Dialogues explore future of religion and politics Oct. 8
Participants in the Oct. 8 Danforth Dialogues include (clockwise from top left) David Brooks, E.J. Dionne Jr., Natasha Tretheway and Eboo Patel. “Envisioning the Future of Religion and Politics in...
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Vaccine targets identified for deadly form of malaria
Thousands died and more than 13 million people fell ill with malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax last year. There is no vaccine for the disease, partly because multiple strains of P. vivax...
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Long named associate vice chancellor for facilities
JD Long, a project director with St. Louis-based Alberici Construction, will join Washington University in St. Louis Oct. 10 as associate vice chancellor for facilities planning & management, Henry...
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Gordon receives Beering Award
Jeffrey Gordon, MD Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been honored with the Steven C. Beering Award for his seminal contributions to establishing the...
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$2 million awarded to help prevent antibiotic resistance
This image depicts a family of bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, which cause infections that are tough to treat because they are resistant to most antibiotics. (Photo: James...
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Decoding of tarsier genome reveals ties to humans
Tarsiers – tiny, carnivorous primates – are our distant cousins, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who sequenced and analyzed the tarsier genome. Their...
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