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Public health after COVID-19
Few are happy with how the COVID-19 pandemic was handled in the United States in its first year: staggering infection rates, hospitals running out of beds, a death toll that topped 500,000 (as of...
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Risk as evolution: New poetry from Carl Phillips
As a teenager growing up in rural Massachusetts, Carl Phillips would wander trails with his dog. “The house [was] surrounded by cranberry bogs, and I spent a lot of time observing the changes in the...
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New course explores the unseen side of health
In her course “Sick Society,” Hedwig (Hedy) Lee, professor of sociology, asks students to consider what aspects of our society impact our health. The answer is broader than it appears. “If we want to...
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Highlands hunt for climate answers
It seems impossible that this is the tropics. At 16,000 feet, high above the tree line in the central Andes Mountains, there is snow on the ground. The icy edge of a glacier is wedged between...
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The endless possibilities of poetry
On any given day, the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis campus offers an opportunity to revel in its rich poetry tradition, if you know where to look. Places such as east of Olin...
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Now playing: Propaganda at the movies
In July 2021, China will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. In the runup to celebrations, Variety magazine reports that the powerful National Film Administration is...
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Reagh named APS ‘Rising Star’
The Association for Psychological Sciences (APS) has named Zachariah Reagh a “Rising Star.” Reagh is assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington...
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McCarthy awarded NSF grant for operator analysis and applications
John E. McCarthy, the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a...
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Nowak, collaborators share new observations of famous black hole
The first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87. (Image: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration) In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event...
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Graduate student wins NIH fellowship
Sprunger Macy Sprunger, a graduate student in Meredith Jackrel’s lab in the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, won a three-year $136,560 National...
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Mountain high
The Andes Mountains of South America are the most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for plant and vertebrate species in the world. But the forest that climbs up this mountain range provides another...
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Prison Education Project wins Mellon Foundation grant
Washington University in St. Louis’ Prison Education Project (PEP) has won a two-year $980,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The award resulted from the Mellon Foundation’s “Future of...
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How racial violence affects Black Americans’ mental health
Black Americans experience an increase in poor mental health days during weeks when two or more incidents of anti-Black violence occur and when national interest surrounding the events is higher,...
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Performing Arts gets ‘Tough!’
Bobby, Jill and Tina gather around the picnic table. Their bickering drifts across Mudd Field. “You had to tell her,” says Bobby. “Well, I thought about it all weekend,” says Jill. “I weighed the...
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Chancellor, four other faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and four other faculty members of Washington University in St. Louis were elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the academy announced April 22....
View ArticleEarth Day: Students support U. City’s green goals
Municipalities such as University City will play a vital role in President Joe Biden’s plan to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. That’s why Washington University in St. Louis students are...
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Class Acts: The Advocates
Welcome back to Class Acts, a celebration of the Class of 2021. Last week, we recognized The Makers. This week, we spotlight advocates Leah Wren Hardgrove, Logan Phillips and Alexis Tinoco, three...
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Plant sex chromosomes defy evolutionary models
Washington University’s glorious ginkgo allée, located just east of the John M. Olin Library, was part of the historic Cope and Stewardson plan for the campus. The ginkgo tree’s unique fan-shaped...
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Sum of incentives dictate efforts
When there’s a difficult task at hand, intuition tells us that the more motivated we are to complete it — the stronger the incentives — the harder we’ll work. And the assumption has been that the...
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Women’s Society presents leadership awards, honors Early
The Women’s Society of Washington University announced the winners of the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarships during its annual membership meeting April...
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