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Wallace wins 2022 Spector Prize
Kayla Wallace, a senior majoring in biology with a minor in anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2022 Spector Prize. Wallace Each year, the Department...
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Nonlethal parasites reduce how much their wild hosts eat, leading to...
Deer, caribou, bison and other similar animals are often infected by a range of internal parasites, including worms called helminths. Although many of these infections are not lethal, they can still...
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Treitel to lead seminar on health humanities at Harvard
Treitel Corinna Treitel, chair and professor of history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will co-direct an exploratory seminar at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute in June...
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Undergraduate biologists awarded 2022 Quatrano, Spector prizes
Lowder and Wallace The Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis announced the winners of its annual awards. Ethan Lowder, a December 2021 graduate who majored...
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Astronomers unveil first image of Milky Way’s black hole
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole...
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Demographics, not bias, best predict traffic stops
When it comes to predicting how often Black drivers will be stopped by traffic police versus how often white drivers will be stopped, you’re better off looking at census numbers than asking people how...
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Brown recognized by All In for student voting work
Brown Otto Brown, a rising senior studying economics and political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been recognized by the All In Campus Democracy Challenge as...
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When more complex is simpler
Microbial communities shape our health and the health of our planet. Some are familiar to humans, like the microbes that reside in the gut, known as our microbiome. Others keep fermenting along mostly...
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Student speakers to honor spirit of Class of 2022
Commencement student speakers Bryanna Brown, of Atlanta, and Noor Ghanam, who has lived in cities across the globe, took different journeys to Washington University in St. Louis, but on Friday, May...
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Stark wins American Academy in Rome fellowship
Christopher Stark, associate professor of composition and director of undergraduate studies in music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the Elliott Carter Rome Prize...
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CRE2 announces new faculty fellowships
Clockwise from top left: Javier García-Liendo, Tyriesa Howell, Pauline Kim, William J. Maxwell, Paul Steinbeck and Akiko Tsuchiya. The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2) at...
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Miao named a Udall Undergraduate Scholar
Miao Ranen Miao, a rising senior studying political science and sociology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a Udall Undergraduate Scholar. Miao was among 55...
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The space between us
A study from the Missouri Ozarks highlights the importance of spatial aspects of biodiversity for healthy functioning of naturally occurring forests. Biologists from Washington University in St. Louis...
View ArticleCenter for the Humanities names graduate students fellows
The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recently awarded six Graduate Student Fellowships for the 2022-23 academic year. The recipients are:...
View ArticleResearchers receive NSF grant
Joan Strassmann, the Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology, and David Queller, the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a...
View ArticleWilliamson to study families affected by Zika
K. Eliza Williamson, an anthropologist and a lecturer in Latin American studies and in Romance languages and literatures, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was awarded...
View ArticleStrait to study hominin locomotor anatomy
David Strait, professor of anthropology, and Yeganeh Sekhavati, a graduate student in biological anthropology, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, won a $26,037 grant...
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Asteroid samples offer chance to study chemically pristine solar system...
Hayabusa2 is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), which investigated the asteroid Ryugu. Carbonaceous asteroids like Ryugu are important because...
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Hayes, Acree appointed to leadership roles
Hayes (left) and Acree Sophia Hayes, currently interim vice dean of graduate education and professor of chemistry, and William Acree, currently dean’s fellow for graduate education initiatives and...
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University joins digital initiative SlaveVoyages
Washington University in St. Louis has joined SlaveVoyages, a collaborative digital initiative that compiles records related to the transatlantic slave trade. William Acree, co-director of the Center...
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