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WashU faculty named to psychologist society
Bugg (left) and Green Two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members have been named fellows of the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP). Julie Bugg and Leonard Green, both professors...
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Wrighton named chair of Science Center board
Wrighton Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor emeritus and the James and Mary Wertsch Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed chair of the Saint Louis...
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‘Santiago Sierra: 52 Canvases Exposed to Mexico City’s Air’
Santiago Sierra, “52 Canvases Exposed to Mexico City’s Air),” 2019, exhibition view. (Photo: Ramiro Chávez, courtesy of the artist and LABOR. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP,...
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The ties that bind
Trace metals are nutrient elements, like zinc, that animals and plants need in small amounts to function properly. Animals generally get trace metals in their diets or through environmental exposures,...
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Three faculty recognized by psychological association
Lai (left) and Thompson Calvin Lai and Renee Thompson, both associate professors of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, were among the 2024...
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Willroth receives SAGE award
Willroth Emily Willroth, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received the SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award...
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The boys of fall
Patrick Rishe (second from left), director of the Sports Business Program at WashU, poses with three members of the Texas Rangers’ front office — all WashU alumni. From left, Zack Kessinger, Sam...
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Bans that disrupt democracy
The Red Scare of McCarthyism has been revived in a frightening new form: the book-banning “Ed Scare.” So reports PEN America, a nonprofit advocating free expression in literature. Like the two Red...
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The scripts every parent needs
Robyn Silverman stands alone on an elementary school blacktop, sadly kicking rocks. On the other side of the playground, some of her classmates point and laugh, making no effort to hide the object of...
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Catherine Marroquin, Arts & Sciences student, 24
Marroquin Catherine Marroquin, a junior studying neuroscience and psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 24. A bright and gifted...
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Weedy rice gets competitive boost from its wild neighbors
Rice feeds the world. But a look-alike weed has many ways of getting ahead. Olsen Weedy rice is an agricultural pest with a global economic impact. It is an aggressive weed that outcompetes cultivated...
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Embracing the Bard
Ava Morgan (left) is Perdita, while AJ Harness and Jo Palisoc are party people in the Performing Arts Department production of “The Winter’s Tale.” (All photos: Danny Reise/Washington University)...
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Tafelmusik and ‘Passions Revealed’
Acclaimed period instrument orchestra Tafelmusik will perform in WashU’s E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall March 3. (Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann/Courtesy of the artists) Since its founding in Toronto in...
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Two WashU faculty awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
Two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members have been awarded prestigious early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Zachariah Reagh, an assistant professor of...
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New insight into orchid origins
(Photo: Shutterstock) Research from Washington University in St. Louis and international partners shows that orchids probably originated in Eurasia during the late Cretaceous period, about 66 to 100...
View ArticleBirth outcomes improve in states that extend driver’s licenses to...
In 2023, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Minnesota joined a growing list of states that allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses if an applicant can provide certain documentation,...
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Wynter selected for prestigious summer program
Wynter Washington University in St. Louis sophomore Da’Juantay Wynter has been selected by the Institute for Responsible Citizenship for its Washington Program, a selective, two-summer program for...
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Peter Alan Fedders, professor emeritus of physics, 85
Peter Alan Fedders, emeritus professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in La Jolla, Calif. He was 85. Fedders Fedders was an...
View ArticleSpace sciences team wins microanalysis award
The Microanalysis Society has awarded the Macres Award for the Best Instrumentation/Software Paper to research presented by Paul Carpenter, a senior staff research scientist in earth, environmental...
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Klein examines ‘Matisse and Water’
John Klein, a professor in the Department of Art History & Archaeology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, contributed one of three principal essays to “Matisse and the...
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