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WashU Dance Theatre in Edison Dec. 6-8
“Waiting in the Darkness,” a new work by David Marchant, will premiere Dec. 6 to 8 as part of “It’s Time,” the 2024 WashU Dance Theatre performance. Pictured is Marchant’s “This.Here.Now.Together,”...
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Research reveals how fructose in diet enhances tumor growth
Fructose consumption has increased considerably over the past five decades, largely due to the widespread use of high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener in beverages and ultra-processed foods. New...
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Bridges to the moon
It’s a WashU story well-known: How, on July 20, 1969, a group of Washington University scientists gathered at the home of Robert M. Walker, then the McDonnell Professor of Physics, to watch Neil...
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Tragedy plus time equals comedy
Thurber Prize nominee Elissa Bassist has made a career out of helping people laugh in the face of tragedy. (Courtesy photo) The Thurber Prize for American Humor is the most prestigious honor for humor...
View ArticlePolitics and fairy tales
In 2018, more than 1,700 candidates ran for the U.S. Congress. And 98% had websites. Most featured lengthy biographies. “So here’s a dataset for a behavior that encompasses almost everyone in...
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Saving forests and alleviating poverty
Walking 7.5 miles in the rain to gather information from a fishing village in Madagascar isn’t every college student’s cup of tea. But the nine sophomores in the Pathfinder Fellows in Environmental...
View ArticleA life of service
ForJason Thomas, AB ’00, the servant leaders in his family shaped his ability to look beyond himself. “Having eyes to see others, that’s what my mother and grandparents modeled for me,” Thomas...
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Ancient maize genomes help chart corn’s journey into eastern North America
A new study published in Cell uncovers the deep evolutionary roots of flint and dent maize, commonly known as corn, two foundational varieties central to modern maize breeding and cultivation....
View ArticleGrant will fund development of vaccines to prevent dementia
Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia are devastating disorders that emerge following the buildup of misfolded proteins in the brain. The newest generation of Alzheimer’s therapeutics...
View ArticleClass Acts: Breanna Yang
Graduating WashU senior Breanna Yang has worked with patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, conducted research at WashU Medicine, supported business operations at the Mayo Clinic and founded a...
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Brain tumors hijack circadian clock to grow
Virtually every cell in the human body has an internal clock. These clocks take their cues from a central clock in the brain. In a normal, biological process called synchrony, the central clock...
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Camille named Rangel fellow
Jeffrey Camille, a senior studying global studies and women, gender and sexuality studies in Arts & Sciences at WashU, has been named a recipient of the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs...
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Across southeastern US, weedy rice steals herbicide resistance from crop rice
Weedy rice is a close relative of cultivated rice that infests rice fields worldwide and drastically reduces yields. To combat this agricultural pest, rice growers in the southeastern United States...
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Lembke named to Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’
WashU senior Emma Lembke, 22, has earned a spot on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” social media list. Emma Lembke testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2023. (Courtesy photo) Lembke co-founded...
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Geology team evaluates lunar landing locations
As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar south pole for its Artemis III...
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Van Engen wins Christianity Today book award
Abram Van Engen, the Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities in WashU Arts & Sciences, has won Christianity Today’s 2024 Best Book Award in Culture, Poetry, and the Arts for “Word Made Fresh: An...
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Physicist Dev awarded Humboldt research fellowship
Dev Bhupal Dev, an associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences and a faculty fellow of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences at WashU, won an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation research...
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Ullman receives literary article recognition
Alex Ullman, a Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Postdoctoral Fellow in WashU’s Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, will receive a 2024 William Riley Parker Prize honorable mention from...
View ArticleHow to make resolutions that stick
The fresh slate of the new year offers an opportunity to re-think goals and set new habits. But to ensure success with those goals, people need to think carefully about timing and what they really...
View ArticleBrain structure differences provide clues to substance use risks
When studying substance use disorders, scientists had thought some of the effects on the brain could stem from use of the substances themselves: People start drinking alcohol in early teens, that...
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