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Rare dune plants thrive on disturbance
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Wellman named dean of academic planning for Arts & Sciences
WellmanChristopher “Kit” Wellman, PhD, chair and professor of philosophy in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named dean of academic planning for Arts & Sciences,...
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Teaching assistants recognized for excellence
Mary Butkus/WUSTL PhotosGraduate student teaching assistants gather outside the Women’s Building before the annual Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence ceremony. Front row, from left: Ryan Soklaski,...
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Carrot or stick? Punishments may guide behavior more effectively than rewards
Photo Illustration by Sara DickherberWhich is more effective — the carrot or the stick? Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have devised a simple experiment to test the effects of rewards...
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I-CARES announces 2015 funded research projects
The International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) at Washington University in St. Louis has announced the winners from its 2015 call for proposals.I-CARES supports a...
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Three doctoral candidates named Bouchet fellows
Courtesy photoFrom left, Matheus B. Victor, Andia Augustin-Billy, Sheri Notaro, PhD, and Brittni D. Jones attended the annual Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education April 10-11 at Yale...
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Coming soon: First encounter with a new class of worlds
JHUAPL/SwRI/NASA The sun shines wanly through Pluto’s thin atmosphere, illuminating its mysterious layered ices. Since the New Horizons probe to Pluto was launched, scientists have come to understand...
View ArticleRocks that glow in the dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nRSK8Vwwx0 There’s a small room in Rudolph Hall that most students walk right past without noticing. But when anyone finds it, they usually insist all their friends...
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Rattled by Nepal quake, faculty shift focus from research to relief
Image sent from Nepal by Nyima DorjeNepal quake survivors shelter in makeshift tents in the Nubri region.The devastating earthquake in Nepal has forced three Washington University in St. Louis...
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Massively parallel biology students
Mary Butkus/WUSTL PhotosGEP staff member Wilson Leung (far left) working with junior Sarah Swiezy to find motifs that regulate gene expression or silencing by comparing the DNA of different fruit fly...
View ArticleGephardt Institute selects next cohort of Civic Scholars
The Gephardt Institute for Public Service at Washington University in St. Louis has selected its next cohort of Civic Scholars.Twelve sophomores, all in Arts & Sciences, have been chosen for the...
View ArticleSenior Class President Jeremy Sherman’s message to WashU's 2015 graduates
Thank you Grand Marshall Wiltenburg, Chancellor Wrighton, Board of Trustees, and distinguished guests.And thank you to everyone here today. To parents, to family, to friends, to loved ones … thank you...
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Biologist Strader receives CAREER award from NSF
StraderLucia Strader, PhD, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a five-year, $866,000 CAREER award from the National Science...
View ArticleStudent Nwumeh wins undergraduate science award
Ron Nwumeh, a junior studying biology with a concentration in molecular biology and biochemistry and research assistant in the lab of Joseph Jez, PhD, in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in...
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Physicist Yang receives NSF CAREER award
YangLi Yang, PhD, assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a five-year CAREER grant, expected to total $475,000, from the National...
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Spirit of St. Louis on Mars
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ.A false color image of the Martian crater the Opportunity rover is now exploring, which has been named Spirit of St. Louis to recognize the discovery...
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Classics' Moore delivers lecture on song, has work published
MooreTimothy Moore, PhD, the John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, recently delivered a...
View ArticleTheir classroom is the desert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phg3847wZQU “You can only do so much in the classroom, so much with movies, slides, discussion and research,” said Ray Arvidson, PhD, the James S. McDonnell...
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History's Forrester receives grant to study religious, political practices
ForresterMax Forrester, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a research travel grant from the Cushwa Center for...
View ArticlePhysics' Nussinov receives NSF grant to study glassy materials
Zohar Nussinov, PhD, associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a three-year, $279,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research...
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