One month remains in Our Washington campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIP3_gRIeCoMathematician John McCarthy, PhD, and recent graduate Patrick Lopatto, who was an Arthur Holly Compton Fellow, share the value of scholarships.Washington...
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WashU seismologist who loves disaster movies reviews 'San Andreas'
New Line CinemaThe fault as imagined by Hollywood Washington University postdoc Aubreya Adams, PhD, an earthquake seismologist who has traveled to every continent and has installed seismometers to...
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Renewable energy certificate awarded
Kevin LowderRobert Blankenship, PhD (back left), professor of chemistry and of biology in Arts & Sciences and director of the university’s Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), and Himadri...
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Scientist Patti receives teacher-scholar award
PattiGary Patti, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been recognized with a 2015 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar...
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Do cheaters have an evolutionary advantage?
Anyone who has crawled along in the left lane while other drivers raced up the right lane, which was clearly marked “lane ends, merge left,” has experienced social cheating, a maddening and fascinating...
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Obituary: James 'Ely' Shrauner, professor emeritus of physics, 82
ShraunerJames "Ely" Shrauner, PhD, a theoretical particle physicist, died from complications of Parkinson's disease Monday, June 1, 2015, in Chesterfield, Mo. He was 82.Shrauner joined the Department...
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Music professor, student featured in festivals this summer
The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has some news to trumpet.StarkChristopher Stark, assistant professor of music and composer of contemporary classical...
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Pre-lecture diagrams help students take better notes, learn more
ShutterstockLecture-based learning can be challenging for students who have difficulty building mental models for the organization of new information, but providing diagrams and other supporting...
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Europa, here we come
NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SETI INSTITUTE On May 26, 2015, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that nine scientific instruments had been selected for a mission to Jupiter’s moon...
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Nine Washington University alumni selected as Fulbright students
Nine Washington University in St. Louis alumni have been selected to conduct research or teach English this year as participants in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.The program recognizes talented...
View ArticleHonors roll in for students in classics
The honors are piling up for students in the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.Graduate student Juan Dopico’s paper, “The Image of Imperial Homer,” was...
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Department of Music’s Gill named 2015 American Council of Learned Societies...
GillDenise Elif Gill, PhD, assistant professor of ethnomusicology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was named a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)....
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Obituary: Marie Taris, assistant to math chair, 46
TarisMarie Cendrine Taris, assistant to the chair of the Department of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died after a sudden illness Tuesday, June 2, at St....
View ArticleFour students receive State Department Critical Language Scholarship
Four students in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, one of whom also earned a degree from Olin Business School, have received the U.S. State Department’s Critical Language...
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Functioning brain follows famous sand pile model
Does the brain respond to input the same way a sand pile responds to the addition of more sand? One of the deep problems in understanding the brain is to understand how relatively simple computing...
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Rough guide to Pluto-watching with Bill McKinnon
James Byard/WUSTL PhotosYour host for the Pluto watching party, Bill McKinnon, who will be commenting via email and Skype from Maryland. When New Horizons was launched in 2001, Pluto was still called a...
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Gass awarded medal for novel
GassWorld-renowned author William H. Gass, PhD, the David May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was awarded the William Dean...
View ArticleTrustees grant faculty appointments, promotions
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting May 1, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise...
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WashU’s Summer Writers Institute celebrates 20th year
Courtesy photoThe annual Summer Writers Institute provides an opportunity for not only nuts-and-bolts classroom instruction for writers from all walks of life, but workshops and craft talks led by...
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Major Midwest flood risk underestimated by as much as five feet, study finds
Wikipedia / Creative CommonsFlood waters inundated parts of Jefferson City, Missouri, and threatened the Missouri State Capitol during the "Great Flood of 1993."As floodwaters surge along major rivers...
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