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‘An important first step:’ Uncle Joe’s provides resources, peer counseling
To be a “Joe” is important work — now more than ever. Uncle Joe’s, Washington University in St. Louis’ confidential peer counseling and resource center, recorded 44 percent more interactions with...
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Academy of Science-St. Louis honors three researchers
Three researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are being honored for their outstanding contributions to science by the Academy of Science-St. Louis. Raj Jain, David Kirk and Stuart Kornfeld...
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Great Artists Series presents Susan Graham March 25
Since I saw him, I think I am blind; Every place I look, I see him alone; As in a waking dream So begins “Frauenliebe und-leben (A Woman’s Love and Life),” Robert Schumann’s beloved eight-song cycle...
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New view on electron interactions in graphene
Electrons in graphene — an atomically thin, flexible and incredibly strong substance that has captured the imagination of materials scientists and physicists alike — move at the speed of light, and...
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Van Engen organizes ‘Religion and Politics in Early America’ conference
Abram C. Van Engen, associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, organized a national conference on “Religion and Politics in Early America.” Sponsored...
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Psychology student McDarby wins gerontology award
McDarby Meghan McDarby, a graduate student in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected for a James McKenney Student Travel Award...
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Students to build homes, make connections
Small (right) and other members of Habitat for Humanity’s Washington University chapter traveled to Alabama last spring break to build affordable housing. This year, the chapter will go to Tucker, Ga....
View ArticleWashU Expert: (Daylight Saving) Time is not on your side
On Monday morning, the Earth will continue to orbit the sun at roughly 67,000 mph. At the equator, the Earth will rotate about 1,000 mph in relation to its core. The planet’s axis will have an orbital...
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Education leader to discuss using hip-hop culture to reach African-American...
Gloria Ladson-Billings, president of the National Academy of Education, will discuss “Hip Hop/Hip Hope: The (R)Evolution of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy” as part of the Edward and Ilene Lowenthal...
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McDaniel named to Macmillan Learning advisory council
Mark McDaniel, professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of three leading experts in cognitive and learning sciences appointed...
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Keeping plant-cell motors on track
Fluorescent dyes light up the areas of activity for regulator IMB4 (red) along green microtubules in a growing plant cell. (Image: Dixit lab) Within both plant and animal cells, motor proteins act like...
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Patti installed as inaugural Powell Professor
Gary Patti has been named the Michael and Tana Powell Associate Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. He was installed Dec. 1 in a ceremony in the Laboratory Sciences Building....
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Global warming focus of 2018 McDonnell lecture
A February 2018 image from Jason-3 oceanographic satellite, which gathers data for El Niño and La Niña forecasting, among other ocean height and monitoring purposes. (Image: NASA/JPL) S. George...
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Creating a new generation of educators
The St. Louis Teacher Residency program will provide urban educators an opportunity to work with an experienced mentor and earn a graduate teaching degree at University College in Arts & Sciences....
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Bono debut book tackles strategies for happiness
How can we be happier? In a world where stress, anxiety and bad days can easily overtake the good, happiness expert Tim Bono, lecturer in psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in...
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Americans prefer economic inequality to playing Robin Hood, study finds
Voters in modern democracies, such as the United States and Germany, have long held the power to take from the rich, give to the poor and erase the huge economic inequalities that separate the vast...
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From ‘Angels in America’ to ‘Hamilton’
Oskar Eustis is one of the most admired figures in contemporary American theater. Oskar Eustis outside the Public Theater. (Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times) As artistic director of San...
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Finding ‘Common Ground’
Sometimes words are not enough. When arguments fail and dialogue falls short, art and performance can help reframe important questions with complexity and nuance. At 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24, the...
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Food culture along the Silk Road
Like passionate foodies who know the best places to eat in every town, Silk Road nomads may have been the gastronomic elites of the Medieval Ages, enjoying diets much more diverse than their sedentary...
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Making rusty polymers for energy storage
This colored image depicts a poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanoflower synthesized via hydrolysis-assisted vapor-phase polymerization using ethanol as a solvent. The blue color represents...
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