AAU grant supports STEM education efforts
Washington University in St. Louis has been awarded a $20,000 “mini-grant” by the Association of American Universities (AAU) to further existing efforts to improve undergraduate education in science,...
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Earning a bee’s wings
It is a classic coming-of-age story, in many ways. A honey bee hatches and grows up deep inside a hive. Surrounded by 40,000 of her closest relatives, this dark and constantly buzzing place is all...
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Fail Better: Robert Mark Morgan
Set designer Robert Mark Morgan shares how he overcame self-doubt after a devastating review. (Video: Tom Malkowicz/Washington University) Listening to his voicemail, Robert Mark Morgan wondered if...
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Chemical added to consumer products impairs response to antibiotic treatment
Grocery store aisles are stocked with products that promise to kill bacteria. People snap up those items to protect themselves from the germs that make them sick. However, new research from Washington...
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Better together: Mitochondrial fusion supports cell division
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell. And for mitochondria, much like for double-header engines stacked together in a steam train, working in multiples has its benefits. Patti New research from...
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Energy, environment focus of 2019 McDonnell lecture
Richard Alley, the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, will deliver the McDonnell Distinguished Lecture at Washington University in St. Louis. Alley is the author of...
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First-year students seek career planning services at record rates
First-year student student Caroline Foshee (left) asks a question at a Career Early Action session, one of many new Career Center initiatives designed specifically for first-year students. (Photo: Sid...
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Blodgett awarded CAREER grant to study biosynthetic silence
Blodgett Joshua Blodgett, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a five-year, $900,500 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation...
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Engineering proteins to help counter devastating diseases
As human lifespans have gotten longer, certain proteins in our bodies are increasingly prone to take on alternative shapes. These misfolded proteins can ultimately trigger neurodegenerative diseases...
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The Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has been renamed the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle...
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WashU Expert: The eternal sunshine of perennial ‘wintertime’
Don’t be left in the dark: The movement to abolish clock-time changes each spring and autumn is gaining momentum. Enthusiasts point to examples from sunny locales. Hawaii has never switched between...
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Lützeler to recieve 2019 Friedrich Gundolf Prize
The German Academy for Language and Literature will award its 2019 Friedrich Gundolf Prize to Paul Michael Lützeler, the Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities in Arts &...
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Parikh brings ethnological meeting to campus
Shanti Parikh, associate professor of sociocultural anthropology and of African and African-American studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, led planning for the American...
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Dance, experience and healing
Dancers perform Rachael Servello’s “Common Fate.” From left: Lauren Slaughter, Gigi Gilbert, Rachael Servello, Marcus Johnson, Kelsey Donovan, Mary Claremont. Not pictured: Justin Wright. (Photo: Jerry...
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Cooking for civil rights
Rafia Zafar, of Arts & Sciences, has a new book, “Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning,” and she will read from it March 21 at Subterranean Books. “Few chefs of African descent...
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Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?
Most emerging infectious diseases affecting people are zoonotic — they make the jump from other animals to humans. Transmission, however, is a two-way street. These zoonotic diseases can also jump from...
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African Film Festival to feature award-winning films
“Rafiki” tells the tender story of two teen girls who fall in love. The movie was banned in Kenya but embraced by audiences. The 14th annual African Film Festival invites St. Louisans to see eight...
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Washington People: Erik Herzog
Feeling a bit lethargic this week? It may have to do with the recent time change and a disruption to biological rhythms. Erik Herzog, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and a frequent voice of...
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WashU Expert: Your March Madness chances, or putting a quintillion into focus
With four teams gone and 64 others commencing March 21 to play out 63 more games over 19 days and four regions and as many television networks to derive one 2019 NCAA men’s basketball champion…, well,...
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Women shaped cuisine, culture of ancient Cahokia
Archaeologists have struggled to explain the rapid rise and fall of Cahokia — the mysterious Mississippian mound-building culture that sprang up about a thousand years ago in the fertile southern...
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