Month: August 2021

The Washington University in St. Louis Department of Athletics and Recreation has announced a construction project that will renovate the varsity softball and intramural field.

School of Medicine scientists have identified an antibody that is highly protective against a broad range of COVID-19 viral variants.

Joy Jiang, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Public Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.35 million MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her project “Dynamic prediction incorporating time-varying covariates for the onset of breast cancer.”

Over the next two days, 1,994 first-year students will move onto the South 40. Among them: 17% are Pell Grant-eligible, 5% are international students and 49% identify as students of color. Another vital stat: Nearly 100% are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.

Clinicians and researchers at the School of Medicine have received a four-year $6.2 million grant to launch a center designed to help improve mental health in surgery patients, particularly older surgery patients.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found antibodies that protect against specific mosquito-borne viruses that cause arthritis and brain infections. The findings could lead to a universal therapy or vaccine for the viruses.

Yong Wang, associate professor at the School of Medicine and the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a 2021 Next Gen Pregnancy research grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for development of noninvasive imaging of uterine contractions.

There is a strong association between high levels of physical activity and the ability to maintain cognitive function among breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine.

White clover is a weed that grows the world over. Biologist Kenneth M. Olsen in Arts & Sciences discovered how white clover developed its anti-herbivory superpower with input from both of its seemingly innocuous parents.

Tae Seok Moon, an environmental engineer at the McKelvey School of Engineering, plans to address the global plastic waste problem with a bacterium that would upcycle the plastic into a value-added chemical. His work got a boost from a three-year $861,571 U.S. Department of Energy grant.