Year: 2021

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have identified circuitry in the brain that appears to link pain to negative emotional states. The findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, could lead to new treatments.

Marco Colonna, the Robert Rock Belliveau Professor of Pathology and Immunology at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a one-year $1.6 million grant from the National Institute On Aging of the NIH.

Washington University in St. Louis undergraduates Lauren Blaydon and Anna Li recently won first place in an emergency preparedness competition through the HOSA–Future Health Professionals organization.

In his art, Kahlil Robert Irving, MFA ’17, tackles some of the deepest questions plaguing the American psyche.

Talent agent Samantha Chalk, AB ’08, can find a star in an instant.

In her book, Lessons from Plants, Beronda Montgomery, AB ’94, explains what plants can teach us about the world and about ourselves.

Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth’s words serve as a guiding light through “persistent trials and recurring difficulties.”

Since 1998, the Danforth Scholars program has been transformational to nearly 700 students: their college educations and their careers and lives of service afterward.

Working with the Department of Defense, WashU students gain invaluable organizational expertise.

Alumnus Sam Fitz wants to help us remember and revere our apple culture, starting with apple cider.