Year: 2022

Led by physicist Alex Meshik in Arts & Sciences, Washington University scientists designed and built the device that NASA is using to extract gases from a lunar sample from the Apollo 17 mission.

The unprecedented scale and unanimity of the sanctions imposed on Russia have crippled its economy and represent a new form of economic warfare, according to Mark P. Taylor, dean of Olin Business School at Washington University.

The university’s Office of Government & Community Relations reports that Washington University directly contributed $2.9 billion to the St. Louis economy in the 2021 fiscal year, an increase of $200 million from 2019.

Mike Yochim spent his final months writing a book about the effects of climate change on national parks. Bill Lowry, professor emeritus of political science in Arts & Sciences, ensured his friend’s final words would be heard.

A letter from the chancellor The COVID-19 pandemic has tested Washington University in St. Louis like no other crisis in our shared history. And we’re not out of the woods yet. But through it all, we have stayed true to our vow to be “in St. Louis, for St. Louis.” In the past two years, […]

Undergraduate and graduate students who love collecting books can submit entries for this year’s Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition. The deadline is March 11, and winners can receive up to $1,000.

New research from Washington University School of Medicine shows that this novel MRI approach can identify brain cell damage in people at early stages of Alzheimer’s, before tissue shrinkage is visible on traditional MRI scans.

In the post-Cold War era, the gradual emergence of an independent Ukrainian identity has threatened Kremlin ambitions for a unified Slavic whole, writes WashU’s Krister Knapp.

Things are hard. Sickness rages. Money is tight and the landlord’s mad. The stage is set for “Rent,” Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning rock musical about young artists struggling to survive in New York’s East Village.

The Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies recently honored Brenda J. Grossman, MD, and Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, noted researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, with a 2021 President’s Award for their work as part of the COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project Group.