Month: October 2023

While the flesh-eating undead portrayed on television are just fiction, there are clear examples of parasites that have evolved to manipulate their hosts, according to Theresa Gildner in Arts & Sciences.

Amazon uses smart speaker interaction data to infer user interests and target ads in ways the company was not upfront about, according to research from Umar Iqbal at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Ashlynn Berry is one of 60 graduate students from across the country — and the only one in Missouri — selected to participate in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) fellowship program.

The Excellence in Teaching Awards program, sponsored by Emerson, annually recognizes educators in the St. Louis metropolitan area, from kindergarten teachers to college professors, who are examples of excellence in their field. WashU has nine honorees this year.

Last year, student-run emergency medicine organization EST responded to 400 calls, ranging from cuts to anaphylaxis to chest pain to panic attacks. The group’s 70 members also provide coverage crews for high-contact club sports, staff vaccine clinics and offer CPR training.

Washington University is partnering with the St. Louis Integrated Health Network on a five-year $3.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The funding aims to help improve health, prevent chronic diseases and reduce health disparities.

Inflation is high. Democracy is faltering. Political gangs brawl in the street. But inside the world of “Cabaret,” trouble can be left behind. At least for a while. The Performing Arts Department presents the show Oct. 27 to Nov. 5 in Edison Theatre.

Jeannette Cooperman and John Griswold, both staff writers for The Common Reader, the journal of essays and ideas housed at Washington University, have been named to the Notable Essays list in “Best American Essays 2023.”

Washington University scientists have documented 10 different bat species in our area, including several threatened and endangered bats.

Washington University and St. Jude research groups have uncovered the rules for organization of cellular condensates implicated in ALS.