St. Louis’ leading employers, school districts and the Institute for School Partnership have united to form STEMpact. The organization is dedicated to improving science, technology, engineering and math education in elementary school.
A study led by School of Medicine researchers finds that, even in this internet age, explicit efforts are needed to encourage participation in medical research among under-represented groups. Otherwise, health-care disparities may persist.
Lan Yang, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has received a four-year, $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. She’ll use the funds to oversee the takedown of two venerable physical laws: time-reversal symmetry and reciprocity.
The level of a specific molecule present in prostate tumors is an indicator of whether the cancer is aggressive and likely to spread, according to new School of Medicine research.
The doctoral candidate in anthropology in Arts & Sciences has researched maternal health and mortality in Tanzania for years. Along the way, she has learned Swahili, become a doula and raised funds for a boat to improve access to medical care.
Ethnomusicologist Denise Gill, of Arts & Sciences, writes in The Conversation about the sounds of the recent coup in Turkey, as those marking violence mixed with others tied to Islamic worship.
Two members of the School of Medicine faculty, George Kyei, MBChB, PhD (left), and Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD, have received Young Physician-Scientist Awards from the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
Question: Students are drawn to the university from every state in the U.S. and far beyond. How many countries are represented among first-year students, who will move in and celebrate Convocation on Thursday, Aug. 25? A) 6 B) 14 C) 21 D) 25
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