The Record

Health-related ballot measures more likely to pass

New research from the WashU Brown School finds that healthcare-related ballot measures draw more voters to the polls and are more likely to pass — but they’re also especially sensitive to opposition spending.

WashU Expert explains Trump’s influence on primary contests

Research by political scientist Daniel Butler, in WashU Arts & Sciences, suggests that candidates aligned with President Trump are advancing, in part, because disappointed 2024 Republican voters are opting out of this year’s intraparty contests.

Genetically modified hookworms produce and deliver therapeutics

WashU Medicine researchers genetically modified hookworms to produce and deliver a therapeutic antibody inside a host, a proof-of-concept that could lead to long-lasting treatments for chronic disease or exposure to toxins in remote settings.

WashU community invited to join Service Saturdays

WashU Serves has released volunteer dates and locations for Service Saturdays through 2026. The next one is June 13. These community volunteer days are open to WashU faculty, staff, students, alumni and all other community members.

Notables

Riverfront Times print editions from 1977–2013 are now available to researchers at WashU Libraries’ Department of Special Collections. WashU curators worked to preserve the valuable local history resource when the paper closed.

Research Wire

WashU McKelvey Engineering researchers, led by Christopher Cooper, will tackle upcycling of mixed plastic waste with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Research Wire

Biologists in WashU Arts & Sciences discovered that pH conditions in the body can dramatically change how bacteria respond to antibiotics.