Much more than an archaeology course, a six-week summer field practicum on the history of Central Asia, led by Michael Frachetti, PhD, associate professor of archaeology in Arts & Sciences, offers students from all disciplines the opportunity to immerse themselves in the past and present culture of Kazakhstan.

Scientists, led in part by Washington University’s Vitaly Klyachko, PhD, have gained new insight into fragile X syndrome — the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability — by studying the case of a person without the disorder, but with two of its classic symptoms.

Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, assistant professor of environmental engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has received a three-year grant from NASA to study the climatic effects of carbon-containing aerosols emitted from peat fires.

The School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery recently celebrated its 100th anniversary and the department’s many contributions to medicine. From left are former dean William A. Peck, MD; Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, head of the Department of Surgery; Dean Larry J. Shapiro, MD; Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth; former department head Samuel A. Wells Jr., MD; and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.