Author: Kelly Wiese Niemeyer

The university has begun using a new admissions system, Slate, for most of its graduate-level programs. The move is part of Student Sunrise, a multiyear initiative to consolidate and update WashU’s various student information systems.

When people participate in studies of aging, they often want to know what their individual risks of developing dementia from Alzheimer’s disease are. Washington University researchers have developed an algorithm that can help provide them with information about what their risks may be.

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of Queen Elizabeth II until sunset the day of her interment. The queen died Sept. 8 at age 96.

Men with low testosterone who develop COVID-19 are at elevated risk of becoming seriously ill and ending up in the hospital, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

The Washington University Danforth Staff Council has elected its executive officers for the academic year and added five new members.

Applications for faculty members whose research area focuses on race and ethnicity are open, the Office of the Provost announced. Applications are due by Oct. 3.

Parking and Transportation Services at Washington University will hold Metro U-Pass and Danforth Campus parking permit distribution events starting this week. The parking office is temporarily relocated to the Danforth University Center.

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine has revealed the details of two key transition points in the development of pancreatic cancer. The study provides insights into treatment resistance and how immunotherapy could be harnessed to treat this aggressive tumor type.

Washington University is moving toward a centralized process for handling academic integrity violations at the undergraduate level, in response to feedback from a faculty commission. Students, faculty and staff members are needed to serve on the working groups.

Washington University in St. Louis has joined with 14 other universities in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court as it prepares to hear arguments in two cases challenging longstanding precedent that allows universities to consider race and ethnicity in admissions decisions.