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In the famous Robert Frost poem “The Road Not Taken,” the narrator, forced to travel one of two roads, takes the one less traveled by, and “that has made all the difference.” Chemists at WUSTL and Stanford University, in kinship with Frost, have modified a key protein in a bacterium to move electrons along a […]

Nominations for the award were solicited by Student Union from Student Union representatives as well as students at large.

Photo by Kevin LowderA painting by local artist Gilbert “Chic” Early will be displayed at the Weidenbaum Center in honor of the highly respected WUSTL professor and public-policy scholar.

They are Alan Bender, Barbara Levy Landes, Sanford Loewentheil, Kate Hilliker Murashige and Jill Evans Petzall; John Berg will receive the Dean’s Medal.

Photo by Bill StoverGWB’s 12th annual International Festival — themed “Bringing the World to You” — featured a forum on religion, an international banquet and a cultural exhibit.

Softball team in fifth straight NCAA tourney The No. 14 softball team is making its fifth straight at-large appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Midwest Regional started May 11 and runs through May 15 at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. Washington U. (35-5) is the fourth seed in the regional and battled fifth-seeded […]

Professor Emeritus James W. Davis is stepping down as director of the institute, which was launched last year.

Projects include the finishing touches on the new Liggett House and excavation work for the new underground parking facility.

ZebrafishTo learn more about how glucose affects human development, Washington University researchers have developed the first vertebrate model of the role of glucose in embryonic brain development. The model is made up of zebrafish. Their transparent embryos develop similarly to humans, except that they grow outside of the mother’s body, where development can be more easily observed. The model provides the foundation for and insight into the roles of nutrition and genetics in human birth defects.

David Kilper/WUSTL PhotoElvin-Lewis inspects a kava plant in the Goldfarb Greenhouse.Ginsengs, echinaceas, and ephedras, oh my! These herbs sound innocuous enough, however, according to Memory Elvin-Lewis, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and ethnobotany in biomedicine in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, Americans are unaware of the dangers inherent in these herbal supplements.