Newsroom Stories

Photo by Robert BostonSchool of Medicine employees are recognized for their service and dedication at an employee picnic June 5.

More than 500 employees were recognized June 2 for their service to the School of Medicine.

School of Medicine scientists received $19 million in grants to study microbes in the human body and determine how they contribute to health and disease.

U.S Airforce Photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley FarnsworthThe School of Medicine donated an MRI machine to aid in research and routine health care in Argentina.

C. Michael Crowder, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor in Anesthesiology.

An international collaboration of scientists discovers an outburst of very-high-energy gamma radiation from the giant radio galaxy Messier 87, accompanied by a strong rise of the radio flux measured from the direct vicinity of its supermassive black hole. The findings shed new light on the understanding of gamma rays in black holes.

The School of Medicine is participating in a national trial to determine whether back braces for adolescents with scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, are effective in preventing the condition from progressing and, if so, which patients most benefit.

The complete text of the Faculty Senate Council resolution recognizing Samuel L. Stanley’s contribution to WUSTL.

The School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a highly personalized one-year master of engineering in computer science and engineering designed to provide students computing skills and a competitive edge to meet the demands of modern industry. The program is specially tailored for individuals who plan to change careers and enter the computer science and engineering (CSE) profession, for international students seeking to establish U.S. credentials in computing, and for current CSE professionals who wish to advance their skills and education.

A video-based motion analysis study has uncovered significant differences in how males and females go about kicking a soccer ball — differences that may help explain why women are more susceptible to a common knee injury, suggests a sports medicine researcher at Washington University.