Newsroom Stories

In a new book, “Why Privacy Matters,” one of the world’s leading experts in privacy law, Neil Richards, the Koch Distinguished Professor in Law and co-director of the Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law, argues privacy is not dead, but up for grabs.

Rock formations called shut-ins confine a section of a river, forcing water to flow between the steep walls of a canyon or gorge. Shut-ins are found in streams and rivers across the Ozarks. But some of the most outstanding shut-ins in the state are located at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park, where Washington University scientists are studying bedrock river erosion.

Shantay Bolton, executive vice chancellor for administration and chief administrative officer, has appointed a committee to identify candidates for the position of chief of the Washington University Police Department.

During oral arguments Dec. 1, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested the court should take a neutral position on the divisive question of abortion. In fact, Roe v. Wade does exactly that, says a School of Law expert on reproductive rights.

It is hard to imagine a scenario where the current standoff between baseball owners and players would lead to lost games in 2022, according to Patrick Rishe, a leading sports business expert at Olin Business School.

A team of researchers co-led by Guy Genin at the McKelvey School of Engineering has made a discovery about how tendon and bone attach in the shoulder joint, shedding light on rotator cuff injuries and how to treat them.

COVID-19 brought masks and with them, a host of questions about how they affect our day-to-day communications, including how well people wearing masks are understood.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have identified a drug compound that makes pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy.

“Return,” the 2021 WashU Dance Theatre concert and the Performing Arts Department’s first fully staged dance production in nearly two years, will run in Edison Theatre Dec. 3-5.

Jessie Minton, vice provost and chief information officer at the University of Oregon, has been appointed vice chancellor for technology and chief information officer at Washington University in St. Louis, effective April 15, according to Shantay Bolton, executive vice chancellor and chief administrative officer.