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The Alliance is a group that will develop an action plan to improve math, engineering, technology and science (METS) learning and student achievement in Missouri.

Photo by David KilperA material created by chemistry’s Karen Wooley might someday be used as a timed drug-delivery system.Karen Wooley says that the results of her research with the polymers — the promoted release, the anti-fouling application — are “strange, if not weird, but there is so much going on here, we want to explore it all.”

Thanks to five sports that finished in the top 10 nationally this year, the Bears reached the top 10 overall for the fourth straight season.

Potential employers, real estate agents, loan officers and service providers repeatedly made racist, snap judgments about callers with diverse dialects, says John Baugh, Ph.D.

WellingThe Washington University Diabetes Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital focuses on providing patients with the latest technology, treatments and clinical research. Some patients at the center are receiving a new diabetes drug that may give a welcome side effect — weight loss. Research lab supervisor Cris Welling began taking Byetta about 10 months ago and has lost 40 pounds.

Like the fictional wizard Harry Potter, some cancerous tumors seem capable of wrapping themselves in an invisibility cloak. Researchers at the School of Medicine have found that pancreatic tumors hide from the body’s immune surveillance by surrounding themselves with cells that make it hard for the immune system to detect them.

With all of the construction happening on the Hilltop Campus, pedestrians are urged to take alternate, safer routes.

Fumihiko MakiPress biography of Fumihiko Maki, architect of two new buildings for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

David W. Kemper James M. Kemper Jr. Mildred Lane Kemper William T. Kemper Foundation David W. Kemper is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Commerce Bancshares, Inc., a $14 billion regional bank holding company based in Missouri. Kemper graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1972. He received a Master of Arts degree in […]

TobinPatients managing diabetes can now get full diagnostics, treatment and education in one place — the Washington University Diabetes Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The center will provide a new group-care and patient-education approach for patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, says Garry Tobin, medical director of the center.