Newsroom Stories

WashU’s Performing Arts Department, in Arts & Sciences, will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a nimble, affectionate and Tony Award-winning satire of language, ambition and the crucible of competition, in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre April 17-20.

John Horn, a professor of practice in economics at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, explains how tariff uncertainty and confusion is contributing to market volatility — and how this might impact long-term economic trends.

The Sam Fox School will present WashU’s 96th Annual Fashion Design Show April 26 in Holmes Lounge. One of the oldest such shows in the nation, the event will feature dozens of models wearing scores of outfits that together explore avant-garde looks, user-centered design and cross-cultural connections.

A new study led by WashU Medicine researchers takes a deep dive into inherited genetic mutations. The findings have implications for determining an individual’s inherited cancer risk and informing potential new strategies for prevention, early detection and treatment.

WashU will pause construction on major capital projects on its Danforth Campus, in response to uncertainties regarding federal funding. 

A team led by biologists in Arts & Sciences and the Missouri Botanical Garden uncovered the ecological forces that drive remarkable chemical diversity of trees in the Andes mountains.

Researchers at Washington University study the upside to staying social online.

As part of his “100 Novels Project,” performance artist Tim Youd is retyping, word for word, “The Dick Gibson Show,” Stanley Elkin’s novel about a late-night disc jockey, on KWUR, WashU’s student radio station. Assuming the role as overnight DJ himself, Youd will type until 5 a.m. every morning until May 1. This will be the 84th novel Youd has typed in full.

WashU Medicine surgeons led a long-term study that showed patients who received a hip resurfacing procedure maintained a higher level of athletic activity years after their surgery than those who received a total hip replacement.

Researchers at WashU Medicine described, in mice, a brain pathway that connects the loss of motivation characteristic of advanced cancer to cancer-related inflammation and identified opportunities to block this pathway and restore motivation.