‘The Wolves’ opens Feb. 21 in Edison Theatre
Nine players take to the pitch. The competition is fast, creative and ruthless. And that’s before they meet the other team. In “The Wolves,” which opens Feb. 21 in Edison Theatre, Pulitzer-nominated playwright Sarah DeLappe captures the raw energy, unfiltered banter and accumulating pressure of an elite girls’ soccer team.
For success in bioelectronics, build with nature-inspired design
Researchers at WashU have developed bioelectronic scaffolds in a unique way that creates new tissues.
New model from WashU scientists can improve understanding of human attention
A new neural network model by researchers at Washington University offers a way to uncover what brain mechanisms are at play when people need to focus amid many distractions.
Helping herps in Central America
Tasman Ezra, a graduate student in biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, founded a conservation organization dedicated to conserving reptiles, amphibians and their habitats in Honduras.
Allen to retire as vice chancellor and general counsel
Monica J. Allen, vice chancellor and general counsel at Washington University in St. Louis, will retire from the university Nov. 3 after nearly 20 years of service, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.
WashU Medicine launches center for rare diseases
WashU Medicine has launched the Center for Rare, Undiagnosed and Genetic Diseases, which brings together researchers and patient communities to create a collaborative network to drive innovative research and accelerate drug discovery.
Study highlights barriers to genetic testing for Black children
A recent study by WashU Medicine researchers found Black children were about half as likely as white children to obtain genetic testing ordered by their neurologists.
Researchers to study health impact of changes to school lunch, breakfast programs
Sarah Moreland-Russell, at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a four-year $2.65 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to understand how schools respond to changes in policy guiding school lunch and breakfast programs affect health.
Next-gen Alzheimer’s drugs extend independent living by months
An analysis by researchers at WashU Medicine interprets the benefits of new Alzheimer’s drugs in a way that aims to help patients and families make informed treatment decisions.
Creating a federal government
Politicians often claim to know what kind of government the founders would have wanted. Presidential historian Peter Kastor was struck by the relative lack of scholarship around an obvious follow-up question: What kind of government did the founders actually create?
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