Newsroom Stories

Wildlife researchers at Washington University in St. Louis tracked pigeons in two cities to see what affects their density.

Career Catalysts, a series about WashU interns, by WashU interns, visits junior Kiersten Anderson as she leads a therapy session with individuals with memory-related illnesses. Her internship at St. Louis nonprofit Memory Keepers is funded by the Chancellor’s Career Fellows Program, which supports low-income, first-generation students.

WashU’s latest building renovation in Cortex will provide space and support for bioscience startups.

Nearly a dozen classic international films will be screened at the Hi-Pointe Theatre this fall. The series, “Art House Cinema, 1945-2000,” is inspired by Todd Decker’s survey course “Art House Movie Music.”

Veteran St. Louis trumpeter Kasimu Taylor will launch the fall WashU Jazz Series with a performance Sept. 8 at the 560 Music Center’s Pillsbury Theatre.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have discovered that blocking a chemical signal in the brain could slow the growth of pediatric brain tumors, potentially providing new treatment options.

Political polarization has consistently influenced public reactions to disease outbreaks in the United States, from polio to COVID-19, according to a comprehensive new study by Caitlin McMurtry, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Changes in vaccine approval have created confusion among consumers and industry leaders. Patrick Aguilar, MD, managing director of Olin Business School’s Business of Health initiative at Washington University in St. Louis, says these changes may also further strain the health sector, which makes up nearly 20% of the U.S. economy.

A new study from WashU Medicine identifies a previously unknown way that cells purge waste to promote healing after an injury.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis find sea spray concentrations, used in measuring cloud formation, can vary widely and estimates made from shore should not apply to lower levels of spray on the open ocean.