Newsroom Stories

The WashU Arboretum, home to some 6,500 trees across the Danforth Campus, recently received Level III accreditation by the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program. 

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, and the WashU Athletic Complex is ready to welcome all voters who are registered in St. Louis County. For the first time, the Medical Campus also will host a polling place, at the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4565 McKinley Ave., for voters registered in the city.

Researchers at WashU Medicine collaborated with an international team of doctors and scientists to identify the cause of a rare genetic disorder involving intellectual disability and brain malformations.

Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, will discuss privacy and civil rights issues in health care at a Nov. 13 event hosted by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have found a process in which the brain guards against attack by the immune system, opening opportunities to pursue new therapies for diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s.

A new analysis led by WashU Medicine researchers has revealed detailed 3D maps of the internal structures of multiple tumor types. These maps could lead to new approaches to therapy.

Missouri’s Medicaid program now covers doula services statewide, an effort led by CAHSPER and community health leaders. The measure addresses the state’s alarming maternal mortality rates.

In a new publication, researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering make the case for electro-agriculture to help drastically cut carbon emissions.

Enrollment in Medicaid was associated with higher risk of death from a central nervous system (CNS) tumor, with an almost two-fold higher risk for young CNS tumor patients enrolled at diagnosis, finds a study from the Brown School at Washington University.

At the WashU Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 27, numerous faculty members were granted tenure, effective that day.