Newsroom Stories

Siteman Cancer Center’s new building for outpatient care will be named the Gary C. Werths Building. A transformative commitment by the late Werths and his husband, Richard Frimel, will support cancer research and medical student scholarships.

Students in the social choice systems class at Washington University are learning about design challenges in social choice systems like redistricting.

The Siteman Blood Cancer Center delivers tomorrow’s treatments today.

Getting a head start on detection and treatment in adults under 50.

WashU continues to fund local and global research excellence through “Here and Next,” its strategic plan.

Andrea Katz, an expert on presidential power at WashU Law, says Trump’s threats to bypass Senate approval of controversial Cabinet nominees could turn the process on its head.

In February, the Kemper Art Museum will present “Seeds: Containers of a World to Come.” The exhibition features recent works and new commissions by 10 nationally and internationally known artists for whom the seed is the kernel, both literally and metaphorically, for their investigations.

Researchers at WashU Medicine engineered a yeast probiotic to deliver immunotherapy to the gut where it reduced gastrointestinal tumors in mice, offering a potentially novel strategy to target hard-to-reach gut cancers.

COVID-19 reshaped mobility patterns worldwide, affecting walking, driving and public transit use, finds a new study published in The Lancet Public Health. The research, led by an international team including some Brown School researchers, analyzed data from nearly 300 cities to understand how urban transportation habits adapted during the pandemic.

Brain science researchers at WashU are studying how the brain perceives, processes and remembers everyday events. Their goal is to create an intervention that could improve memory by helping people segment events.