Newsroom Stories

A new WashU study shows how scientists can use ancient DNA to answer historical questions beyond what artifacts alone can reveal.

WashU Medicine researchers have found in mice that blocking immune cells in the body’s lymph nodes significantly reduces neurodegeneration. The discovery reveals a previously unsuspected pathway that could potentially halt or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s and related diseases.

Bursky Public Health and Brown School teams surveyed nearly 2,900 participants and co-developed retailer training to boost nutrition access during pregnancy and early childhood.

“Growing Deep Roots,” a one-person show by artist Carolina Caycedo, will open Sept. 9 at the WashU Kemper Art Museum. In this Q&A, Caycedo discusses her work, her interest in migration, just energy transitions and the tenacity of repair.

The Black Rep will launch its 50th anniversary season Sept. 11 with the Tony Award-winning musical “The Color Purple” in WashU’s Edison Theatre.

Adeel Khan, MD, a professor of surgery at WashU Medicine, and Jessica Lindemann, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of surgery, worked together to perform the combined surgery — the world’s first-reported robotic transplantation of both organs simultaneously.

During the 2026 fiscal year, a number of faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis were promoted from associate professor with tenure to full professor.

For Caleb Rogers, serving as 2026-2027 editor-in-chief of the Washington University Law Review is both a leadership opportunity and a chance to help shape the scholarship the journal publishes. A third-year law student, Rogers is leading Volume 104 while preparing for a career in commercial finance.

The Center for the Humanities and the Department of African and African American Studies, both in WashU Arts & Sciences, will launch a yearlong Sawyer Seminar on “Black Studies and the Future of the American University” Sept. 10.

A grant from the Department of Defense will fund WashU research to make materials that deter aquatic organisms from attaching to surfaces. The work could have applications for anything in wet environments including medical devices for the human body and membranes used in desalinization.