Newsroom Stories

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis will host six performances by internationally renowned performers as part of the 2026 Great Artists Series.

Biomedical researchers at Washington University have decoded how mechanical forces drive cell behavior in fibrosis.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have found a way to target the vessels that drain waste from the brain. Rejuvenating those vessels could open the door to new therapies to prevent cognitive decline.

A multidisciplinary team led by chemist Timothy Wencewicz in Arts & Sciences repurposed an antimalarial drug in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

A clinical trial among people destined to develop early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and led by WashU Medicine researchers shows eliminating amyloid from the brain may prevent cognitive symptoms.

“¿Te puedo contar algo?”, an evening-length concert featuring new and original works by MFA candidates Tess Angelica Losada-Tindall and Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón in Arts & Sciences, will explore the nature, power and necessity of grief March 21 and 22 in WashU’s Edison Theatre.

The ad hoc committee established by the WashU Board of Trustees to review the university’s policies and guidelines governing on-campus protests and demonstrations has completed its work.

Rob Bilott, the attorney who exposed DuPont’s water contamination cover-up, will speak April 7 for the Assembly Series. “Dark Waters,” a film based on his fight for justice, screens in advance.

Scientists at WashU Medicine have identified a key component to launching immune activity and overactivity, providing a potential therapeutic target for autoimmune diseases.

Researchers at Washington University have developed a method to peer into biomolecular condensates, which could lead to a better understanding of condensate functions and their impairment in cancers and neurodegeneration.