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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considering adoption of anti-discrimination regulations that would apply to all health care providers and build upon the Affordable Care Act mandate prohibiting discrimination “on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.” These new rules would help reduce disparities in the health care system, said Elizabeth Sepper, JD, associate professor of law.

Alceste is allergic to flattery, fakery and sycophants. But how much honesty is too much? In “The Misanthrope,” the great French playwright Molière examines the line between diplomacy and deception, between truth-telling and cruelty.

The Obama Administration announced Nov. 10 it will seek United States Supreme Court review of a ruling blocking President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Timing is crucial, says Stephen H. Legomsky, JD, DPhil, an expert on immigration law at Washington University in St. Louis.

Teach For America recently released its annual list of schools contributing the greatest number of alumni to its 2015 teaching corps. Among medium-sized universities, Washington University in St. Louis is again among the top contributors.

Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists have developed flexible, implantable devices that can activate — and, in theory, block — pain signals in the body and spinal cord before those signals reach the brain.

Images captured in and around the Washington University campuses. To view captions, click on the “i” in the upper-left corner.

​A team of engineers, led by Washington University’s Lihong Wang and postdoctoral researcher Junjie Yao, found that by genetically modifying glioblastoma cancer cells to express BphP1 protein, derived from a bacterium commonly found in soil and water, they could clearly see tiny amounts of live cancer cells as deep as 1 centimeter in tissue using photoacoustic tomography.

Grammy-winning soprano Estelí Gomez (pictured) and renowned clarinetist Eric Hoeprich will join professor of music Seth Carlin Nov. 15 for Washington University’s 2015 Liederabend.

Nov. 20 is national Transgender Day of Remembrance. Two events will be held on the Washington University in St. Louis campus, organized by student groups dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for the LGBTQIA community and to mark Trans* Awareness Week (TAW). The events will shine a light on the societal obstacles and legal barriers that generate and perpetuate hate-based violence and systemic oppression.

​It’s another far-reaching global sporting scandal as the World Anti-Doping Agency recommends the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) suspend Russia from athletics competition. Washington University’s Olin Business of Sports Program Director Patrick Rishe says the decision could have fallout of Olympic proportion.