Newsroom Stories

If Congress and President Obama don’t reach a compromise before the end of the year to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” it will have major consequences on Washington University in St. Louis as well as other universities and colleges across the country, say WUSTL administrators​​.

You try doing homework in the dark. For school-aged children across the developing world, access to electrical lighting remains precarious. Enter the Little Sun, a solar-powered lamp designed by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Now Little Sun is at the center of two projects involving WUSTL students and faculty, which stretch from the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to the villages of Madagascar.

Washington University in St. Louis sophomore midfielder Anna Zambricki was named to the 2012 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Continental Tire Women’s Soccer Division III All-America Team, as announced Dec. 4 by the association.

Washington University in St. Louis junior cornerback Andrew Skalman was named to the 2012 D3football.com All-South Region Third Team, as announced Dec. 4.

Our bodies contain far more microbial genes than human genes. And a new study suggests that just as human DNA varies from person to person, so too does the massive collection of microbial DNA in the intestine.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton prepares to plug in a Nissan Leaf electric car during the Nov. 29 installation of the first electric car charging station on the Danforth Campus.

The team registration deadline for the Olin Sustainability Case Competition is Friday, Dec. 7. Open to all WUSTL students, this year’s competition, “Blight, Flight, and Urban Plight,” hopes to stimulate sustainable development of vacant land in the City of St. Louis.

First round submissions for the Sustainable Land Lab competition, sponsored by WUSTL and the City of St. Louis, are due Monday, Dec. 10. Teams are encouraged to propose innovative projects that transform vacant lots in St. Louis into assets that advance sustainability.

Coming up with creative, fresh ideas does not necessarily imply that theywill ultimately be put into practice. However, the odds of one’s ideas making it into practice are better when people are driven to push their ideas through the organization and are savvy networkers, finds new research from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

A participant in Pedal the Cause, the cycling event started three years ago to raise money for cancer research in St. Louis, surpassed its $2 million goal this year.