Newsroom Stories

Paul Landgraf of WUSTL environmental health and safety (center) and fire officials from the University City Fire Department go over maps outlining the fire lanes on campus. Each year, fire departments from Clayton and University City drive the fire lanes on the Danforth Campus to ensure emergency vehicles can respond to WUSTL emergencies using campus roadways.

A comprehensive study by an intellectual property law expert published in the journal Science may guide global climate change and other scientific policy-makers in developing rules for research data release. 

Outlet: chinapost.com.tw Title/Program: Taiwanese consume too much sodium Media Type: Online Print Version Publication Date: 07/08/2010 Extract: Taiwanese male and female adults are consuming 1.9 times and 1.5 times, respectively, the upper limit (UL) of daily sodium intake as recommended by the Department of Health (DOH), according to a survey result released by the DOH […]

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way to significantly reduce atherosclerosis in mice that does not involve lowering cholesterol levels or eliminating other obesity-related problems. Atherosclerosis is the process through which fatty substances, such as cholesterol and cellular waste products accumulate in the lining of arteries. The research team inhibited atherosclerosis in the mice by interfering with production of a substance called fatty acid synthase, an enzyme that converts dietary sugars into fatty acids in the liver.  

Student Financial Services can help departments locate and hire part-time student workers for the 2010-11 academic year — and, at the same time, help departments stretch their budgets a bit further. For 2010-11, approximately 1,000 students are eligible for work-study. 

Many food plants contain cyanogenic glycosides that can release cyanide when the food is eaten. What’s more, a greater proportion of food plants than plants in general are cyanogenic. WUSTL researcher Kenneth M. Olsen, PhD, offers an explanation of this toxic puzzle.

Occupational therapy students learn the powerful effect of alcohol on an egg to demonstrate fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Four School of Law faculty members have received Fulbright awards for the 2010-11 school year. They are Dorsey D. Ellis Jr., JD; ; David Law, JD, PhD; Jo Ellen Lewis, JD; and Leila N. Sadat, JD.

Matthew J. Gabel, PhD, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The award will support his work on judicial decision-making in the European Union.

Improving the lives of infants and children with developmental disabilities will be the focus of Washington University’s new Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (WUIDDRC).