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Law

SCOTUS Chevron decision not as dramatic as some had feared

The demise of Chevron is unlikely to result in the dramatic curtailment of agency power that some had desired and some had feared, said Ronald Levin, the the William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law.

Alzheimer's

Link between childhood adverse events, Alzheimer’s disease to be studied

Brian A. Gordon, an assistant professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, has received an award from the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center and the Alzheimer’s Association to study how adverse events in childhood affect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Politics

WashU Expert: What’s at stake in Biden’s gamble

Known as a “gamble for resurrection,” leaders in crisis have long pursued risky actions in a final attempt to resurrect their careers. Dan Butler, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, says the Democratic party is currently weighing its own gamble following Biden’s disappointing first debate.

Awards & Notables

Early, Losos elected members of American Philosophical Society

Gerald Early, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, and Jonathan B. Losos, the William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and director of the Living Earth Collaborative, have been elected members of the American Philosophical Society.

Awards & Notables

Minnis wins Paley Center internship

Kannon Minnis, a rising junior in Arts & Sciences, has won a prestigious Peter Roth Internship from the Paley Center for Media in New York.

Engineering

Fluctuating cellular energy drives microbial bioproduction

A woman looks at a microscope image while her adviser looks on

Researchers at Washington University are studying how to turbo-charge microbial bioproduction.

Awards & Notables

Twelve alumni earn Fulbright awards

Twelve recent alumni of Washington University in St. Louis earned Fulbright awards to travel abroad to teach English or to conduct research in the 2024-25 academic year.

Space

Moon ‘swirls’ could be magnetized by unseen magmas

In a laboratory setting, experimental petrologists at Washington University recreated the magnetizing reactions that could be causing the mysterious, light-colored features on the Moon’s surface, known as lunar swirls.

Medicine

St. Louis-based center launches collaborative effort to end HIV epidemic in Midwest

A team from WashU Medicine and Saint Louis University have established the Midwest Developmental Center for AIDS Research to help end the HIV epidemic in the region.

Space

Surprising phosphate finding in asteroid sample

Washington University scientists, including Kun Wang in Arts & Sciences, are part of a team that reported that near-Earth asteroid Bennu’s dust is rich in carbon and nitrogen, as well as organic compounds, all of which are essential components for life as we know it.