As director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, Stephanie Kirk wants to empower humanities graduate students to use their expertise in a range of meaningful careers.
Washington University School of Medicine researchers have found that the immune system can be its own worst enemy in the fight against cancer. In a new study in mice, they found that a subset of immune cells inadvertently dampens cancer immunotherapy.
Kevin Blake, a scientific editor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been honored for an essay he wrote titled “Missing Microbiomes: Global Underrepresentation Restricts Who Research Will Benefit.”
Raja Dandamudi, MD, Vikas Dharnidharka, MD, and Tarek Alhamad, MD, all at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, contributed to a large study that identified a novel way of detecting signs of organ rejection.
Using novels and readings from all over the world, an Arts & Sciences course teaches students to look at the stories that exist on both sides of a geopolitical line.
