Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was one of the great self-made men of 18th-century Europe. Trained as a watchmaker, he rose through the ranks of French nobility to become a successful inventor, businessman, publisher and diplomat, even supplying weapons and provisions to American revolutionaries. Yet Beaumarchais probably is best remembered for his semi-autobiographical Figaro plays, two […]
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton received the Right Arm of St. Louis Award from the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) Jan. 21 at the 173rd RCGA annual meeting and dinner at the Chase Park Plaza. A video honoring the WUSTL chancellor produced by the RCGA was recently released.
A laboratory connection between Alzheimer’s disease and brain-wasting diseases such as the human form of mad cow disease has moved into the clinic for what is believed to be the first time, manifesting itself in the brains of patients with a rare inherited disorder, new research shows.
An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study, co-authored by Gayle Fritz, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and colleagues, suggests that maize was passed from group to group of Southwestern hunter-gatherers. These people took advantage of improved moisture conditions by integrating a storable and potentially high-yielding crop into their broad-spectrum subsistence strategy.
Research into the causes and treatment of multiple myeloma has received a significant boost thanks to a gift to the School of Medicine from Harvey and Linda Saligman of St. Louis.
More than half of HIV patients experience memory problems and other cognitive impairments as they age, and doctors know little about the underlying causes. New research from the School of Medicine suggests HIV-related cognitive deficits share a common link with Alzheimer’s-related dementia: low levels of the protein amyloid beta in the spinal fluid.
Nearly 100 years after the discovery of cosmic rays, a new type of gamma-ray telescope is finally allowing physicists to make images of cosmic-ray nurseries.
Ronald R. King, senior associate dean and professor of accounting at Olin Business School, is available for comment on case before the Supreme Court today: Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead & Watts, LLP, Petitioners v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Up to $32,000 is available to WUSTL students for the development and implementation of innovative community projects during the summer in the form of social change grants through the Community Service Office. A new gift from Procter & Gamble will provide an additional $10,000 in funding this year. Students may submit proposals for multiple grants […]