Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and Provost Beverly Wendland have appointed a 13-member committee to identify candidates for the position of dean of the Brown School.
The Women’s Society of Washington University funding committee invites undergraduate students to submit funding requests for student-led projects. The deadline is Oct. 19.
Staggeringly disproportionate startup funding available to founders who are women or underrepresented minorities has inspired the next project of the Olin Brookings Commission.
Weedy rice is a closely related cousin of crop rice that aggressively competes with cultivated rice in the field. Scientists from Washington University and the University of Arkansas report that the crop pest has become widely herbicide resistant. The study highlights challenges facing U.S. rice farmers when they battle a weedy enemy that is closely related to a desirable crop plant.
Faculty from the McKelvey School of Engineering are part of a collaborative effort awarded $25 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to better understand climate change in urban environments.
In “FIELD-STATION,” a new mural for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Houston-based architectural practice HOME-OFFICE explores the confluence of forestry, activism and place-based research.
Researchers led by the McKelvey School of Engineering’s Hong Chen recently invented a technique for generating ultrasound waves that can self-bend, like a rainbow.
Matt Sullivan, the university’s assistant director of disability resources, has received the Rising Star Award from the Coalition for Disability Access in Health Sciences Education.
