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Chemistry

Sugar metabolism is surprisingly conventional in cancer

Mitochondria
A study in Molecular Cell led by chemist Gary Patti in Arts & Sciences shows that cancer cells don’t want to waste glucose, they just consume it too quickly. The discovery was made possible with metabolomics, which allowed Patti and his team to observe the speed at which small molecules move through cells.
Awards & Notables

Katz named 2022 Haub Law Emerging Scholar

Elizabeth Katz, associate professor of law at Washington University School of Law, has been selected as the 2021-2022 Haub Law Emerging Scholar in Gender & Law by Pace University for her paper “Sex, Suffrage, and State Constitutional Law: Women’s Legal Right to Hold Public Office.”
Medicine & Health

Lasting leadership

Roy Vagelos, MD, and Diana Vagelos
In the 1960s and ’70s, P. Roy Vagelos, MD, brought together scientists in biology and biomedicine from across the university and created two pioneering training programs. Over a half-century later, MSTP and DBBS continue to train physician-scientists, improve human health and advance medicine.
Performing Arts

Winning an unconventional pageant

What started as a chance to try something new with her mom led Tiffany Yao, BFA ’19, into another competition that was far less conventional. Here, in her own words, is how she became a beauty queen.
Students

Fostering diversity — of people and ideas

­Chancellor ­Andrew D. Martin ­facilitates a ­discussion of ­Nadine Strossen’s book, HATE: Why We Should ­Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, with first-year students.
The importance of diversity goes beyond educational access and the makeup of our student body, faculty and staff. Preparing students for engaged citizenship in a diverse world and in our democracy is a fundamental responsibility of our university.