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Disparity

Child tax credit reduced usage of high-cost financial services

Families who were eligible for the child tax credit experienced improved nutrition, decreased reliance on credit cards and other high-risk financial services, and made long-term educational investments for both parents and children, finds a new report from Washington University in St. Louis.
Workplace

Tech network earns high honors

After three decades living and working in London, alumnus Russ Shaw reached the pinnacle of his career when he was given the honorific Commander of the British Empire.
For Russ Shaw, BSBA ’85, the founder of Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates, achieving the honorary title Commander of the British Empire (CBE) was a shock. “When I received the congratulatory email last November, I fell off my chair,” he says.   The highest Order of the British Empire award below knighthood or damehood, […]
Arts & Culture

‘Requiem of Light’ in Forest Park April 23

More than 5,000 St. Louisans have died during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Saturday, April 23, a community-wide memorial service, organized by WashU’s Rebecca Messbarger, will take place in Forest Park. The event will include original music, guest speakers and the ceremonial lighting of 1,500 lanterns around the waters of the Grand Basin.
Medicine & Health

The next war we have to win

Gautam Dantas, professor of pathology and immunology, leads a research team of experts across multiple fields: microbial genomics, ecology, synthetic biology and systems biology. In an effort to find ways to treat bacterial diseases without relying exclusively on antimicrobials, the team is studying why resistance is so insidious and how it can be stopped. (Photo: Matt Miller/Washington University School of Medicine)
While the battle against SARS-CoV-2 rages on, Washington University researchers and clinicians are fighting a rearguard action against drug-resistant infections that years of overprescribing have turned deadly.