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Will my startup idea work?

Man smiling in front of a whiteboard holding a black object Professor Doug Villhard

My office hours fill up weeks in advance with students (who are not even in my classes) waiting to ask me one question: “Doug, will my startup idea work?” My short answer is, “Who cares what I think? What do your target customers think?” And most often the student’s answer is, “Well, I haven’t shown […]

Arts & Culture

Now playing: Propaganda at the movies

As China prepares for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, thousands of theaters have been instructed to screen at least two propaganda films each week. But political jargon and ideological mandates may not sit well with 21st-century moviegoers, argues Zhao Ma, associate professor of modern Chinese history and culture in Arts & Sciences.

Students

4.12.21

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Awards & Notables

Gordon receives Kober Medal

Jeffrey Gordon, MD, has received the 2021 Kober Medal, one of the highest awards in academic medicine. Given by the Association of American Physicians, the honor recognizes Gordon’s extraordinary contributions to the field of gut microbiome research.

Humanities & Society

Child Development Accounts generate assets, parental investments

New research from the Center for Social Development at the Brown School shows that parents of newborns with Child Development Accounts respond by deepening their commitment to the child’s higher education and their own efforts to save for that education.

Appointments & Promotions

Markowitz appointed to professional development role

Scott Markowitz, MD, has been named inaugural vice chair for professional development and diversity, equity and inclusion in the Department of Anesthesiology at the School of Medicine.

Appointments & Promotions

Board grants faculty appointments, promotions, tenure

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting in March, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise indicated.

Campus & Community

Forging ahead

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin delivers his first State of the University Address in Edison Theatre. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

Now more than a year into the pandemic, we are beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel. I’m happy to report, despite the challenges we face as a community, that we continue to advance our mission in education, research and patient care.

Arts & Culture

The endless possibilities of poetry

With a storied literary past, Washington University continues to provide time, place and space to stretch as a poet.

Climate & Environment

Highlands hunt for climate answers

With tents pitched at a base camp at 16,000 feet in elevation, researchers wait out an unseasonal snowstorm at the edge of Lake Sibinacocha. The lake is surrounded by glaciated peaks that reach to almost 21,000 feet in elevation. (Photo: Tom Malkowicz)

Two Washington University scientists are reconstructing past climate and cultural shifts in the Peruvian Andes. Today, such high-altitude parts of the tropics are warming faster than the rest of the globe. What Bronwen Konecky and Sarah Baitzel discover could help predict how this delicate ecosystem might be affected in the future.