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WashU Expert: Students at every grade need to learn climate science

Even the youngest students are ready to learn about climate science, according to Michael Wysession, professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences and executive director of the Teaching Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

Science & Technology

The Discoverer: Lan Yang

Lan Yang, Washington University in St. Louis research scientist, has a passion and persistence for photonics.

Cancer Research

$20 million gift boosts multiple myeloma research

A $20 million gift from Paula C. and Rodger O. Riney will help researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis develop new treatments for multiple myeloma.

Humanities & Society

Dating the ‘Cradle’: A new timeline of early human history

Drastic climate changes shaped the timeline for rich deposits of early human ancestor fossils found in a network of South African caves known as the “Cradle of Humankind,” suggests a new study co-authored by paleoanthropologists at Washington University in St. Louis.

Economy

Economics of climate change difficult to assess

As an economist, academician and researcher steeped in such data and assessments, one Washington University in St. Louis expert wants to press the pause button on the worst-case-scenario numbers related to the National Climate Assessment that was released the day after Thanksgiving.

Humanities & Society

WashU Expert: Climate change will increase food insecurity

Climate change is likely to exacerbate food insecurity among the most vulnerable populations globally, says an expert on malnutrition at Washington University in St. Louis.

Humanities & Society

WashU Expert: Trump climate policies expose the nation to risk

The National Climate Assessment, released the day after Thanksgiving, highlights the risks to which federal policymakers are exposing the country — including very pointedly the Midwest — by attempting to roll back limits on greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, says an expert on environmental policy at Washington University in St. Louis.

Business & Entrepreneurship