Sumers Rec Center wins national recognition

The Sumers Recreation ­Center honors Francis Gymnasium’s role in Olympic history and creates a new destination for students, faculty and staff to share. (James Byard/Washington University)
The Washington University Office of Recreation received several national awards March 4 during the 2018 NIRSA conference in Denver. NIRSA is a national organization of collegiate recreation professionals.

How to Think about “Implicit Bias”

When is the last time a stereotype popped into your mind? If you are like most people, the authors included, it happens all the time. That doesn’t make you a racist, sexist, or whatever-ist. It just means your brain is working properly, noticing patterns, and making generalizations.

Antibody removes Alzheimer’s plaques, in mice

Antibodies against APOE (red) bind to amyloid plaques (blue) in brain tissue
Sticky amyloid plaques play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. School of Medicine researchers have shown that an antibody targeting a minor part of the plaques – a protein known as APOE – can sweep away the damaging plaques, opening potential treatment options.

Diabetes intervention works best at home

A public health research team at the Brown School has taken one of the most effective diabetes intervention programs and made it more accessible by partnering with an existing home-visit organization dedicated to working with mothers of preschool-aged children.

Event celebrating Gass’ life planned April 6

An event celebrating the life of influential author William H. Gass, the David L. May Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Washington University, will be held April 6 in Olin Library. Gass died in December.

Food culture along the Silk Road

Market stall in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar (Xinjiang, China) in 2003. Photo by Michael Frachetti/Washington University.
Like passionate foodies who know the best places to eat in every town, Silk Road nomads may have been the gastronomic elites of the Medieval Ages, enjoying diets much more diverse than their sedentary urban counterparts, suggests a new study in Scientific Reports.

Earth Week events begin Monday

The university community will have the chance to take part in a number of events beginning Monday, March 26, to celebrate Earth Week, from speakers to a pop-up farmer’s market to electronics recycling.