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Environmental engineering group honors Washington University engineers

Two faculty members and an alumnus of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis will be recognized for their contributions to environmental engineering by the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors this month in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Humanities & Society

Eggs significantly increase growth in young children

Eggs significantly increased growth and reduced stunting by 47 percent in young children, finds a new study from a leading expert on child nutrition at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. This was a much greater effect than had been shown in previous studies.

Medicine & Health

Type of sugar may treat atherosclerosis, mouse study shows

Researchers from the School of Medicine have found that the immune system may be triggered to treat atherosclerosis and possibly other metabolic conditions, including fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes.

Medicine & Health

A better look at the lungs

The National Institutes of Health awarded a biomedical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis a 4-year, $1.7 million grant to attempt to develop a new way to image airflow in lungs. The research could someday make diagnoses of lung disease easier and more cost-effective.

Campus & Community

Washington University selected for $1 million HHMI Inclusive Excellence Initiative

Washington University in St. Louis is one of 24 schools selected to receive $1 million grants as part of a new HHMI initiative to help colleges and universities foster success in science for all students, especially undergraduates who enter four-year institutions via nontraditional pathways.

Campus & Community

The View From Here 6.6.17

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

Who Knew WashU? 6.6.17

Question: Which sport has accounted for more of Washington University’s 22 NCAA national championships than any other?

WashU Expert: Trump’s withdrawal from Paris Agreement a play to his base

President Donald Trump has made the decision to pull the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a move that that cannot be justified on the stated grounds for withdrawal, says an expert in environmental law at Washington University in St. Louis.

Campus & Community

Statement from Chancellor Wrighton regarding President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Change Accord

On behalf of Washington University, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton issued a statement regarding President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Change Accord.

Piston honored by Microscopy Society of America

David Piston, the Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor and head of the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the 2017 Distinguished Scientist Award for Biological Sciences by the Microscopy Society of America.