The dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis says while the Fed’s rate hike was widely anticipated, he would have liked to see the Fed hold off until President-elect Trump’s inauguration.
School of Medicine scientists have designed small molecules that prevent bacteria from sticking to the wall of the bladder, halting the development of urinary tract infections in mice. The technology is the basis of a startup company: Fimbrion Therapeutics.
A new program, organized by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences and local nonprofit Maturity and Its Muse, brings together student vocalists and local memory care patients.
The associate professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science works to create powerful sensors that can detect chemicals, biomarkers that could speed health-care diagnostics and new materials to clean dirty water.
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, has been selected as a 2016 National Academy of Medicine fellow in osteopathic medicine. Kwon, an instructor of medicine in infectious diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was chosen based on her scholarship, professional accomplishments and expertise.
Carolyn Booker Yarber, a member of the University Libraries staff for more than 48 years, died Dec. 9, 2016, in St. Louis. She was 69. A funeral service will be held Thursday, Dec. 15.
Girls with a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in a gene known as Nf1 are much more likely to lose their vision than boys with mutations in the same gene. And now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe they know why: Female sex hormones activate immune cells that damage the nerves necessary for vision.
Washington University Emeritus Trustee Robert Frick, BS ’60, MBA ’62, and his wife, Barbara, recently made a $2 million commitment to support Olin Business School. The popular second-floor commons area in Knight Hall will be named Robert and Barbara Frick Commons in recognition of their generosity.
The son of Washington University Nobel laureates Carl and Gerty Cori has given the Nobel Prizes his parents were awarded in 1947 to the university. They can be seen at the Becker Medical Library.
