Kelly R. Monk, associate professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences again held a photo contest, seeking works related to students’ anthropology studies or research. The department recently announced the winners.
Gerald Early’s publication, “The Common Reader” — and the people behind it — were the focus of an article by a Dutch graduate student who visited America looking for entrepreneurial journalism ideas and stumbled across the literary outlet.
Despite promises made before Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, will be as difficult to outright repeal as it was to pass, says a health economist at Washington University in St. Louis.
While a particular metabolic pathway shows potential to slow down the aging process, new research indicates a downside: That same pathway may drive brain cancer. The pathway, known as the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) pathway, is overactive in a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall will be flown at half-staff Wednesday, Dec. 7, in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, which launched the United States into World War II.
