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Campus & Community

New academic building added to plan for east end of Danforth Campus

map showing location of planned McKelvey Hall
Plans for the transformation of the east end of the Danforth Campus have expanded to include an additional academic building for the School of Engineering & Applied Science, James M. McKelvey, Sr. Hall. Located south of Preston M. Green Hall, it will house the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and support the university’s data science efforts. 

Professor contributes to PBS documentary

battle of chosin film promo
Zhao Ma, assistant professor of East Asian languages in Arts & Sciences, contributed to the making of the PBS documentary “The Battle of Chosin,” which will air on PBS on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Campus & Community

New engineering building to be named for school’s former dean

Washington University in St. Louis has announced that the next building in its engineering complex will be named in honor of James M. McKelvey Sr., for 27 years the dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science. James M. McKelvey, Sr. Hall will house the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and is made possible by a lead commitment of $15 million from Washington University alumnus and McKelvey’s son, Jim Jr.
Science & Technology

Mutant plants reveal temperature sensor

In a serendipitous moment, scientists studying light sensing molecules in plants have discovered that they are also temperature sensors.The discovery may eventually allow them to design crop varieties that are better able to cope with a warming world.
Aging

Natural compound reduces signs of aging in healthy mice

Scientists at the School of Medicine have shown that supplementing healthy mice with a natural compound called NMN can compensate for a loss of energy production in aging cells, reducing typical signs of aging such as gradual weight gain, loss of insulin sensitivity and declines in physical activity.
Medicine & Health

For some COPD patients, portable oxygen treatment provides no benefit

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often receive portable oxygen therapy to help raise oxygen levels and allow them to breathe easier. But a major study published Oct. 26 in The New England Journal of Medicine indicates that supplemental oxygen does not benefit a large group of patients with COPD: those with moderately low levels of oxygen in the blood.
Medicine & Health

Examining the effects of regulating tobacco sales

State actions to regulate retail sales of tobacco nearly doubled between 2012 and 2014, according to new research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, but much of the activity was directed at e-cigarettes, perhaps the least harmful tobacco product.

Maxwell wins 2016 American Book Award

William J. Maxwell, professor of English and of African and African-American studies in Arts & Sciences, has won a 2016 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for “F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature” (2015).