Who Knew WashU?
Question: Who earned the first PhD in the field of history at WashU?
Answer: D) Silas Bent McKinley, whose thesis is available at WashU Libraries. The Department of History in Arts & Sciences is celebrating 100 years of conferring doctoral degrees in 2026.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Therese Kaag, a staff member at WashU Medicine, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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Can brain signals help turn spinal stimulation on only when it’s needed?
Biomedical engineer Ismael Seáñez along with collaborators from WashU Medicine will study the effects of delivering transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation only when the person intends to move, thanks to a three-year $400,000 grant from the Craig S. Neilsen Foundation.
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A welcome instance of hope
Evidence from a small island in Indonesia points to the successful elimination of a parasitic worm that causes a devastating tropical disease.
