A superhero league like none other
Alumna Lisa Kollins partners with artists to help kids with illnesses see themselves as heroes.
Environmental futures
Discover some of the many environmental projects currently underway among WashU’s graduate student community, the ‘research engine of the university.’
Of mystery and wonder
Alumnus Mike Bezemek has turned a lifelong love of the outdoors into an enterprising writing career. His latest nonfiction book, Mysteries of the National Parks, is a thrilling read and a reminder to look beyond the obvious for answers and adventure.
Hello Kitty, McDonald’s and K-pop
From West to East and back again, an Arts & Sciences course uses pop culture and food to examine East Asia and globalization.
A man of letters
A surprising donation of correspondence to WashU Libraries last winter is starting to yield new insights into the life of poet Howard Nemerov.
Cosmic ‘lenses’ will better define dark matter
Physicists Bryce Wedig and Tansu Daylan, in Arts & Sciences, calculated how many gravitational lenses will be uncovered by NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope when it begins science operations in 2027. By examining a large population of these lenses, the researchers hope to learn a lot more about the mysterious nature of dark matter.
Why the moon shimmers with shiny glass beads
Using a variety of microscopic analysis techniques not available when the Apollo astronauts first returned samples from the moon, physicist Ryan Ogliore in Arts & Sciences helped unlock the secrets of tiny lunar beads.
Sinclair installed as Thomas F. Eagleton University Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science
Betsy Sinclair, who studies how politics influence social relationships, was installed recently as the Thomas F. Eagleton University Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science in Arts & Sciences.
Uncovering how cells allocate space to make way for new growth
A study led by physicist Shankar Mukherji in Arts & Sciences uses a new technique to simultaneously visualize how six major organelles within a cell change as the cell grows. The work has implications for how cells regulate metabolism and growth, which is important in both health and disease.
Students don’t learn the way they think they do
A new study reveals that students learn best through prediction activities, even though they don’t realize it. This idea is at the center of research published by biologist Elise Walck-Shannon and her co-instructors for an introductory genetics course in Arts & Sciences.
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