Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis has teamed up with 15 of the nation’s leading public and private higher education institutions to launch the STARS (Small-Town And Rural Students) College Network, a new effort to help students from…

Studying blood plasma samples from COVID-19 patients, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified specific proteins that may help predict which patients may need to be placed on ventilators to…

Cats have fascinated and intrigued artists throughout the ages, as evidenced by paintings on the inside of pyramid walls from ancient Egypt, oil masterpieces from the Renaissance period and, of course, today’s cat videos and memes. Over…

The story of how ancient wolves came to claim a place near the campfire as humanity’s best friend is a familiar tale (even if scientists are still working out some of the specifics). In order to be domesticated, a wild animal must be…

Every year, norovirus causes hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning — and the deaths of at least 50,000 children — yet there exists no real way to control it. The virus has proven exceptionally difficult to study in the lab, and…

Edward McPherson, an associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. The award will provide McPherson — an award-winning author of three nonfiction…

Several Washington University in St. Louis faculty members and graduate or professional students received seed grants and other funding from the Taylor Geospatial Institute, collectively totaling more than $950,000. The funding is…

In the 1835 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea,” a princess is deemed authentic because of her sensitivity to a pea placed under 20 mattresses on her bed. New research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at…

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support training and mentorship for early-career physician-scientists. This relatively new funding…

Washington University in St. Louis will award five honorary degrees during its 162nd Commencement May 15.During the ceremony, the university will also bestow academic degrees on more than 3,400 members of the Class of 2023.Sterling K.…