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Agrawal wins NSF CAREER award
Agrawal Kunal Agrawal, PhD, assistant professor of computer science & engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a prestigious...
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Seismic survey at the Mariana trench will follow water dragged down into the...
Doug Wiens The Thomas G. Thompson and the Marcus G. Langseth at the Navy Pier in Guam. The Thompson laid seismic instruments, which are stacked and ready on its deck, and the Langseth then sailed...
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New imaging technique moves from lab to clinic
Every new imaging technology has an aura of magic about it because it suddenly reveals what had been concealed, and makes visible what had been invisible. So, too, with photoacoustic tomography, which...
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Ten WUSTL faculty to receive Outstanding St. Louis Scientists Awards
The Academy of Science of St. Louis will honor 10 faculty members from Washington University in St. Louis for their contributions and leadership in science and medicine. The academy will present the...
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‘Crazy’ offshoots of Einstein’s theories topic of 2012 McDonnell...
Credit: NASA E/PO, Sonoma State University, Aurore Simonnet Artist's conception of a black hole pulling gas off a nearby star. Clifford M. Will, PhD, the James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences...
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New imaging technique could speed cancer detection
A new imaging technique relies on light and sound to create detailed, color pictures of tumors deep inside the body. The technology, called photoacoustic tomography, may eventually help doctors...
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Early-stage lung cancer treatments evaluated in patients with breathing problems
Jeffrey Bradley, MDA CT image shows an early-stage lung tumor. A new clinical trial will evaluate whether a limited surgical procedure or a specialized type of radiation therapy is the best treatment...
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Arts & Sciences junior named Newman Civic Fellow
Tej Azad, a junior in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was among 162 students from across the country named a Newman Civic Fellow for 2012 by Campus Compact. Azad The Newman...
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MacMahon to receive 2012 Stalker Award
Mara MacMahon has been selected to receive the 2012 Harrison D. Stalker Award from the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The award is named in honor of...
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Can behavior be controlled by genes? The case of honeybee work assignments
Travis Mohrman Nurse bees tending to brood in cells both open and capped with beeswax. Recent work at Washington University in St. Louis suggests that the division of labor in honeybee colonies is...
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Nobel Laureate Ciechanover to speak April 27
Aaron Ciechanover, MD, PhD, the Distinguished Research Professor at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, and co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his contributions...
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Elgin, Templeton elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Two Washington University in St. Louis professors have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The new fellows are Sarah C.R. Elgin, PhD, the Viktor Hamburger Professor of...
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Engineers receive annual achievement awards
Seven distinguished alumni and a former dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis were honored at a dinner April 19 at the Coronado Ballroom. Six...
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Prestigious national scholarships awarded to five WUSTL juniors
Five juniors at Washington University in St. Louis have been awarded prestigious national scholarships. Three students received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and two students received the Morris...
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Spector Prize goes to Fahey
Each year, the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis awards a prize to a graduating senior in memory of Marion Smith Spector, a 1938 WUSTL graduate who...
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Math students score in Putnam, win and show in Missouri math competition
Hang Chen WUSTL contestants debrief after the Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition with their sponsor Ron Freiwald, PhD, professor of mathematics. They are (clockwise from lower left) Josh...
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Lecture, symposium honors Sam Weissman’s 100th birthday
June 25 marks the 100th birthday of Samuel “Sam” Issac Weissman, PhD, beloved professor of chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis who died at 94 in 2007. To recognize the birth 100 years ago...
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Arch Grants awards first $750,000 in grants
Eleven Washington University in St. Louis-affiliated entrepreneurs are among the winners of $750,000 in inaugural grants from Arch Grants, the global business plan competition providing $50,000 grants...
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Washington People: Sophia Hayes
David Kilper Sophia Hayes, PhD (right), associate professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, adjusts a laser in her Loudermann Hall laboratory with chemistry graduate students Dustin Wheeler...
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The need for speed
David Kilper Washington University in St. Louis students Matthew Monson (left), a junior in mechanical engineering, and Achal Upadhyaya (center), a senior in mechanical engineering, unveil May 7...
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