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Gutmann David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD, the Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor and vice chair for research affairs in the Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the George W. Jacoby Award from the American Neurological Association for his discoveries on the role of the immune system in …

Deprived of sunlight, plants are unable to transform carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into sugars. They are essentially starved of one of their most important building blocks. The plant’s not-so-secret weapon to combat this and other scarcity is autophagy. Similar to recycling, autophagy helps break down damaged or unwanted pieces of a cell, so that …

<img data-attachment-id=”358105″ data-permalink=”https://source.wustl.edu/2020/09/washington-university-begins-work-to-examine-public-safety/brookings-hall-closeup/” data-orig-file=”https://source.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Brookings-hall-closeup.jpg” data-orig-size=”760,507″ data-comments-opened=”0″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”6.3″,”credit”:”James Byard/WUSTL Photos”,”camera”:”NIKON D4″,”caption”:”9.22.2015–View of Brookings Hall on the Danforth Campus.rJames Byard/WASHU Photos”,”created_timestamp”:”1442962993″,”copyright”:”WUSTL Photos”,”focal_length”:”200″,”iso”:”320″,”shutter_speed”:”0.00625″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”Brookings hall-closeup” data-image-description=” Brookings Hall ” data-medium-file=”https://source.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Brookings-hall-closeup-300×200.jpg” data-large-file=”https://source.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Brookings-hall-closeup.jpg” loading=”lazy” class=”size-medium wp-image-358105″ src=”https://source.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Brookings-hall-closeup-300×200.jpg” alt=”Brookings hall-closeup” width=”300″ height=”200″ />A closeup view of Brookings Hall on the Danforth Campus. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University) Original Source

With hand sanitizer in one hand and a satchel of disposable masks slung over her shoulder, Washington University in St. Louis sophomore Cami Keahi approached two masked students sitting physically distanced outside of the Danforth University Center.  “You guys are doing a great job staying safe,” Keahi said as she handed each of them a …

Researchers have identified two antibodies that protect mice against lethal infections of influenza B virus, report scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Together with an antibody that targets the other major kind of influenza viruses that infect people — influenza A — these …

The Washington University Danforth Staff Council has added 13 new members and elected its executive officers for the year. The Danforth Staff Council aims to serve and represent nonfaculty and nonunion Danforth Campus staff members. It seeks to collaborate with senior university administrators and with Human Resources leaders to broaden and strengthen the lines of …

John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Professor of Law and Religion   I occasionally teach an undergraduate seminar on religion and politics in which I show the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp. It’s a striking film that raises some hard-hitting and unsettling questions about certain Christian fundamentalist practices involving religious education and the training of children. …

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While cannabis use during pregnancy is on the rise, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found evidence that the resulting children are more likely to have psychopathology in middle childhood. The team’s analysis are the first steps in studying the effects of cannabis on children as attitudes surrounding its use change rapidly — …

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the ways we learn, collaborate and stay in touch — especially with colleagues around the world. It also has exposed other enormous societal fissures, including disparities in health care, socioeconomic inbalance and racial inequities, in our region, country and globally. While these are unprecedented times, full of difficulty and …

Question: The university has made a number of changes in response to COVID-19 to keep faculty, staff and students safe this year. How many individual cubbies have been installed on the Danforth Campus? A) 300 B) 700 C) 950 D) 1,200 Submit your answer to trivia@wustl.edu. (Include your name, school or department (or note that …

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On Valentine’s Day 1979, while still a professor at Columbia University, Ruth Bader Ginsburg discussed the Equal Rights Amendment in a “Sexual Equality Under the Fourteenth and Equal Rights Amendment” presentation to Washington University’s School of Law. This audio excerpt is taken from a panel discussion she participated in during that visit to campus. Supreme …

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg died Sept. 18 at age 87. Read the presidential proclamation. The post Flags lowered in memory of Justice Ginsburg appeared first on The Source. Original Source

Rebecca Wanzo is chair of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies and affiliate professor of American Culture Studies, both in Arts & Sciences.   I suspect that some people decided to delay watching Michaela Coel’s HBO/BBC One series I May Destroy Youfor fear that it would, well, destroy them. I did. Many of us choose to forego …

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Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor   The religious right has made no secret of its expectation that President Trump will choose a socially conservative successor to the seat held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And the president will likely deliver, further confirming the power of the religious right. The conservative legal movement, …