Tyson Center gets local high schoolers involved in research
High school students participate in the six-week paid Tyson Environmental Research Apprenticeship (TERA).
Health and hope in Montana
Alumna Tescha Hawley was named a Top Ten CNN Hero in 2023 for her service to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and surrounding areas.
Seeking environments that ‘generate health’
Washington University appoints Sandro Galea as inaugural dean of its planned School of Public Health to work toward healthier futures in St. Louis and globally.
Ornamented dragonflies better equipped to survive human threats
A study by Kim Medley and others found that dragonflies with dark wing markings have a lower risk of extinction.
Sustainable technology to extract critical materials from coal-based resources
Young-Shin Jun to develop novel technology to extract, recover and enrich rare earth elements from coal-based resources.
WashU researchers quantify solar absorption by black carbon in fire clouds
New findings from Chakrabarty lab will help make climate models more accurate as massive wildfires become more common.
Fluctuating cellular energy drives microbial bioproduction
Fuzhong Zhang’s lab explores Adenosine-5’-triphosphate (ATP)’s role in biomanufacturing.
Scientists find new way global air churn makes particles
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new mechanism by which particles are formed around the globe, often high up in the troposphere.
Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa
WashU archaeologist Natalie Mueller and her collaborators have uncovered the earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa.
Early, Losos elected members of American Philosophical Society
Gerald Early, professor in Arts & Sciences, and Jonathan B. Losos, professor in Arts & Sciences, director of the Living Earth Collaborative, and director for biodiversity at the Center, have been elected members of the American Philosophical Society.