New study adds to mystery of Cahokia exodus
Assistant Professor Natalie Mueller and Caitlin Rankin, PhD ’20, dig into Cahokia’s history to cast doubt on a popular theory about why the ancient city was abandoned.
Artificial intelligence meets cartography
Graduate students in Nathan Jacobs’ lab presented mapping tools to create satellite images from text prompts at EarthVision 2024.
Top picks for summer hikes
Student leaders say the region boasts plenty of natural beauty and share their favorite natural spots in the St. Louis region.
Obituary: Stan H. Braude, professor of practice in Arts & Sciences, 62
Stan Braude, a professor of practice in biology and in environmental studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died at home Saturday, June 1, 2024, after a short illness. He was 62.
Altered carbon points toward sustainable manufacturing
Feng Jiao scaled up carbon dioxide conversion process to a much larger scale.
Spores in the city: Why some plant diseases thrive in urban environments
A team led by Rachel Penczykowski found more infestations of powdery mildew in St. Louis than in the city’s surrounding suburbs and countryside.
Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering group sees St. Louis through new eyes
A group of students, faculty and staff visited various sites in St. Louis with Bob Hansman, and learned more about the history of neighborhoods just a few miles from the Danforth Campus.
Martin named highly ranked scholar by ScholarGPS
Randall Martin highly ranked for work in satellite, nitrogen oxide, pollution
Peering into Pluto’s ocean
Graduate student Alex Nguyen calculated the depth and density of the solar system’s most mysterious and remote body of water.
Chakrabarty, collaborators win Simons Foundation International grant for geoengineering
Rajan Chakrabarty, Rohan Mishra and Lu Xu will explore stratospheric aerosol injection with a $1.5 million grant from the Simons Foundation International.