Arts & Sciences launches Public Health & Society program
A program, Public Health & Society, will bring together academic units within Arts & Sciences, WashU’s institutional strength in public health, and the university’s enhanced commitment to racial diversity and inclusion.
Water quality monitor, locust-inspired electronic nose under development
Two teams of engineers led by WashU faculty will work toward developing products to monitor drinking water quality and to detect explosives with an electronic nose with one-year grants from the National Science Foundation.
Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction, study finds
A new study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and Sichuan University in China traces the roots of the longstanding cultural interactions across the Tibetan Plateau to prehistoric times, as early as the Bronze Age.
‘Elegance in simplicity:’ A prototype is born
Students in the McKelvey School of Engineering at WashU designed prototypes for a device that could help environmental engineers monitor the air quality impact of factory farms in Missouri.
Student groups work to reduce food waste
In an effort to reduce food waste, two Washington University in St. Louis student groups have joined forces to distribute healthy, fresh food to local shelters and food banks.
Foundations award $5 million for food production initiative
Feng Jiao, who is internationally renowned for carbon dioxide conversion and electrolysis, to lead work designed to address food insecurity in low- and middle-income countries