Research and stories

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture and the SOM Foundation have named Linda C. Samuels, a professor and chair of urban design at the WashU Sam Fox School, as 2026 researcher-in-residence.

Lora Iannotti and Feng Jiao have been installed as the inaugural Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professors at WashU

Tools aim to inform policy, planning to improve climate resilience, health equity

A new study by researchers including Xuehua Zhong discovered how epigenetics helps plants bloom when nutrients run low.

Randall Martin ranks No. 35 worldwide, No. 15 in U.S

At several lakes in Missouri State Parks – including one in the St. Louis region – water testing shows that levels of E. coli bacteria are high enough to pose a health risk

Academic sustainability leaders meet at WashU to explore how universities can help connect environmental action and public health

Inside a World War II-era bunker at Tyson Research Center, preserved birds, handwritten logs and mold-covered artifacts tell a story of science, stewardship and changing times.

Olin’s Sydney Scott researches why consumers act the way they do in the grocery aisle – and the doctor’s office.