Research and stories

To protect migrating birds passing through the St. Louis region in late April and May, the Office of Sustainability is partnering with the Lights Out Heartland initiative to curb light pollution.

Jenna Ditto to study dust chemistry transformations, impact of exposure to humans

Researchers led by Randall Martin investigate global particulate matter, revealing health risks from trace elements.

Researchers with the Forest Park Living Lab have been following two red-tailed hawks since December 2023. The hawks have built and are tending a nest near the WashU campus.

Undergraduates are learning how science communication and moral worldviews intersect.

In her work with local organizations to promote health and wellness in the St. Louis region, Diana Parra Perez, PhD ’13, sees the power of solidarity.

Aki Ishida, an associate professor and interim associate director of the School of Architecture at Virginia Tech, has been named director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at WashU.

Scientists share single-cell atlas for the highly regenerative worm, Pristina leidyi.

This spring, Anya Yermakova, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, is organizing a pair of performances and a two-day gathering at WashU’s Tyson Research Center. The events build on her scholarship, her creative work and her current seminar, “Topics in Embodied Communication: Listening.”

A magnitude-4.8 earthquake beneath New Jersey shook the northeastern United States at 10:23 a.m. Eastern April 5. The seismograph at WashU’s Rudolph Hall recorded this event. Douglas A. Wiens, professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, shares.