Planetary Health

Claire Masteller, assistant professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation award for a study that will look at the erosive power of ocean waves on rocky coastlines.

In this video, Derek Hoeferlin describes how a highly managed system of locks and dams has transformed the river over the last century — and how that transformation affects local perceptions as well as potential responses to climate change.

WashU seismologist Doug Wiens discovered that unexpected movements of the Ross Ice Shelf are triggered by the sudden slipping of parts of the Whillans Ice Stream.

Archaeologist Xinyi Liu’s field work on the Tibetan Plateau, inner Mongolia and regions across Central Asia has contributed to a better understanding of the globalization of food in deep antiquity and its biological and social consequences.

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.

Foston takes detailed look at lignin disassembly on path to replace petroleum with renewables

Scientists at WashU are developing a prototype for an instrument for a future Moon mission with support from a nearly $3 million grant from NASA.

Xianglin Li leads team with $1.5 million from ARPA-E for next-generation, high-energy battery

Working with partners in China, Malaysia and Thailand, biologists in Arts & Sciences determined that weedy rice is crossbreeding with wild rice in Southeast Asia.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at WashU will present this exbibition Feb. 23 through July 29. It consists of 52 canvases that Sierra placed on the floor of a city building, highlighting the contaminants that can poison the urban environment.