Our people
Caldwell named vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity
Kia Lilly Caldwell, professor of African, African American and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity at Washington University in St. Louis.
Our expertise
What makes us sneeze?
A team led by researchers at the School of Medicine has identified, in mice, specific cells and proteins that control the sneeze reflex. Better understanding of what causes sneezing may point to treatments to slow the spread of infectious respiratory diseases.
Keeping the peace: How UN peacekeepers maintain stability
New research sheds light on how — and in what context — peacekeepers can contain the spread of violence in fragile post-conflict areas.
Our impact
School-based COVID-19 testing initiative focuses on vulnerable populations
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received $8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for two school-based projects — one in St. Louis County and the other in Maryland — aimed at safely returning students and staff to in-person school.
Olin’s new ‘On Principle’ podcast focuses on leaders’ decision-making process
On Principle, Olin Business School’s new podcast, tells the stories of pivotal business decisions. What led to them? What were the choices? And what lessons can executives, entrepreneurs and other leaders draw from them?
Kashua’s ‘Let It Be Morning’ going to Cannes
“Let It Be Morning,” a new film based on the 2006 novel by Sayed Kashua, a doctoral candidate in comparative literature in Arts & Sciences, will compete at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Videos
Inside the Lewis Collaborative
The charge was ambitious. Conditions were complicated. The results have been transformative. Here’s how the Lewis Collaborative reinvented a century-old University City landmark.
