The Record

Engineering students explore ethics

Engineering students had the chance to explore the parallels between the Challenger disaster and the Ferguson crisis during a unique class that looked at ethics and the life-and-death decisions engineers face.

Bottled water ban a success

Sales of bottled beverages at the university have plummeted 39 percent since 2009, when the university became the first in the nation to ban the sale of plastic single-use water bottles. The ban was part of efforts to reduce our environmental impact.

Exposure to routine viruses makes mice better test subjects

Vaccines and therapeutics developed using mice often don’t work as expected in humans. New research at the School of Medicine points to the near-sterile surroundings of laboratory mice as a key reason.

Seeing art in the oddest places

The earth and planetary sciences and physics communities in Arts & Sciences gathered last week for the second annual Research as Art competition, a chance to consider their research from an aesthetic as well as a scientific point of view.

Obituary: H. Edwin Trusheim, emeritus trustee, 88

H. Edwin Trusheim, emeritus trustee of the board of Washington University, died March 23. He was 88.