The Record

Administration rescinds rule on international students

The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded its policy change that would have prohibited international students from being in the U.S. if all of their classes were online. Washington University filed a brief in support of a lawsuit challenging the policy.

COVID-19 antibody tests evaluated as diagnostic test

School of Medicine faculty have joined an international effort led by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics and the World Health Organization to evaluate COVID-19 antibody tests for use as diagnostics in places with limited resources.

COVID-19 demonstrates why wealth matters

COVID-19’s impact has not been equal. In a new national survey, the university’s Social Policy Institute found that liquid assets increased the likelihood that an individual could practice social distancing.

An emerging understanding of smell

Engineers at Washington University have found that a neural model based on the act of a bug smelling something showed emergent properties, properties similar to those seen in an insect’s antennal lobe, an important area for its sense of smell.

WashU Experts weigh in on U.S. leaving WHO

Washington University experts in public health and in health law discuss the impact of President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States has begun to withdraw from the World Health Organization.