Med student-led screenings fight health inequities

WashU medical students dispensed health care advice and offered information about community resources at the Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival. Under the Gateway Curriculum’s commitment to health equity and justice, students can receive credit for participating in community health screenings.

Grant funds green fertilizer research at WashU

Biologist Himadri Pakrasi in Arts & Sciences, who studies how cyanobacteria contribute to the chemistry of life, will lead a $5 million effort to develop technology to convert atmospheric nitrogen into fertilizer.

Antibiotics in malnourished kids help gut microbiome

A new study led by Gautam Dantas, at the School of Medicine, indicates that antibiotic treatment in malnourished children improves growth and promotes persistent gut microbiome improvements.

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The university’s Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law announced the appointment of a new faculty co-director from the School of Medicine, Richard Cote, MD, the Edward Mallinckrodt Professor of Pathology.

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Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, an associate professor and coordinator of the Sam Fox School’s Fashion Design program, will discuss the current state of sustainable fashion Friday, Oct. 27, as part of TEDx St. Louis Women: Two Steps Forward.

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“Object Lessons,” the long-running series of pocket-sized books that explores the secret lives of ordinary things, is now based in the Program in Public Scholarship in Arts & Sciences.