Delivering humanitarian aid in digital age
New research demonstrates potential of digital payments to help alleviate hunger
‘Here and Next’ funding supports, expands WashU research locally, globally
The Office of the Provost recently awarded two separate batches of funding as part of the “Here and Next” commitment to research excellence at WashU.
2024 Global Incubator Seed Grants awarded
A total of 20 projects won Global Incubator Seed Grants this month, allowing them to kickstart new research examining a whole host of issues, from the cyber defense of medical devices to the impacts of affordable housing on physical activity and health in Brazil. Established in 2021, the Global Incubator Seed Grants program aims to […]
Brantmeier to serve on national Fulbright committee
The United States Department of State along with the Institute of International Education (IIE) has invited Cindy Brantmeier to serve on the National Screening Committee for a three-year term beginning with this year’s competition.
Excavating ‘the Pompeii of the desert’
A team led by Nicola Aravecchia reveals crucial clues to the early spread of Christianity and life in the Egyptian desert.
Why Treblinka, part of ‘the largest single murder campaign within the Holocaust,’ remains unknown to Americans
The Evolution of Mass Murder
Forensic Archaeological Perspectives on Mass Violence at the Treblinka Labor and Extermination Camps
High-res lidar exposes large, high-elevation cities along Asia’s Silk Roads
The first-ever use of cutting-edge drone-based lidar in Central Asia allowed archaeologists to capture stunning details of two newly documented trade cities high in the mountains of Uzbekistan.
Food for thought
In the course “Not a Piece of Cake: Culinary Crossroads of Latin American Cultures,” Elzbieta Sklodowska, the Randolph Family Professor of Spanish in Arts & Sciences, focuses on the history and cultural significance of chocolate and many other foods.
Learning the French way to better health
After a pandemic pause, WashU undergrads were back at Hôpital Pasteur on the French Riviera over the summer, learning why the French live healthier and longer than anyone else in the industrialized world.
Underwater caves yield new clues about Sicily’s first residents
Archaeological surveys led by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis suggest that coastal and underwater cave sites in southern Sicily contain important new clues about the path and fate of early human migrants to the island.