Taiwan MOE Fellowship
Washington University in St. Louis and the Taiwan Ministry of Education continue their partnership to attract and educate highly talented students to pursue their PhD. Since 2012, the Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) and WashU have jointly supported more than 60 PhD students in the Taiwan MOE-WashU Fellowship in a range of programs such as biomedical sciences, engineering and applied sciences, […]
Discovering the future of information storage
Mechanical metamaterials are materials that are designed to have specific properties, such as being able to bend or twist in certain ways. Guy Genin, Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McKelvey School of Engineering, along with collaborative researchers from Tsinghua University, a McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner, are studying how these materials […]
Albert Ip helps students succeed
After a distinguished career in international banking and hospitality investing, Albert Ip, BSAMCS ’73, is devoting his time and talent to helping burnish Washington University’s brand in Hong Kong so more students there apply and benefit as he has. Now, with multiple appointments at universities in Hong Kong, the former WashU trustee (2017–21) has established […]
Cultural history hands-on through study of Qing-era bed
In fall of 2022, Zhao Ma presented his students with a rare, hands-on experience to study cultural history up close, from furniture assembly to 3D modeling, through his acquisition of an elaborately crafted 19th-century Chinese bed. Ma, associate professor of modern Chinese history and culture in Arts & Sciences, and his students assembled the Qing-era […]
Pilot supports families of children with autism
A pilot study aimed at building capacity for managing medical costs for families of children with autism in mainland China is underway with a Global Incubator Seed Grant awarded by WashU’s McDonnell International Scholars Academy and the Office of the Provost.
Engineering research may contribute to computing revolution
Researchers from the lab of Xuan “Silvia” Zhang at the McKelvey School of Engineering partnered with Shanghai Jiao Tong University to design a new PIM circuit.
Tristram R. Kidder unearths ancient lessons for modern times
Some 2,000 years ago, the Yellow River flooded, killing 23 million people and causing untold calamities. A collaboration between WashU and China’s Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology sought to discover the cause of this disaster.
CSD researchers, international team receive 2020 Best Article award
The China Journal of Social Work has honored work by an international team of scholars with the 2020 Best Article award for their study on the rebirth of social work in mainland China. The international team includes scholars from Saint Louis University, Peking University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Washington University’s Center for Social Development. In a […]
Research highlights importance of social resilience in Bronze Age China
Anthropologist T.R. Kidder in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis published new research that shows that aridification in the central plains of China during the early Bronze Age did not cause population collapse. The results highlight the importance of social resilience to climate change. Climate alone is not a driver for human […]
Pioneering work at the Center for Social Development influences financial social work in China
In a national effort to alleviate poverty, China has already invested deeply in financial technology (“FinTech”) to achieve financial inclusion. In this context, financial social work (FSW) is a good fit with China’s public priorities and the interests of social workers, researchers, policymakers and educators. Over the course of two decades, Washington University’s Center for […]