Skip to contentThe SourceMenuSearch for:SearchTopicsArts & CultureBusiness & EntrepreneurshipCampus & CommunityHumanities & SocietyMedicine & HealthScience & TechnologySchoolsArts & SciencesBrown SchoolMcKelvey School of EngineeringOlin Business SchoolSam Fox School of Design & Visual ArtsSchool of LawSchool of MedicineContactFor the MediaNewsroomMedicine & HealthInvestigational drugs block bone loss in mice receiving chemotherapyJanuary 13, 2020Campus & CommunityLaw and policy spring lecture series begins Jan. 17The spring session of the Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series kicks off at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, in Anheuser-Busch Hall, with a chat with constitutional experts Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the School of Law at University of California, Berkeley, and Lyrissa Lidsky, dean of the University of Missouri School of Law, discussing the future of free speech.January 14, 2020Campus & CommunityWendland appointed Washington University provostBeverly Wendland, the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, has been appointed provost of Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.ByJulie Hail FloryJanuary 14, 2020January 13, 2020Campus & CommunityParking & Transportation Services shares news, changes for spring semesterAs the spring semester kicked off, Parking & Transportation Services at Washington University in St. Louis announced changes in the east end garage, WashU Rides and a revamped campus shuttle system.January 14, 2020January 13, 2020Science & TechnologyTuning optical resonators gives researchers control over transparencyUsing a nanoparticle as a “tuning device,” researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have devised a way to control electromagnetically induced transparency — a feature of light which allows it to pass through opaque media.ByBrandie JeffersonJanuary 13, 2020January 14, 2020Humanities & SocietyBlack workers’ status in a company informs perceptions of workplace racial discriminationBased on 60 in-depth interviews with black medical doctors, nurses and technicians in the health care industry, a new study from Washington University in St. Louis finds that wherever black workers are positioned in an organization — top, middle or bottom — informs and shapes their impressions about workplace racial discrimination.ByNeil SchoenherrJanuary 13, 2020January 13, 2020Campus & CommunityImprovements to off-campus safety, security going into effectA number of updates to safety and security programs at Washington University will go into effect during the spring semester. The improvements are based on recommendations from the Public Safety Working Group that was convened last fall by Chancellor Andrew D. Martin following a spike in crime in neighborhoods near the Danforth Campus. ByJulie Hail FloryJanuary 13, 2020January 12