Research

Ecologist Leticia Classen-Rodriguez, who studies wolf spiders at St. Louis University, stands at the closed gates of the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center in Ladue on June 6, 2020.

'I Feel Like I’m Not Doing Anything': Scientists Find Research Difficult During Pandemic

Eli Chen

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Leticia Classen-Rodriguez planned on spending spring and summer searching for wolf spiders along a winding tree-covered…

Workers for the Environmental Protection Agency collect a water sample. SIUE will investigate contaminants in regional water with a grant from the agency.

Health, Science & Environment

SIUE Students To Study Water Quality With EPA Grant

Eric Schmid

BELLEVILLE — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will research water quality in the region with a $100,000 educational grant from the Environmental…

An artist's rendering of the new $1.75 billion NGA West headquarters in north St. Louis.

Economy & Business

NGA, SLU Partner To Encourage Student Interest In Geospatial Jobs

Shahla Farzan

Students from across the region will gather at St. Louis University Monday to explore careers in geospatial technology.The National…

The study examined over 580,000 patient records collected over a 20-year period and found women were more likely to survive a heart attack when treated by a female doctor than a male doctor.

Health, Science & Environment

A Key Sign of Alzheimer's Looks Different In Black Patients, Wash U Study Finds

Sarah Fentem

African-Americans have lower levels of a key protein associated with Alzheimer's disease, which could keep blacks with the disease from being diagnosed,…

Enrollment for Missouri Medicare begins Tuesday and lasts until early December.

Health, Science & Environment

SLU researchers work to prevent chemotherapy pain

Shahla Farzan

Saint Louis University researchers are one step closer to understanding how to prevent the chronic pain associated with chemotherapy.Chemotherapy patients…

A police officer speaks to a woman after an October 2016, shooting.

Government, Politics & Issues

Gun violence in St. Louis prompts citywide hospital, university prevention program

Ashley Lisenby

After 205 people died from gun violence in St. Louis last year, the city's research universities and hospitals decided to take steps to reduce such…

Education

Mizzou researchers study effectiveness of 'flipped' classroom instruction

Ryan Delaney

Lauren Coale sends students in her math classes home with videos on how to do complicated algebra or geometry problems.Instead of lecturing her students,…

Dr. Keon Gilbert, assistant professor of behavioral science and health education at the College for Public Health and Social Justice at SLU.

Government, Politics & Issues

Discussing recent research on police shootings of black men with Dr. Keon Gilbert

Kelly Moffitt

On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, Saint Louis University professor Keon Gilbert joined host Don Marsh to discuss his research on the police shootings of…

March for Science posters for sale at Firecracker Press.

Health, Science & Environment

Long an impartial voice, St. Louis scientists take on new role in 'March for Science'

“SCIENCE IS REAL,” declares a stack of printed signs in a St. Louis shop. “Reject Alt-Facts,” reads a hand-drawn poster shared on a Facebook page. Another…

Soumya Chatterjee, a scientist at Saint Louis University, peers into a microscope in his laboratory, where he studies pathogens, such as tuberculosis.

Health, Science & Environment

Refugee restrictions disrupt St. Louis disease research

Eli Chen

President Donald Trump's executive order last month reduced the cap of refugees allowed into the United States from 110,000 to 50,000. That means that…