Point of View

Child Development Accounts may seem like a new idea, but they’ve been around for 35 years. Michael Sherraden reflects on their origins and impacts.

As St. Louis continues to rebuild following a massive tornado in May 2025, ­ Linda C. ­Samuels considers what matters most for successful recovery.

“Present topics of interest always have a much deeper past,” says Abram Van Engen,
the new director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.

In collaboration with WashU partners, Olin Dean Mike Mazzeo seeks to enable the commercialization of medical discoveries.

Social scientist Mark Rank, a nationally renowned expert on poverty, inequality and social justice, examines the role of chance and luck in our lives.

As director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, Stephanie Kirk wants to empower humanities graduate students to use their expertise in a range of meaningful careers.

In her work with local organizations to promote health and wellness in the St. Louis region, Diana Parra Perez sees the power of solidarity.

Privacy expert Neil Richards, the Koch Distinguished Professor of Law, says the path to surviving the “Information Revolution” is
through both education and the law.

Law professor and international criminal lawyer Leila Nadya Sadat explains why she’ll ‘never give up’ in the pursuit of a global treaty to prosecute mass crimes taking place in Ukraine and around the world.

As a biology faculty member, Professor Emerita Ursula Goodenough invited non-science majors to understand and reflect on the history of life on Earth. The second edition of her book, The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved, brings the wondrous saga to a new audience.