Perspectives

Diplomacy and love involve making the other person want to stay. Anxiety can disguise itself as desire for a short time, but not in the long run, writes Liberty Vittert.

Mechanical engineer Amit Pathak, at WashU McKelvey Engineering, joins a podcast to explain his research, which focuses on mechanobiology, or how cells respond to their environment. The work has applications in cancer’s spread, wound healing and tissue engineering.

Following the lead of other states, the Missouri legislature should modify the Police Officer Bill of Rights to allow for commonsense transparency, including disclosure and review of deidentified internal investigation record, write Sarah Font and Lindsday Bendell.

Quing Zhu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering

Hannah Kinzer, a PhD candidate at WashU Public Health, writes about her research studying how diseases move through people, animals and the environment.

PAT could be a breakthrough treatment for individuals from historically marginalized communities, but concerted, intentional efforts must be made to proactively address affordability, accessibility, workforce issues, and insurance coverage, write Leopoldo Cabassa and Kevin Xu.

The $902 million NIH invested in WashU’s research enterprise last year through grants and contracts translated to 9,080 jobs and $2.13 billion in economic activity right here at home, writes Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

The St. Louis County Jail has done a remarkable job through hard work to get it to the level that it operates today; everyone should celebrate this but also sustain the effort, writes Timothy McBride.

Maria Kurbak, a postdoctoral associate in WashU Arts & Sciences, has published “Destructive Imagination.” The book explores how historical fantasies, which bind private grievance to collective myth, have shaped Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Jordan Cooper, director of cross-cultural connections at the WashU Center for Diversity and Inclusion, discusses her role creating programs where students can celebrate their cultures and identities. Read more of her story in Human Resources’ staff spotlight.