Perspectives

Planetary scientist Raymond Arvidson, of Arts & Sciences, answers a range of questions, explaining what we know about Mars, for the National Geographic education blog.

Laurie Maffly-Kipp, of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, discusses her research and offers her take on a new book, “American Jesuits and the World,” in a podcast for The Religious Studies Project.

Washington University’s Deanna Barch and David Van Essen were part of an expert panel during the World Science Festival in New York about efforts to map and understand the human brain. Video of the panel was shared on the Dana Foundation blog.

The latest edition of a book co-written by Ross Brownson, of the Brown School, has been published. “Evidence-based Public Health” (Oxford University Press) offers examples of public health success stories and failures in recent years and how to find and use scientific evidence in that field.

Patrick Rishe, director of Olin’s Sports Business Program, writes in Forbes about the economic hit Tiger Woods could take after his DUI arrest.

David A. Patterson Silver Wolf, of the Brown School, writes in an op-ed on the Stat website that blaming drug addicts won’t solve the opioid crisis or encourage people to get the treatment they need.

Tola Porter, a PhD candidate in art history and archaeology, writes on the Art Saint Louis blog about the “Spectacle and Leisure in Paris” exhibition, which tells the story of entertainment in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit remains on view at the Kemper Art Museum through Sunday, May 21.

Abram Van Engen, of Arts & Sciences, writes an op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the importance of government funding for the arts and humanities, historically as well as today.

Health Affairs published a review of Michael Kinch’s latest book, “A Prescription for Change,” which warns that the pharmaceutical industry’s ability to deliver new drugs may be nearing an end. Kinch is director of the university’s Center for Research Innovation in Biotechnology.  

Robert Salter, who teaches health-care management in University College in Arts & Sciences, writes in an op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about whether free-market concepts can work in selecting health plans as they do with retail purchases.