Perspectives

Todd Decker, chair of music in Arts & Sciences, has published a new book, “Hymns for the Fallen: Combat Movie Music and Sound After Vietnam” (University of California Press). Decker discusses his work in a Q&A with University Libraries.

Paul Steinbeck, of the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, has published a new book, “Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of Chicago” (University of Chicago Press). Steinbeck also has taken part in podcasts discussing the work.

Sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield, of Arts & Sciences, writes in The Atlantic about race-blind policies and the concern that legislators could make pre-existing disparities worse.

Gwendalyn Randolph, chief of the Division of Immunobiology at the School of Medicine, discusses her groundbreaking work to better understand Crohn’s disease in this video from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.

Margaret Garb, of Arts & Sciences, writes an article on the “In These Times” website about the history of welfare programs in America and the difference they made for the white middle class.

Rebecca Copeland, chair of East Asian languages and cultures in Arts & Sciences, writes in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the federal executive order 75 years ago that sent tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans to internment camps and about the lessons that history holds for us today.

Liz Childs, chair of art history in Arts & Sciences, and Allison Unruh, of the Kemper Art Museum, explore two exhibits now on view at the Kemper — one on life in Paris during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the other on the work of pop culture artist Rosalyn Drexler — for […]

Michael White, of the Department of Genetics in the School of Medicine, writes in Pacific Standard magazine that scientists need to change their approach and find a way to defend their fields without attacking people’s deeply held beliefs.

German language translator Kurt Beals, of Arts & Sciences, discusses his book project and the work of a translator in a Q&A with “The Culture Trip” website.

Barbara A. Schaal, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), discusses why scientists need to be politically engaged in a Q&A with Stat. She and AAAS CEO Rush Holt are participating in AAAS’ 2017 annual meeting through Monday, Feb. 20, in Boston.