Perspectives

Mary Politi, of the School of Medicine, writes for The Conversation about one indirect cost of smoking: markedly higher insurance premiums, which make coverage out of reach for many low-income smokers.

Patty Heyda, of the Sam Fox School, discusses urban design and the book she co-authored, “Rebuilding the American City,” for a Here & Now public radio podcast.

The McDonnell International Scholars Academy symposium on addressing global challenges gets underway Thursday in Brisbane, Australia. Some scholars have posted blogs about what they’re expecting, and more perspectives will be shared on the university’s global website this week.

Julie Moreau, a postdoctoral research fellow in Arts & Sciences, writes for NBC Out about research on South Africans’ attitudes toward the LGBTQ community.

Provost Holden Thorp talks with The St. Louis American about the university’s efforts to increase diversity among administrators, faculty and students.

Anya Plutynski, of Arts & Sciences, shares her story of battling breast cancer and the philosophical questions that disease raises for a “Hold That Thought” podcast.

Barbara Schaal, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, writes in an op-ed in The Hill that it’s time for gun violence to be treated as a public health crisis so we can bring scientific research to bear on the problem. Schaal is also president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Garrett Duncan, of Arts & Sciences, wrote in a piece for The Crime Report that today’s black youth don’t need role models. “Rather, they would stand to benefit from those of us with resources to listen to them, and to employ our assets in accord with their interests.”

Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, a disease-prevention expert at the School of Medicine, discusses with HemOnc Today the value of decades’ worth of data in the Nurses’ Health Study to understanding disease and improving practices.

Hear from Washington University softball coach Michelle Venturella, who talks about her success as a coach at University of Illinois-Chicago and her time as a student-athlete.