Perspectives

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.

Dedric Carter, vice chancellor for operations and technology transfer, offers students six tips for getting the most out of the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship community.

Martin Pratt, a research scientist in Arts & Sciences, will be blogging about university research in Antarctica and the team’s upcoming trip to collect seismic data in October.

Patricia Olynyk, of the Sam Fox School, contributed a chapter to the new book “The Routledge Companion to Biology in Art and Architecture,” a collection of essays from experts in a variety of disciplines illustrating how science and art intertwine.

As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary, conservation scholar William Lowry, of Arts & Sciences, co-writes an op-ed for The Conversation laying out why national parks should remain federal public entities.

John Inazu, of the School of Law, discusses his latest book, “Confident Pluralism,” and the concept behind it, in a Liberty Law Talk podcast.

The latest book by musicologist Craig Monson, of Arts & Sciences, “Habitual Offenders,” published by University of Chicago Press, delves into true stories of nuns, prostitutes and murderers in 17th-century Italy.