Perspectives

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.

Ethnomusicologist Denise Gill, of Arts & Sciences, writes in The Conversation about the sounds of the recent coup in Turkey, as those marking violence mixed with others tied to Islamic worship.

Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld, of Arts & Sciences, writes in an op-ed for The New York Times that making clear how much different employees earn could help close the gap between what men and women are paid.

Political theorist Clarissa Rile Hayward, of Arts & Sciences, co-writes a piece in Jacobin magazine about the second anniversary of Michael Brown’s death and what “Ferguson” has come to mean as the nation grapples with broad questions of justice and equality.