‘The murder of Michael Brown’`

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.

‘The non-sense of art’

David Schuman, author and director of the university’s creative writing program, discusses what he calls “the void,” that ineffable quality of art, something too great to be expressed in words, artwork or music, for Arts & Sciences’ “Hold That Thought” podcast.

‘The once and future green factory’

Joseph Jez, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, talks about the importance of plant biology as it relates to day-to-day science at the TedXGateway Arch event May 17, 2016. Studying biochemical networks in plants and microbes, Jez’s aim is to engineer those systems to address agricultural and environmental issues and find solutions to real-world problems.
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