Perspectives

Anthropologist Glenn Stone, of Arts & Sciences, discusses the debate surrounding the role of genetically modified crops in the developing world for a “Hold That Thought” podcast.

Sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, writes in The Atlantic about how changes in the nature of jobs and in public policies have made it tougher for people to make a good living with reliable benefits.

Junior Emma Milford, who is majoring in international and area studies, writes an entry on the Unofficial Field Guide to WashU ArtSci blog about her semester spent abroad in South Africa. She shares what she’s learning about daily life and about the animals she has encountered there.

University faculty members Joseph Goodman, PhD, Leonard Green, PhD, Selin Malkoc, PhD, Mary Politi, PhD, and John Schneider, MD, recently participated in a panel discussion on health-care decision making among vulnerable populations at a Society for Medical Decision Making conference.

Startup Connection is coming to campus later this month. St. Louis’ largest entrepreneurship and innovation showcase includes 25 teams connected to Washington University. Check out this video series to learn more about some of our people and the companies they’ve started.

Film studies scholar Diane Wei Lewis, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, provides an overview of the 34th annual Pordenone Silent Film Festival, a week-long celebration of silent film attended by scholars, archivists, students and enthusiasts in Pordenone, Italy.

American culture critic Gerald Early, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, writes a review in The Washington Post of “The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood,” a memoir by the hip-hop journalist, social activist and performance poet.

As October is National Physical Therapy Month, learn more in this video about how Washington University physical therapists are educating the next generation of leaders in PT and helping people to move and live better.

John N. Constantino, MD, of the School of Medicine, writes a commentary in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about how to improve the racial disparity in getting children with autism diagnosed early and ensuring they have access to appropriate treatment.

Where and how will people live as urban centers become larger and denser? That’s just one of many questions to consider as Arts & Sciences’ Carol Camp Yeakey, PhD, discusses urban studies in a global context on “Hold That Thought.”