Perspectives

Leah Merrifield, who oversees the university’s innovative College Prep program, discusses that project, and other efforts to bring more low-income students to campus, with the Hechinger Report, an education news website.

Alex Hittle and Anu Hittle, who teach in University College in Arts & Sciences, write a commentary in The Huffington Post about global climate talks underway in Paris. She is also part of a university delegation attending the talks.

Selin A. Malkoc, PhD, of Olin Business School, offers some insight on “Cyber Week,” including the need to distinguish deals from marketing traps.

Sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield, of Arts & Sciences, writes in The Atlantic about the lack of racial and gender diversity at STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) companies. She says black men can offer support to women at such companies, and that they bring a unique perspective, being in both a majority and a minority.

American religious historian Mark Valeri, PhD, discusses the harrowing tales of Pilgrim immigrants, and how much our collective vision of the first Thanksgiving matches reality, for a “Hold That Thought” podcast from Arts & Sciences.

Spanish literature scholar Stephanie Kirk, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, writes on the Center for the Humanities site about the cloistered women of Jesús María, a Mexico City convent featured in the 1684 book “Parayso Occidental” (Western Paradise).

American culture critic and essayist Gerald Early, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, writes a review in The Washington Post of Linda Hervieux’s book on an all-black unit of barrage balloonists, “Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Black Heroes, at Home and at War.”

Associate Provost Dedric A. Carter, PhD, writes on the Fuse website about the need to encourage entrepreneurship — and the risk-taking that goes with it — and why we set aside this week to focus on the concept.

Freshman Mariel Sokolov writes a blog entry on the Fuse site about how helpful a new course has been for thinking about creativity and innovation across disciplines and considering career options.

In a Los Angeles Times opinion piece on the Paris attacks, Arts & Sciences’ John R. Bowen, PhD, offers advice for French President Francois Hollande: “This is a time for solidarity, not division.” Bowen is also the author of the book “Can Islam be French?”