Perspectives

High school students participating in Washington University’s new three-year program to prepare first-generation students for college share their experiences.

Ronit Y. Stahl, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Center on Religion and Politics, writes a blog post about the meaning of religious liberty in light of recent Supreme Court decisions.

Laurie Maffly-Kipp, PhD, reflects on the role of faith and church leadership in social and political movements, both in Ferguson and throughout American history, for Arts & Sciences’ “Hold That Thought.”

Larry J. Shapiro, MD, dean of the School of Medicine, writes in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the importance of investing in medical research to make progress against Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

Leila Sadat, JD, special adviser on crimes against humanity for the International Criminal Court, writes about the court in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The team at the Siteman Cancer Center reacts to a report about the likelihood of getting cancer, saying that more than half of all cancers can be prevented by regular screening and smart lifestyle choices, such as eating healthy, exercising and not smoking.

William J. Maxwell, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, discusses “the FBI as literary critic” at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Maxwell also has a new book, “F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African-American Literature.”

Anthropologist John R. Bowen, PhD, writes in Time about the terror attack in France. Bowen, of Arts & Sciences, has written four books on Islam’s interaction with Western societies.

Zhao Ma, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, discusses research on what ordinary Chinese citizens in Beijing thought about what’s known here as the Korean War.

Alumna Leana Wen (MD ’07) gives a TEDMED talk about the importance of transparency in medicine.