Perspectives

Planetary scientist Ray Arvidson, PhD, shares stories from the Mars rover missions.

E.A. Quinn, PhD, assistant professor of physical anthropology, writes about colic in her blog “Biomarkers & Milk.”

Thomas W. Ferkol, MD, president of the American Thoracic Society, shares his thoughts with The Wall Street Journal about beach getaways.

Several WUSTL faculty members are offering commentaries responding to the unrest in Ferguson.

Gerald Early, PhD, shares his thoughts in Time magazine about Ferguson’s history and reasons behind the unrest in the wake of a police shooting of an unarmed teen.

Playwright and Professor Henry Schvey, PhD, discusses his play about artist Oskar Kokoschka for an episode of “Hold That Thought,” a podcast series from Arts & Sciences.

Sonia Song-Ha Lee, PhD, blogs about her new book, “Building a Latino Civil Rights Movement.”

Provost H. Holden Thorp, PhD, shares a message with incoming freshmen that explains his role and challenges them to tackle global problems.

Caila Brander, a student who took part in the Summer Research Program in Global Health, shares, in words and photos, her experiences in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Anthropologist Glenn Stone, PhD, writes in his farming and biotechnology blog, Fieldquestions, about the concept of the “show farmer.”