Perspectives

A video features the close collaboration between the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital to help children with diabetes through innovative research that benefits patient care.

Vice Provost Adrienne Davis, JD, analyzes the concept of reparations for slavery in light of events in Ferguson in delivering the 2015 Coxford Lecture at Western University in Ontario.

Literary scholar Erin McGlothlin, PhD, a faculty fellow in the Center for the Humanities, discusses her book project analyzing the humanizing depictions of Holocaust perpetrators in books and movies.

Casey Hyland, a glass artist and Sam Fox School alum, explains glass blowing and his work in a Q&A with LEO Weekly.

Alumnus Ken Cooper, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, published his first book, “Portraits of Purpose: A Tribute to Leadership.” Among his profiles is fellow alum Henry Hampton, producer of “Eyes on the Prize.”

Alison Heller, a graduate student in sociocultural anthropology in Arts & Sciences, created a photo-filled blog about her research on women with fistula in Niger.

Carolyn Sargent, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, writes about time she spent doing research on reproductive health care in France in an entry on the Institute for Public Health’s new blog.

Stephen H. Legomsky, JD, testified recently on Capitol Hill, defending the legality of President Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration. He previously served as chief counsel of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Architects John Hoal, PhD, and Derek Hoeferlin discuss the importance of the Mississippi River basin to the region in a St. Louis Art Museum video.

Lerone Martin, PhD, of the Center on Religion and Politics, discusses his research and new book, “Preaching on Wax,” which chronicles a forgotten era in music and ministry.