Perspectives

Tabea Linhard, a professor in Arts & Sciences, writes on the “Human Ties” blog about her experience, thanks to a cross-training grant from the Center for the Humanities, exploring a new discipline to better understand and support the migrants with whom she works.

If a judge can remove mifepristone from the market with such little notice, all drugs are vulnerable — those on the shelf, and those yet to be, writes Rachel Sachs in The Washington Post.

A working group led by Jorge Llibre-Guerra, MD, at the School of Medicine, published a perspective piece arguing for including more people from low and middle-income countries in Alzheimer’s clinical trials. “Democratization of clinical trials will ensure that potential treatments are safe, effective, accessible and equitable,” they wrote.

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor at the School of Medicine, discusses in this video his groundbreaking work on the role of the gut microbiome in health and disease and the impact it has had. He won the 2022 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research.

Julian Cauzae, a senior in Arts & Sciences, writes an op-ed arguing that young people are stepping in to positions of power and are ready to take bold steps on climate change. “We are shareholders of an exploited Earth and will shoulder the burden of the consequences of climate inaction,” he writes.

We need to honor the sacrifices of the baby boom generation by having a calm, reasoned discussion about how to set long term, sustainable policy for our retiree income and health programs, writes the Brown School’s Timothy McBride.

Laura Perry, at the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, discusses the annual effort to make the case for humanities support and funding in Washington. This year’s Humanities Advocacy Day will take place in mid-March.

Shanti Parikh, chair of African and African American studies in Arts & Sciences, appears on Washington Journal to discuss development of the new Advanced Placement course on African American studies and the teaching of Black history.

Eileen G’Sell, a writer, critic and senior lecturer in the College Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, reports on the nation’s premier film festival.

In this episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast, get a glimpse of the steps being taken to make it easier for people with dementia, and their caregivers, to navigate emergency room visits.