Perspectives

In this episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast, learn about efforts in St. Louis and Kenya to identify and treat young people at risk for schizophrenia and other serious conditions. The international study’s goal is to improve early diagnosis and treatment.

Genevra Sforza (ca. 1441-1507) lived her long life near the apex of Italian Renaissance society, as wife of two successive de facto rulers of Bologna. A new book by Elizabeth Bernhardt in Arts & Sciences explores both her life story and misogynistic legends about the supposed destruction of Bologna and the Bentivoglio family.

The Nazi context differed significantly from Renaissance Italy’s: There were no negotiations or exceptions, not even for large payments. But the mockery by children, the loss of status, and the shame remained, writes Flora Cassen.

In an opinion piece, James Wertsch, the David R. Francis Distinguished Professor and an expert on Russia, discusses Vladimir Putin’s incessant use of false national narratives to justify its invasion of Ukraine.

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.