Perspectives

Eric Carson, MD, professor of orthopedic surgery at the School of Medicine and head of the J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society, talks about his path toward becoming a doctor and his efforts to encourage more Black students to enter the field.

Our methods can be used to protect various types of data, such as personal demographics or genome sequences, from attacks on anonymity, write Yevgeniy Vorobeychik associate professor of computer science, and colleagues.

If networks like HBO keep turning to the past, the much-ballyhooed revolution might pass them by. And just like that… the show would be over, writes Phillip Maciak, lecturer in English.

The latest episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast looks at the new, highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, and how scientists are working to determine whether it evades vaccines and to identify strategies to stay safe.

Everyone knows the past is gone, but now the past’s future feels lost too. I hope it’s not, but I can’t shake the feeling, writes Ian Bogost.

Efforts to improve transparency and convey information to the public are an effective policy measure that encourages COVID-19 vaccinations, writes the Brown School’s Michal Grinstein-Weiss.

Historian Peter Kastor in Arts & Sciences discusses his latest project, which aims, through both a book and a database, to reconstruct and understand the federal government at the moment of its creation.

Children as young as 5 years old can now get a COVID-19 vaccine. And that is fantastic news, writes Michael Kinch, an internationally recognized leader in cancer prevention.

In her new book, performance studies scholar Julia Walker in Arts & Sciences shows how modern ways of thinking emerged from five styles of acting.

This episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast discusses the expanding availability of booster vaccines in the fight against COVID-19.