Perspectives

Alex Mouw, a PhD candidate in English in Arts & Sciences, writes about the Poetry and Poetics Reading Group’s discovering and exploring personal letters, fragments of unpublished poetry and intimately annotated works in the James Merrill Papers collection of University Libraries.

Hong Kong’s Covid-19 problem will end once China opens up and the city will regain its reputation as a vibrant international centre, writes the business school’s David Meyer.

Jenny Price, a research fellow at the Sam Fox School and author of “Stop Saving the Planet,” is a guest on a public media podcast from the WNET Group in New York focused on climate change challenges and solutions.

This episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast focuses on the serious physical and mental health problems that those infected with COVID-19 can develop in the months following infection.

With his new book project, philosopher Casey O’Callaghan, a faculty fellow at the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, taps a range of sources — from scientific literature to philosophical theories to memoirs — to explore how our senses shape what matters to us.

architecture has imitated the imagery of biology and nature without awareness of the underlying mechanisms,” argue Ram Dixit and Sung Ho Kim in “Cellular Transformations: Between Architecture and Biology.”

As I have argued since before Shelby County invalidated the VRA’s coverage formula, Section 3(c) provides a court-centric and constitutional approach to re-imposing federal oversight of State and local voting changes, writes the School of Law’s Travis Crum.

Although there is strong support from the public and research communities for ending the biannual time changes, the question is, what’s the best alternative: permanent standard time or daylight saving time (DST)? Unfortunately, the Sunshine Protection Act mandates permanent DST, writes Erik Herzog, the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences.

Students with Washington University’s Climate Change Program recently launched a new podcast, “It’s Getting Hot in Here.” The series explores how climate change influences our lives and future. Lara Briggs, Julian McCall and Sejal Rajamani host the first episode, focusing on climate and information literacy.

Ian Bogost writes about what he learned from a steer named Chico.