Perspectives

Little attention has been paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement. For these women and girls, COVID-19 has made them particularly vulnerable to increases in gender-based violence, writes the Brown School’s Lindsay Stark.

In this episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast, produced by the School of Medicine, infectious disease specialist Steve Lawrence, MD, returns to discuss where we’ve been during the pandemic and what is to come.

In a new episode of the “American Democracy Lab” podcast, presented by the Gephardt Institute, WashU experts help us understand what anger means, particularly at this moment, and how we can build a more “United” States.

As President Biden announced plans to study reforms to the Supreme Court, School of Law faculty Dan Epps and Kyle Rozema discuss their academic article, Designing Supreme Court Term Limits, which examines how term limits might play out in practice.

In recognition of Women’s History Month in March, the university’s Office of Supplier Diversity is highlighting six women business enterprise firms that are rising up globally, nationally and locally here at WashU. Learn more about them.

The Brown School’s Mark Rank, co-author of the new book “Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty,” discusses five commons myths about poverty in America.

Patrick Rishe, director of the sports business program at Olin Business School, writes an article about the new NFL rights deal, saying it has elements to appeal to younger fans and allows for more interactivity to increase fan engagement.

The latest episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast looks at people who have had COVID-19 and struggle for months with heart problems, shortness of breath, fatigue or loss of smell. Hear about how doctors are trying to help them return to something closer to pre-COVID life.

In this Q&A, evolutionary biologist Swanne Gordon, assistant professor in Arts & Sciences, discusses her research on natural diversity and her experience as a Black person in academia.

The US has far less mobility and equality of opportunity today than almost the entire European Union, writes the Brown School’s Mark Rank.