Perspectives

Historian William Kelly joins the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences for 2021–22 as an Emerging Voices Fellow, funded by a program from the American Council of Learned Societies. Here, Kelly discusses his upbringing, his research and his planned work with the Divided City initiative.

The latest episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast highlights how stay-at-home orders changed the initial trajectory of the pandemic and averted many more hospitalizations and deaths.

David Schuman, author and director of the Master’s in Fine Arts program in Arts & Sciences, discusses his latest prose chapbook, “Best Men,” recently published by Tammy Press, along with thoughts on

“Poetry for All,” a podcast co-hosted by Abram Van Engen of Arts & Sciences, has released new episodes in September. The podcast has surpassed 10,000 downloads and is now in the top 5% of podcasts globally per listen.

Amanda Pope, director of HR communications and employee engagement at WashU, discusses the university’s being recognized as Missouri’s top employer by Forbes, sharing initiatives offered to support employees throughout the pandemic.

If juries knew the consequences of their decisions, they’d deliberate more carefully — and could serve as a check on punitive laws, writes the School of Law’s Dan Epps.

Noah Cohan in Arts & Sciences and John Early at the Sam Fox School are leading efforts to bring basketball hoops to Forest Park. Cohan writes about their project and the history of why basketball is conspicuously absent in a park with sporting facilities aplenty.

In addition to reaping the benefits of brain-computer interfaces, we need to ensure that we have the means to protect ourselves from corporations with every incentive to exploit this technology — and the inner workings of our own brains — for their financial gain, writes Rebecca Schwarzlose, research scientist in psychological & brain sciences in Arts & Sciences.

In the developing world most people are not factory farming and livestock is essential to preventing poverty and malnutrition, says the Brown School’s Lora Iannotti.

John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion, was working in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, when a plane crashed into the building. Here, he reflects on the day and what it means to him now.