Perspectives

“I was deeply troubled at the recent stance by the Biden administration that it would undermine or eliminate patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines,” writes Michael Kinch, associate vice chancellor and professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Medicine.

More justices could produce more opinions — and improve consistency in U.S. law, argue Matthew Gabel, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences; and James Spriggs, the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government.

Stephen Legomsky, professor emeritus of law, says Attorney General Merrick Garland should vacate Jeff Sessions’ 2018 decision in the case known as Matter of A-B-, which all but eliminated asylum for people fleeing brutal domestic violence.

Martin Riker, lecturer in English in Arts & Sciences, says that folklore, the details of everyday life, and the forces of earth and weather all have their place in Adalbert Stifter’s fiction.

Jessica Gold, assistant professor of psychiatry, discusses how Galey Alix’ turned a battle with an eating disorder and depression into a business designing homes.

WIlliam J. Maxwell, author and professor in Arts & Sciences, writes on the Center for the Humanities blog about films and stories that are able to be told thanks to the federal Freedom of Information Act bringing to light once-secret FBI documents.

In this episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast, hear how School of Medicine scientists began working with the virus and ramping up research efforts while the rest of the world was shutting down.

William E. Wallace, director of undergraduate studies in Art History and Archaeology, says the Frick Collection’s move to Madison Avenue gives viewers the chance to see Giovanni Bellini’s ‘St. Francis in the Desert’ in a new light—literally

Joseph Roeder, a graduate student in the Social Policy Institute, examines the potential use, and pitfalls, of drone surveillance in American cities.

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement has launched a podcast, “This Civic Moment,” in which regional civic and community leaders share what inspired them to engage in this civic moment and help us better understand what’s next. The latest episode features Rabbi Susan Talve of Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis.