Perspectives

Luis FZ Batista, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, writes a first-person article published in Science about how being diagnosed with epilepsy has changed — but not derailed — his career.

Abortion bans ask black doctors, who already often face hostile environments, to surmount these barriers in an environment where they could face criminal prosecution simply for doing the work they were trained to do, writes Adia Harvey Wingfield.

William J. Maxwell, professor of English in Arts & Sciences, co-edited the book “Romance in Marseille,” a pioneering African American novel by Claude McKay, published nearly 90 years after its creation.  Maxwell also wrote an introduction of the work, which was reviewed in The New York Times.

We must change the way we treat people, writes Michael Allen. On the cusp of a mayoral election, Moore’s legacy urges us to remember that St. Louis won’t be a whole city until North St. Louis is a record of equity and justice.

Henry I. Schvey, professor of drama in Arts & Sciences, writes a remembrance published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of A.E. Hotchner, a celebrated novelist, playwright and WashU alumnus, who died this month.

Publication of a significant creative work is a milestone in the career of a humanities scholar. The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences shares on its website a glimpse into the book-publishing journey of seven university faculty members.

Hotchner’s life was not about bombast, ridicule or belittling others. It was about helping others in need. In short, it was a life well-lived, writes Henry Schvey.

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin explains the makeup of Washington University’s $8.1 billion endowment and how it is managed in this installment of a three-part series.

Abram Van Engen in Arts & Sciences has published a new book, “City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism.” Humanities, the magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities, shared an excerpt from the book in its winter issue.

Clearly the myths surrounding the “welfare freeloader” have been used by political leaders from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton to Donald Trump to further their careers, writes Mark Rank.