Perspectives

Activists should embrace the virtues of civil arguments that partly shoot them down. They must strategize and seek truth like scientists, in short, while behaving and advocating like activists, writes Ken Schechtman.

While the previous administration never had a coordinated plan to control the virus, there is still a chance—and urgent need—to do better. South Korea’s model offers both a blueprint of success, write Neil Richards and Jiyeon Kim.

In this video, Heidi Kolk, who teaches in both the Sam Fox School and in Arts & Sciences, discusses the significance of Dolores Hayden’s The Power of Place.” It’s part of the “Books for 2020 and Beyond” series.

Michael Sherraden, the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor, writes an article for the Center for Social Development about the insurrection at the Capitol and what Georgia voters’ selections for the U.S. Senate  mean for democracy and racial equity.

David T. Curiel, MD, PhD, the Distinguished Professor of Radiation Oncology at the School of Medicine, has played a role in the genesis of mRNA being used as a vaccine — the technology behind the two COVID-19 vaccines being administered currently. In this Q&A with St. Louis Magazine, he discusses that research as well as […]

The School of Law’s Dan Epps co-writes an op-ed published in The Washington Post responding to U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s actions challenging the certification of electoral college votes. He warns that Hawley’s legal arguments “present a threat to democracy that will not disappear.”

Leaning on their expertise in history, ethics and religious studies, faculty from the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics reflect on the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

In the latest episode of the podcast “Show Me the Science,” William G. Powderly, MD, the Larry J. Shapiro Director of the Institute for Public Health, says that although COVID-19 vaccine development has been rapid, the search for therapies for patients infected with the novel coronavirus has been less successful.

Earlier this year, the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences created a series of digital postcards to share musical performances amid the pandemic. Now, it is sharing a festive gift with the campus community — students and faculty performing holiday favorites.

Liberty Vittert, at Olin Business School, writes in an opinion piece on Fox News that  technological identification facilitated by the U.S. is “a dangerous tool that tyrannical governments can use against their own people,” such as the Uighur Muslims in northwest China.