Perspectives

Benjamin Akande, director of the university’s Africa initiative, sat down with St. Louis Public Radio to discuss the goals of the initiative and what lies ahead.

S. Joshua Swamidass, MD, PhD, at the School of Medicine and the McKelvey School of Engineering, writes an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal (and shared on the WashU Perspectives page) about faith communities wrestling with the implications of artificial intelligence.

Hugh Macdonald, the Avis Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music in Arts & Sciences, has published the book “Saint-Saëns and the Stage,” examining the operas, plays and other works of the French composer. Read more about this and other books by WashU authors on the Bookshelf.

In the fourth episode of the “Engineering the Future” podcast,  Aaron Bobick, dean of the McKelvey School of Engineering, talks with faculty members about the ways that engineered particles can be used for good in medicine and in materials science.

Kathleen Clark, an ethics expert at the School of Law, writes an opinion piece in Time magazine about how the Justice Department’s interpretation of the emoluments clause has changed under the Trump administration.

Lindsay Stark, associate professor at the Brown School, writes in The Hill about the Trump administration’s proposed changes to immigration policies, arguing they will cause hardship while offering no benefits to Americans.

Aria Nakissa, assistant professor of Islamic studies and of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, writes on the Center for the Humanities website about three common misconceptions people have about Islam and Muslims.

Max Klapow, a sophomore in Arts & Sciences, presented the student talk at the TEDx WUSTL event last month, along with three faculty speakers. He talked about the concept of radical empathy, “the idea that in order to connect with someone we disagree with, we have to start by understanding that their worldview was shaped […]

Three Olin Business School faculty members — Radhakrishnan Gopalan, Todd Gormley and Todd Milbourn — write in an opinion piece on the CNN Business website that proxy advisory firms need to be regulated to ensure transparency and accountability. write in an opinion piece on the CNN Business website that proxy advisory firms need to be […]

Kate Gerull and Maren Loe, two of the Washington University medical students who launched a new initiative called 500 Women in Medicine, discuss their work on the “Postcall” podcast. The effort is a satellite organization of the 500 Women Scientists project.