Perspectives

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin shares his commitment to increase educational access and find more financial solutions to help the most talented students come to Washington University — especially those who hail from the St. Louis region.

Scholar Mary Ann Dzuback of Arts & Sciences writes about George Sanchez’s longtime work to preserve the multiethnic, multiracial stories of a community in Los Angeles. Sanchez will give the McLeod Memorial Lecture on Higher Education, an Assembly Series event, on Friday. Sept. 27.

In this Q&A, Young Scientist Program director Chanez Symister talks about the program’s work with local public schools to promote science education and literacy for students at all levels. Symister is a graduate student in chemistry in Arts & Sciences. Graduate and medical students have run the program since it began in 1991.

While the need for action is clear, and multiple groups, leaders and community groups are beginning to act, our evidence shows that real change requires collaborative efforts that are strongly led and sustainably supported, writes graduate student Tamsen Reed.

Peter Coogan, a comic book expert and author, talks in this video about the origin of the superhero genre. Coogan is a lecturer in American culture studies in Arts & Sciences and a coordinator in the Brown School.

One of the biggest pleasures of the dystopian allegory is that we’d all like to believe that our national nightmares can end, writes Rebecca Wanzo.

Mijeong Mimi Kim, teaching professor of Korean language in Arts & Sciences, has published “Tigers, Fairies, and Gods,” a collection of folktales suited for beginners as well as more advanced students of the Korean language. Read more about this and other recent books on the Bookshelf.

Matthew Shipe, senior lecturer in English in Arts & Sciences, writes on the Center for the Humanities website about the 50th anniversary this month of the release of the Beatles album “Abbey Road,” which he argues may be the band’s most influential for future generations of musicians.

Michael Allen, senior lecturer at the Sam Fox School, writes an article published on the CityLab website about redevelopment efforts in St. Louis, including Square’s signing a long-term lease downtown, asking where that leaves surrounding neighborhoods and vacant buildings.

As long as a racially and culturally homogeneous group of health leaders and decision-makers come solely from ivory towers and governmental offices, and not from the communities in the greatest need, the most marginalized and underserved among us will continue to pay the highest price, writes David Patterson Silver Wolf