Perspectives

When states give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, it affects nondrivers, too — even the littlest ones. Babies born to immigrants from Mexico and Central America are bigger and healthier in states that make that change, writes Margot Moinester.

As the global population of refugees increased to a record high 37.8 million as of mid-2024, a staggering 16 percent—nearly one in six—originated from Afghanistan, where they have fled several decades of civil war, persecution, and state collapse, writes Mitra Naseh.

Historian Peter Kastor examines the legacy of Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, through a pair of visits the former president made to WashU in 1975 and 1991.

Sketches are constantly gesturing toward internet culture — which makes sense, since the show has long been internet culture itself, writes Phillip Maciak.

Hopefully this drone mystery will drive lawmakers to regulate these technologies more thoughtfully, in ways that allow us to enjoy their benefits while also not sending entire states into a full-blown panic, writes Neil Richards.

With further development, targeting the brain-muscle axis could be a useful treatment for people suffering with long COVID and other diseases that cause brain inflammation, writes Aaron Johnson.

The Skandalaris Center shares on its blog a holiday gift guide, assembled with University Advancement, that showcases a variety of companies with WashU ties whose wares range from clothing to chocolates, handbags and board games.

The next year will bring plenty of changes to CITYPARK, including a new name. But while the stadium’s future is unwritten, and its long-term economic impact remains to be seen, we think it stands out as an example worth watching, writes Peter Boumgarden.

Who defines American values? In their respective reckonings with the Confederacy – and with modern racial justice movements – relocated Confederate statues are bellwethers of ongoing struggles to resolve this question, writes David Cunningham.

Graduate students Addison Schwamb and BethAnna Jones discuss how they use math to describe how the brain works and how it helps them explore applications in patient care on a recent episode of the “Engineering the Future” podcast.