Perspectives

Check out recent episodes of “Grad Cast,” a monthly podcast created to bring together and showcase the divergent interests and scholarship of the university’s graduate students. The latest look at different aspects of holidays.

Erin Linnenbringer, instructor in surgery at the School of Medicine, writes a post on the Gateway Region YMCA blog about the role genetics plays in cancer risk and what patients can do about it.

Sociologist Tim Bartley, of Arts & Sciences, discusses his book “Rules without Rights: Land, Labor, and Private Authority in the Global Economy,” published this month by Oxford University Press.

The university community gathered Feb. 13 and 14 for the fourth annual Day of Discovery & Dialogue. In this video, several participants reflect on the event’s importance and the theme: “Staying Resilient in Challenging Times.”

Bret Gustafson, of the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, discusses his article “The New Energy Imperialism in the Caribbean” in a podcast on the nonprofit North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Radio.

Percy Morales, MD, a School of Medicine alum who practices in Houston, is hosting an online Facebook forum, “AFib Fridays,” during February, American Heart Month. The goal is to allow people to ask questions, and get answers, about atrial fibrillation.

Rebecca Wanzo, of Arts & Sciences, writes a piece in The Black Scholar about the Black Panther, both the character’s complicated history and what to make of the current box-office smash. “Tracing the character over decades illustrates an epic struggle to make a ‘real’ black character out of something that was a white fantasy of […]

Percy Morales, MD, an alum of the Washington University School of Medicine who practices medicine in Houston, is hosting an online Facebook forum, “AFib Fridays,” during February, American Heart Month. The goal is to allow people to ask questions, and get answers, about atrial fibrillation.

James L. Gibson, the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government in Arts & Sciences, co-writes an article in The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog sharing an analysis of what parts of the country are more supportive of free speech — and what the trends tell us about democratic vitality.

Engineering and Sam Fox students who worked on CRETE House for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition last year share in a video about what they learned and challenges they faced with the project.