Perspectives

Himadri Pakrasi, of Arts & Sciences, has been studying tiny creatures called cyanobacteria for more than 25 years. Here, the director of the International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability shares some of what scientists know about them for “Hold That Thought.”

Neil Richards, a privacy law expert at the School of Law, writes an opinion piece in The Hill about the evolution of social media and where and how the law needs to catch up with tools of the digital age.

Lindsay Kuroki, MD, of the School of Medicine, writes in a guest column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the importance of vaccinating preteens against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that has been shown to cause some cancers.

Abram Van Engen, of Arts & Sciences, writes in Religion & Politics about President Donald Trump’s views and how his “America First” approach to governing is in contrast to the concept of American exceptionalism.

Health law expert Rachel Sachs writes on the Health Affairs blog about what happened with national prescription drug policy in 2017 and what to expect this year.

Quing Zhu, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, writes an article on the Scientific American blog “Observations” about advances in cancer imaging that could allow patients to make more informed treatment decisions.

Stephen Legomsky, an expert on immigration law, writes in an op-ed article in The Hill that President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration and refugees unfairly condemn groups of people based on individuals’ bad acts.

John Gohsman, the university’s vice chancellor for information technology, writes an article in Education Technology Insights about how to use data effectively in higher education administration.

School of Medicine neurosurgeons Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD, and Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, have started a podcast, “Brain Coffee,” to discuss how the brain works, its influence on emotions, behavior and more, and how much we still don’t understand about it.

The Brown School’s Enola Proctor discusses on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) website how dissemination and implementation research is helping to translate research into practice.