Perspectives

Patrick Rishe, director of Olin’s Sports Business Program, discusses on the WalletHub site the U.S. Open underway this week in New York and the economic impact of such a lengthy sporting event.

Brandon Robert Wilson, a Chancellor’s Fellow and PhD student in Arts & Sciences, recently published a book, “The Half Beneath” (TouchPointPress). The Riverfront Times reviewed the work, which explores the life of a slave, drawing from Wilson’s great-great-grandfather’s experience.

Eric Leuthardt, MD, of the School of Medicine, explains in an HEC-TV Innovations episode a research effort to create 3-D personalized maps of the brain to help neurosurgeons operate more safely and successfully.

Will Ross, MD, of the School of Medicine, writes eloquently in The St. Louis American about the protests and violence in Charlottesville, Va., and how we must move forward and confront hatred and injustice.

Mark Rank, the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at the Brown School, writes about his ongoing poverty risk calculator project on the Contexts website.

Marie Griffith, director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, writes in Religion & Politics about the protests and violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend, saying that white Christians in particular need to speak out and “fight the scourge of racism as the nation-destroying disease it is.”

Presidential historian Peter Kastor, of Arts & Sciences, writes a commentary in Fortune about what the appropriate role is for the children of presidents, in light of President Donald Trump’s family members serving in formal roles in his administration.

Gerald Early, of Arts & Sciences, writes a commentary featured on the CNN website about the NAACP’s advisory warning African-Americans about traveling in Missouri.

Historian Alexandre Dubé, of Arts & Sciences, examines in a “Hold That Thought” podcast how our understanding of power and violence has changed over time, and what shows like “Game of Thrones” tell us about the present.

Richard Mahoney, distinguished executive in residence at Olin Business School, discusses in Leaders magazine the Olin Award, which honors the best piece of Olin research that tackles real-world business problems.