News Clips

Martin Jacobs, professor of rabbinic studies in Jewish, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies in Arts & Sciences, offers a Jewish perspective of the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlán, what is today Mexico City, to the Spanish conquistadors.

Jeff Hansen, an MD-PhD student at WashU, has written a children’s book, “The Perfect Baseball Player.” The project grew out of his thesis focused on the human genome.

Gerald Early, professor of English and African and African-American studies, and the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters

John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion

Angela Reiersen, MD, associate professor of psychiatry

Paul Shaw, professor of neuroscience

Lynne Ramsay’s 1999 debut film is arguably one of the masterpieces of 20th-century depictions of childhood poverty, writes Eileen G’Sell, senior lecturer in college writing.

This episode of “Show Me the Science,” a podcast highlighting research and patient care at the School of Medicine, explores how older adults and young children remain resilient despite the isolation stresses of the pandemic.

Doug Wiens, professor of earth and planetary sciences

David Holtzman, MD, the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor of Neurology; and Brendan Lucey, MD, associate professor of neurology