News Clips

Jessica Hutchins, who works in career development with PhD and postdoctoral students at the School of Medicine, offers ideas in an Inside Higher Ed article for helping graduate students find jobs outside academia.

William McKinnon, professor of earth and planetary sciences

Paul Steinbeck, of Arts & Sciences, analyzes a painting by jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell for British music journal The Wire. The painting was used as the cover for The Art Ensemble of Chicago’s album “The Third Decade.” Steinbeck recently published a book about the group.

Joan Barcelo, graduate student, political science

Timothy Bono, lecturer in psychology

Patrick Rishe, director, Sports Business Program

What’s the secret to unlocking artificial intelligence (AI) and making it ubiquitous in our everyday lives? Insects may be the answer, suggests Silvia Zhang, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, in a column on the Venture Beat website.

Michael Wysession, of Arts & Sciences, writes in an article on WashU Perspectives that in the western U.S., forest fires have become so common that people barely notice anymore — and discusses what such a cavalier attitude says about efforts to address climate change.