UAW strike to end after reaching tentative agreement with GM
Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld quoted in Scripps News
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Recognizing outstanding faculty and staff
At a ceremony and reception held Sept. 11 in Holmes Lounge, members of the Arts & Sciences community gathered to recognize recipients of the annual faculty and staff awards. Each recipient has demonstrated exceptional service to the university through service, leadership, or teaching. Congratulations to all the awardees!
Two Kling Fellows receive WashU endorsement for prestigious UK scholarships
Two members of the Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Research Fellowship, a program of the Center for the Humanities, have been endorsed by Washington University for prestigious Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. Read on for more on Omaer Naeem’s and Ranen Miao’s educational plans and how the Kling Fellowship prepared them for the intense scholarship competition.
Workers are trying to unionize in greater numbers than expected in the Midwest
Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld quoted in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Meet our new faculty: Social sciences
This fall, 16 new researchers and instructors join 6 social science departments in Arts & Sciences. Welcome to our incoming faculty!
Still separate and unequal: How subsidized housing exacerbates inequality
New sociology research from Elizabeth Korver-Glenn in Arts & Sciences finds Black and Latino subsidized renters live in homes with more unsafe conditions while simultaneously paying more, both total cost and relative to their income.
Four Sociology Seniors Graduate With Latin Honors
Four Sociology seniors will graduate with Latin Honors this year!
WUSTL Sociology Professor Zakiya Luna Wins 2023 Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award
The Sociologists for Women in Society recently awarded WUSTL Sociology Professor Zakiya Luna, Ph.D. this year’s Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award. Created in 1985, this award recognizes and celebrates “members whose scholarship employs a feminist perspective.”
An honest appraisal: Q&A with Elizabeth Korver-Glenn
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn discusses her 2021 book that looks at the ways racial segregation impacts the U.S. housing market.
Six faculty members to join Arts & Sciences under Race and Ethnicity Cluster Hire Initiative
The cluster hire initiative is funded by the Office of Provost and supported by the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.
Cunningham and Ward share Mellon Foundation grant for project on the virality of racial terror
High-Earning Men Are Cutting Back on Their Working Hours
Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Yongseok Shin is co-author of study highlighted in The Wall Street Journal