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Wingfield receives NSF grant to study millennials and corporate employment practices
Adia Harvey Wingfield, the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor and associate dean for faculty development in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a two-year, $180,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the project “Millennials and Corporate Employment Practices.”
Nicklaus: Biden spending plan is insurance against economic disaster
President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, in the White House Thursday.
Work From Home Has the Power to Advance Equality—or Set It Back
Employers that ignore potential pitfalls could inadvertently intensify office biases.
WashU Expert: A historic opportunity to combat systemic racism
‘Lots of our political disputes focus on how to slice the pie, but enlarging the pie is half the problem’
Seed money for the grassroots: The Divided City initiative’s community-led projects
Black Anthology unveils its Digital Museum
Black Anthology, Washington University’s performance organization dedicated to telling Black stories, will unveil its Digital Museum Friday, Dec. 18.
On legacies of violence, genocide, and implicated subjects: Arts and museums as influence and response
Deniz Gundogan Ibrisim is a PhD candidate in the Program in Comparative Literature, Fulbright Scholar and a former Graduate Student Fellow in the Center for the Humanities. Her dissertation is titled “Trauma, Survival and Survivance in Contemporary Anglophone and Turkish Literature: Materiality Beyond Mind.”
Making sense of the racial divergence of AIDS and COVID-19
René Esparza is an assistant professor of women, gender and sexuality studies.
Collective mourning and remembrance: Hostile Terrain 94
The participatory art project HT94 provides a space for reflection on the ongoing crisis at the border. As part of the project, Washington University community members are invited to a virtual remembrance and reflection to be held Oct. 23.
Sociology Program Soars Five Years After Its Revival
While the Department of Sociology’s growth over the past five years has been immense, Wingfield believes that the department is just getting started. “Our hope is to continue growing, remain a department where faculty continue to do excellent research and teaching, and to stay a place where undergraduate and graduate students can thrive.”
There’s Still a Taboo On Discussing Salaries. But Millennials Are Breaking It
Professor Jake Rosenfeld on how millennials are changing the social norm against discussing wages and salaries in the work place.