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Multiple WashU Faculty Recognized by American Sociological Association

9.2.25

WashU Sociology faculty were recognized as winners of section-level awards at the American Sociological Association's annual meetings.

Arts & Sciences welcomes new students

8.27.25

The College of Arts & Sciences and the Office of Graduate Studies welcomed more than 1,500 new students during orientation events the week of August 18.

Meet our new faculty: Social sciences

8.21.25

This fall, 14 new researchers and instructors join four social science departments and programs in Arts & Sciences.

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld pens article on Trump's relationship with organized labor

8.21.25

Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board.

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld interviewed on Marketplace

8.6.25

Rosenfeld says this strike is something of a return-to-form for the labor movement nationwide.

SOC Graduate Student Ngo Selected as Inaugural Weidenbaum Center Fellow

7.29.25

Khoi Ngo was recently selected as one of the inaugural Weidenbaum Center graduate fellows.

Madison Yue (SOC Major) Wins Prestigious Peter Roth Internship from the Paley Center for Media in New York

7.18.25 | The Source

Yue, who is majoring in both Sociology, in Arts & Sciences, and Marketing, in Olin Business School, at Washington University in St. Louis, is among 20 Roth recipients for 2025.

New journal article on the Caregiving Gap by Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Caity Collins uses Center TASS survey data

7.10.25

New article focuses on one important, understudied cultural dimension that shapes men’s time spent in care: confidence

Does Your Company Have An Overwork Culture?

5.1.25

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Adia Harvey Wingfield authors article on overwork culture.

Weidenbaum Center Jake Rosenfeld interviewed on power dynamics between workers and executives

3.10.25

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld explores the so-called "Boss Era" on Total Information AM KMOX podcast

Update on Moving Stories Initiative, co-led by Weidenbaum Center Associate Director Ariela Schachter

2.12.25

The initiative brings together experts from academia, the arts, and advocacy organizations to spotlight immigrant narratives.

2025 Statistics and Data Science Summer Research Program

1.31.25

The Department of Statistics and Data Science, in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Studies, opens applications for a funded Summer Research Program.