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Meet our new faculty: Social sciences

8.31.23

Mennerick named director of Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences

8.31.23 |

Neuroscientist Steven Mennerick, the John P. Feighner Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at the School of Medicine, has been named director and associate dean of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences.

8.29.23

Black legislators talk more about race, and it works

A new study from political scientist Matthew Hayes in Arts & Sciences finds legislators who use symbolism in speeches about race and civil rights reap electoral rewards, including more favorable evaluations and higher voter turnout.

8.29.23 |

8.28.23

Meet our new faculty: Humanities

8.28.23

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.

8.28.23 |

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Meet our new faculty: Social sciences

Mennerick named director of Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences

NASA partnership is 'a jewel in WashU's crown'

Physicist Henriksen to build quantum-scale sensors

Black legislators talk more about race, and it works

Black legislators talk more about race, and it works

Meet our new faculty: Humanities

Still separate and unequal: How subsidized housing exacerbates inequality

Meet our new faculty: Natural sciences and mathematics

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