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Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.
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Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Taylor Carlson, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a Social Science Research Council Social Data Research Fellowship to study the extent to which user-generated content (i.e. comments) on social media platforms distorts information reported by mainstream news outlets. The fellowship comes with a $50,000 award.
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More from The AmpersandReturning to his roots: Joe Guinness, AB ’07, helps grow a new department
The WashU alumnus shares his path back to campus and his big plans for helping enhance the Department of Statistics and Data Science.
McBride installed as the Gerald Early Distinguished Professor
Dwight A. McBride, the Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies, delivered an address titled “Black Letters & Black Leadership, or 'What I Have Shaped into a Kind of Life.'”