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Shiran Victoria Shen, an assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the 2025 World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. The award recognizes “research that assesses pathways to achieve measurable but as-yet unrealized gains in overall environmental performance, in particular to reduce consumption and waste.”
At the ceremony, university leaders recognized Dean Mike Mazzeo (right) for his bold strategic thinking and collaboration with students, faculty and the greater business community. (Photo: Suzy Gorman/WashU)
Mortimer delivers her installation address, “Trusting Data in Antitrust."(Photo: Sean Garcia/Arts & Sciences)
Markus Baer pauses during a Feb. 18 event celebrating his installation as the Knight Family Professor. (Photo: Kate Munsch/WashU)
By: Sara Savat
The rise of institutional investors in the housing market is a symptom, rather than the cause, of an extremely tight housing market and the overall housing affordability crisis, according to Carol Camp Yeakey, the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences at WashU.
By: Sara Savat
A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump threatens to destabilize the financial system by reducing lending regulations and rolling back oversight, according to Brittany Lewis, an assistant professor of finance at WashU Olin Business School.
The WashU Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship held its spring awards ceremony April 15.
By: Sara Savat
A new Washington University in St. Louis' study takes on the Herculean task of studying the linguistic choices of more than 800 political parties from 87 democracies around the world, including the United States.
Michael Strawbridge, an assistant professor of political science in WashU Arts & Sciences, is among 24 scholars named 2026 Andrew Carnegie fellows by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Research by Daniel Butler, a professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, suggests that candidates aligned with President Trump are advancing, in part, because disappointed 2024 Republican voters are opting out of this year’s intraparty contests.
