Mid-decade redistricting may be new norm
The Missouri Legislature has passed a plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps, potentially handing a Democrat-leaning seat to Republicans and giving Republicans a 7-1 district advantage. Partisan mid-decade redistricting, once very rare, could become the new normal, says an expert on voting rights at Washington University in St. Louis.
90 Seconds to Midnight
A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey
90 Seconds to Midnight tells the gripping and thought-provoking story of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, a 13-year-old girl living in Hiroshima in 1945, when the city was annihilated by an atomic bomb. Struggling with grief and anger, Thurlow set out to warn the world about the horrors of a nuclear attack in a crusade that has […]
Conserving Nature in Greater Yellowstone
Controversy and Change in an Iconic Ecosystem
The story of how Yellowstone, established in 1872 as the world’s first national park, has become synonymous with nature conservation — and an examination of today’s challenges to preserve the region’s wilderness heritage.
Forging a Mexican People
Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917–1968
Forging a Mexican People shows how illustrated print culture helped to construct and deconstruct versions of “a people” in postrevolutionary Mexico.
Weidenbaum Center fall series kicks off Sept. 4
From politics on college campuses to the economy and AI, the fall events series presented by the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis will address many of the most pressing policy issues facing America and the world today.
Sadat named to eyeWitness to Atrocities board
Leila Sadat, the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law at WashU, has been appointed to the board of eyeWitness to Atrocities, founded by the International Bar Association.
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to visit WashU
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor returns to WashU Sept. 10 for a chat with Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.
The search for deeper wisdom and better understanding
“Present topics of interest always have a much deeper past,” says Abram Van Engen,
the new director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
Leading without limits
Karen Ivy has excelled in aerospace and academia. Now, she uses her experiences to empower the next generation of leaders.
The intersection of technology and politics
Covering everything from social media to bitcoin to AI, a timely and all-too-topical political science course challenges students to think differently.
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