Humanities & Society

A guaranteed income program for artists led to improvement in financial stability and reduced debt, but also improved their motivation and artistic output, finds a new study from the WashU Brown School.

Daniel Epps, an expert on the U.S. Supreme Court, has been installed as the Howard and Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor of Law at WashU.

Sports betting is “all around us, all the time,” says WashU’s Noah Cohan, who studies sports and fan cultures. In this Q&A, Cohan discusses the rise of online gambling, the formative impact of fantasy sports and how structural changes are reshaping the fan experience.

A new WashU Law report examining environmental racism in St. Louis offers updated data and a series of policy recommendations aimed at addressing longstanding disparities in health, housing and environmental conditions across the region.

Tonya Edmond, at the Brown School, has been installed as the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor. A ceremony took place Feb. 9 in Hillman Hall.

Alumna Melinda Kramer, co-founder of the Women’s Earth Alliance, shares the principles that guide the organization’s work.

As the U.S. turns 250 years old, a digital archive created by historian Peter Kastor sheds light on the founding fathers and the federal workforce that supported them.

Bill Siedhoff has worked decades in the public sector at the local and state levels. At 84, he’s showing no signs of slowing down.

Susannah Cahalan’s third book, The Acid Queen, sheds light on the nearly forgotten life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary.