Humanities & Society

Andrea Katz, an expert on presidential power at WashU Law, says Trump’s threats to bypass Senate approval of controversial Cabinet nominees could turn the process on its head.

Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, will discuss privacy and civil rights issues in health care at a Nov. 13 event hosted by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.

Missouri’s Medicaid program now covers doula services statewide, an effort led by CAHSPER and community health leaders. The measure addresses the state’s alarming maternal mortality rates.

At a time when political polarization is becoming an increasing problem on social media, WashU data scientist Jean Springsteen is working on a way to bring down the temperature and still get buy-in from social media companies.

Kirk Dougher, associate vice chancellor for student support and wellness at WashU, explains what colleges are doing to help their students during this fraught election season and what steps students can take to better cope.

Peter Boumgarden, director of Olin Business School’s Koch Family Center for Family Enterprise, discusses Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand the small business tax credit and other ways in which the government can support existing small businesses.

Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts are available to discuss a variety of topics related to the election, politics and national and local issues.

Stephanie Kurtzman of WashU’s Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement explains how schools are preparing for the upcoming election and whether campus protests will impact student voting.

A civic dialogue event, The Longest Table, is returning to WashU this fall with a new location and a new topic of conversation. On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement will welcome students, faculty and staff to Brookings Quadrangle to share dinner and to discuss the upcoming election.

New political science research by Christopher Lucas in Arts & Sciences finds deepfakes can convince the American public of scandals that never occurred at alarming rates — over 40% of a representative sample — but no more so than equivalent disinformation conveyed through textual headlines or audio recordings.