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WashU Expert: The biggest upset since … 1936?

For political prognosticators, the 2016 presidential campaign has emerged as the most egregious “wrong call” since incumbent president Harry S. Truman defeated New York governor Thomas E. Dewey in 1948. But another interesting comparison can be found in the 1936 contest between incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt and Kansas governor Alf Landon, says presidential historian Peter Kastor.

Business & Entrepreneurship

WashU Expert: It’s all in the brand

Effective campaign branding may have made the winning difference for Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election. Raphael Thomadsen, associate professor of marketing at Olin Business School takes a closer look at how the messaging may have affected the election outcome. The importance of branding: “Branding is a central concept in business. Companies build products […]

Arts & Culture

WashU Expert: The reality TV election

Long before the 2016 presidential campaign, millions of Americans watched Donald Trump play the successful businessman on NBC’s hit reality show “The Apprentice.” Both the exposure and the experience served him well, said Richard Chapman, senior lecturer in film & media studies in Arts & Sciences.

Business & Entrepreneurship

WashU Expert: ‘Long-lasting implications’ for U.S., global economies

Donald Trump’s election as president initially sent global markets reeling. What might we expect from the markets moving forward? John Horn, senior lecturer in economics at Olin Business School breaks it down. Economic Implications: “The election of Donald Trump will have long-lasting implications for the United States and global economy. The election will be significant economically […]

Humanities & Society

WashU Expert: Lots of filibustering ahead

With Donald Trump in the White House and Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, Democrats will be looking to use the filibuster and other procedural options to exert as much influence as possible over Supreme Court nominations and other issues on the Trump-Republican agenda, suggests Steven S. Smith, a nationally recognized expert on congressional politics at Washington University in St. Louis.

Humanities & Society

WashU Expert: Trump likely to be restrictive on immigration

Stephen Legomsky, renowned expert on immigration policy and former chief counsel of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says that while Trump’s immigration policies will be more hard line, comprehensive immigration reform is still possible.

Humanities & Society

‘Now is the time’

This summer, Jean Allman, director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, won a Next Generation Humanities PhD Planning Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In this Q&A, Allman discusses the future of the humanities doctorate.

Media Advisory: McCaskill, ‘Generation Kill’ soldiers speak at Washington University Veterans Day event

The Washington University Student Veterans Association will host a panel of combat veterans at the largest public Veterans Day event in recent campus history. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will deliver the keynote address.

Miller receives 2016 Rayleigh Award at International Ultrasonics Symposium

James G. Miller, the Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences, received the 2016 Rayleigh Award at the International Ultrasonics Symposium this fall in Tours, France.

Faculty, staff invited to perform ‘The Dancellor’

Risa Zwerling Wrighton, honorary chair of Dance Marathon, invites faculty and staff to perform “The Dancellor” at Dance Marathon on Saturday, Nov. 12. The annual 12-hour dance party raises money for St. Louis Children’s Hospital and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital.