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Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was awarded the American Sociological Association’s 2018 Public Understanding of Sociology Award at the ASA’s 113th meeting in August in Philadelphia.

9.7.18

Making sense, pictures of medical data

9.7.18 | Social Sciences, Research

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but what if you don’t want a whole essay? A computer engineer at Washington University in St. Louis is building visualizations to clarify and condense health risk data for patients.

9.7.18

Quick learners remember more over time

9.7.18 | Social Sciences, Research

Healthy adults who learn information more quickly than their peers also have better long-term retention for the material despite spending less time studying it, finds a new study from psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis finds.

9.6.18

Meet Our New Faculty: Social Sciences

9.6.18

Buera installed as Cook Professor

9.6.18 | Social Sciences, Natural Sciences & Math, Awards & Notables

Francisco Buera has been named the Sam B. Cook Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University. He was installed May 7 at a ceremony in Ridgley Hall’s Holmes Lounge.

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