Large public forums focusing on topics in public policy. These forums take many forms including multi-day conferences, full-day conferences, half-day conferences, debates, single-speaker events. Speakers often include academics, government officials, and business. These events are free and open to the public. Frequently cosponsored with other organizations, forums are primarily held in St. Louis, Missouri. Occasionally, forums are held in Washington, D.C. If you are interested in learning more, contact Melinda Warren, Director of the Weidenbaum Center Forum.

Large public forums focusing on topics in public policy that are particular interest to those in the St. Louis area. These forums take many forms including multi-day conferences, full-day conferences, half-day conferences, debates, single-speaker events. Speakers often include academics, government officials, and business. These events are free and open to the public. If you are interested in learning more, contact Melinda Warren, Director of the Weidenbaum Center Forum.

This is single speaker series held at Washington University. Speakers are drawn from academia, business, and government. Attendance is by invitation only. If you are interested in learning more, contact Gloria Lucy, Assistant Director.

This special program enables major Center donors (Eliot Society level and above) to meet with faculty from the departments of economics, political science, law, business, and other university departments. The meetings are roundtable discussions of current public policy issues. If you are interested in learning more, contact Gloria Lucy, Assistant Director.

Elected Leaders Series

Beginning soon, the Weidenbaum will sponsor an evening forum. Once a month, we will bring in either a politician to speak on a topic of his or her choice or someone who is doing creative and groundbreaking research on a topic related to public policy. If you are interested in learning more, contact Melinda Warren, Director of the Weidenbaum Center Forum.

Annual Dinner

Once a year, usually in the spring, the Weidenbaum Center brings in a prominent individual to address a large audience of supporters and other interested individuals in the St. Louis community. If you are interested in learning more, contact Gloria Lucy, Assistant Director.

The Center holds an annual retreat for members of the print and broadcast media in June. The retreat brings reporters, editors and producers together with speakers for an intense four-day seminar on policy issues. If you are interested in learning more, contact Gloria Lucy, Assistant Director.

Washington University's Weidenbaum Center and Department of Political Science will sponsor a new summer institute on the problems of testing theoretical models of politics. The institutes are designed for advanced graduate students and junior faculty whose research and teaching would benefit from training seminars on the link between methods of empirical analysis and theoretical models. Seminars combine both theory and method and several seminars address major substantive fields of application. For more information, contact Christine Moseley .