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Weidenbaum Center Speaker Aaron Hedlund, Chief Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers at the White House, makes the case for Trump’s economic strategy

2.26.26 | Student Life WashU

Chief White House economist defends Trump administration policies at Weidenbaum Center breakfast lecture

Read about how Professor Matthew Gabel and Weidenbaum Center Director Andrew Reeves are mapping food pantry deserts across St. Louis

2.24.26 | The Ampersand

Their work on the St. Louis Dashboard project and a "food panty desert" map shows where need "far outstrips resources."

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Gregory Magarian writes article on Minneapolis protests

2.19.26 | The Conversation

Public support and free speech in Minneapolis has weathered the crisis better than it played out in Kent State in 1970.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Gregory Magarian comments on who’s actually behind Missouri's big data center promises

2.16.26 | KSDK-TV

He notes that disclosure requirements can actually obscure rather than illuminate when they generate "the impression that there has been some meaningful disclosure" without providing any.

Congrats to Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient and Research Innovation Showcase finalist David Carter

2.13.26 | WashU A&S

We congratulate Professor David Carter who was selected as a finalist for the Arts & Sciences 2026 Research Innovation Showcase. Professor Carter will present his research on "State-Centric and State-Facilitated Territorial Threats: How Citizens Evaluate Territorial Claims."

Weidenbaum Center Speaker Sandro Galea comments on how a year of RFK has changed American science

2.13.26 | Scientific American

Galea says some of MAHAs ideas will end up hurting people.

Weidenbaum Center Executive Committee Member Deanna Barch co-authors study on perceived neighborhood safety and adolescents

2.9.26 | WashU Ampersand

In a study of nearly 12,000 adolescents, Professor Deanna Barch and Graduate Student Patrick Lindsley found that perceived neighborhood danger — more than actual crime rates — was linked to differences in brain structure, mental health, and cognitive performance.

Missourians dump coverage as ACA subsidies end, warns Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Timothy McBride

2.3.26 | Missouri Independent

McBride says 50,000 people potentially without insurance is a large number with state's uninsured population already around 457,000.

Weidenbaum Center Speaker Adia Harvey Wingfield reveals what scholars describe as “occupational segregation”

1.31.26 | Forbes

Professor Wingfield explains that Black women are systematically underrepresented in positions of authority as their labor is diverted into roles that rarely convert into power.

Weidenbaum Research Fellow Travis Crum on Missouri AG's census lawsuit

1.30.26 | St. Louis Public Radio

Crum says that we've seen this fight before, and so this is probably the first volley in a fight for the 2030 census to exclude undocumented immigrants

Weidenbaum Center Speaker Pauline Kim says new AI screening tech is creeping into hiring

1.26.26 | Fortune

Kim says if the lawsuit is successful—which could take years—AI hiring tools might be more upfront about what data they collect and work harder to ensure accuracy.

Weidenbaum Center Speaker Adia Harvey Wingfield’s research highlighted in article on black women professors in higher education navigating glass ceilings and cliffs

1.24.26 | Forbes

Wingfield’s research dismantles the persistent myth that burnout reflects individual limits rather than organizational design