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Weidenbaum Center Postdoctoral Fellow Hwayong Shin explores how Americans' religious affiliation and practices relate to trust in government

7.16.26

Data from the Weidenbaum Center Survey (Waves 1–8, conducted between 2023 and 2026) highlight patterns of Americans' religious affiliation and practices, and how regular prayer and attendance at religious services relate to trust in government.

It was supposed to be Trump’s big legislative achievement. It could be a weapon for Democrats to win in the midterms

7.12.26 | CNN

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Tim McBride comments on the $50 billion investment for rural health transformation in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Shiran Victoria Shen Selected for the Stanford CASBS Summer Institute in AI Methods for Social Scientists

7.9.26

The Summer Institute in AI Methods for Social Scientists (AIMS) brings together scholars from across the social sciences for an intensive week of learning, practice, and collaboration in the ways to make use of AI methods in social science research.

I opened a Trump Account for my newborn child — here's how it works, and why I decided to go for it

7.8.26 | Business Insider

Weidenbaum Center speaker Ray Boshara provides expert perspective in Business Insider on the potential long-term benefits of child savings accounts.

Powering the next generation of policy-relevant graduate research

7.2.26

The Weidenbaum Center has awarded $45,000 for the upcoming academic year to support three exceptional PhD students in Political Science, Economics, and Sociology through the 2026-2027 Weidenbaum Graduate Fellowship.

Weidenbaum Center Speaker Peter Kastor explains why the 13 Colonies declared independence

6.30.26 | WashU Source

Kastor says colonial settlers exhibited distinct motives, priorities and grievances, yet somehow arrived at similar conclusions.

WashU Chancellor Andrew D. Martin discusses free speech and judicial independence in the age of revolution

6.22.26 | WashU The Source

Chancellor Martin says "Judicial independence protects free speech. Courts insulated from political pressure are more likely to enforce speech protections, even when the speech is wildly unpopular."

Weidenbaum Center’s Food Pantry Desert Map project featured in Food Bank News

6.19.26 | Food Bank News

By combining data on food insecurity with information on pantry locations, the map helps identify communities where need and access may be mismatched.

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient James Gibson receives the 2026 Warren E. Miller Prize

6.16.26 | WashU Ampersand

The award, granted from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section, is given every 2-3 years for "an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the EPOVB field."

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Patrick Ishizuka publishes article on evolving fatherhood expectations

6.15.26 | WashU Source

Ishizuka says the question is not just how individual parents can do better, but how workplaces, communities, schools and policies can make good parenting more possible.

Weidenbaum Center Speaker John Inazu interviewed on the First Amendment’s right of assembly

6.12.26 | WashU Source

John Inazu presented “The Right of Assembly in our Democratic Experiment” as part of the spring 2026 WashU course “1776, Then and Now.”

Carlson receives the 2026 EPOVB Emerging Scholar award

6.11.26

The award is granted by the American Political Science Association and presented to top scholars in the field who are within ten years of their PhD.