Psychology Faculty MACSS Computational Social Science Student Alumni
Study shows artists are capable of engineering visual memorability
The Brain Bridge Lab research, which included an art contest and gallery exhibit, also found computational models could determine art’s memorable char...
October 14, 2026
Something to build on: An economist adds to what’s known and what he wishes he knew
This is one of a series during Autumn Quarter 2026 chronicling recent SSD alums as they embark upon an academic career.One of the first things Oscar V...
October 14, 2026
Free-rein study: A multidisciplinary approach to research drives a scholar’s policy focus
This is one of a series during Autumn Quarter 2026 chronicling recent SSD alums as they embark upon an academic career. Sociologist Liang Cai (AM’18 (...
October 14, 2026
An inaugural study-abroad program in Sydney examines history through exploration and observation
The three-week course took students across the city to consider how relationships among people, land, and human health changed as the Australian port ...
October 2, 2026
Student Alumni Sociology Political Science
2026 Saller Prize Recipients Announced
Ibrahim Khan, PhD’25, from the Department of Political Science, and Xiaogao Zhou, PhD’25, from the Department of Sociology, have been selected as the ...
May 6, 2026
Fans recognized another new era for Taylor Swift — and the science backs it
A methodological approach used to analyze Swift’s catalog offers a straightforward and easily interpretable way to explore song lyrics.By Sarah Steime...
October 20, 2025
Student Alumni History Economics Sociology Political Science Psychology
Congratulating the 2025-26 Dissertation Fellows
Each year, a limited number of dissertation fellowships are awarded to SSD doctoral students sufficiently advanced to the writing stage of their progr...
September 12, 2025
Student Political Science Economics Anthropology
2025 Janco Travel Grant Recipients Announced
By Audrey WeckwerthEstablished in 2005, the Agnes and Nathan Janco Travel Award supports dissertation research-related travel by SSD doctoral students...
May 18, 2025
Alumni Student Social Thought Anthropology Announcements
A fund created to support the next generation of scholars
The Elmer Kennedy Memorial Fund invests in SSD Teaching FellowsBy Sarah SteimerA son and his family’s remembrance of his father has created an investm...
December 10, 2024