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Matthew Desmond named 2015 MacArthur Fellow

September 29, 2015

Awardee | Matthew Desmond. View MacArthur Fellow profile ▶



ISA Medal of Science

October 6, 2015

Awardee | Robert D. Putnam to receive the Institute for Advanced Studies' (University of Bologna) highest honor for scientific excellence and international acclaim.



Matthew Desmond named MacArthur Fellow

September 29, 2015

Harvard Gazette | Matthew Desmond, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences. Learn more about his work: 
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Roland Fryer addresses AAAS induction ceremony

October 10, 2015

American Academy of Arts & Sciences [video] | Roland Fryer, a newly-elected member in the 235th class of Fellows,  addressed the group as the Class III speaker, representing the social sciences at the American Academy's 2015 Induction Ceremony.  View his address (15 minutes).



Claudia Goldin delivers 8th annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture at Columbia University

December 10, 2015

Event [video] | Claudia Goldin delivered the eighth annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture at Columbia University on "Career and Family: Collision or Confluence?" Christopher Flinn (NYU) and Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia) served as discussants. See the video ▶



New RSF grant: Social Mobility and Preferences for Redistribution

November 19, 2015

Awardees | Stefanie Stantcheva and Alberto Alesina (Harvard Economics) are the recipients of a Russell Sage Foundation grant to examine how perceptions of social mobility affect support for different types of redistributive policies.



New RSF grant: How Rigid is the Wealth Structure and Why?

March 12, 2015

Awardees | Alexandra Killewald and Fabian Pfeffer (University of Michigan) are the recipients of a Russell Sage Foundation grant, jointly funded with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to assess the strength and pattern of multigenerational wealth associations, and explore the role of intergenerational transfers, home ownership and marriage in wealth mobility across generations.



New RSF grant: 'They Treat Us Like a Different Race': A Multi-city Project on Class-in-Race Inequality

March 12, 2015

Awardees | Jennifer Hochschild and Vesla Weaver (Ph.D. '07, now Yale University)



'Our Kids' selected for Books of the Year 2015

December 3, 2015

The Economist | Robert Putnam's, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, described as "thoughtful and persuasive", has been selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2015.  Also making the list, Inequality: What Can Be Done?, by Anthony Atkinson (University of Oxford).



Finalists for 2016 William T. Grant Scholars Program Awards

December 21, 2015

William T. Grant Foundation | Faculty member Matthew Desmond is one of ten finalists for the William T. Grant Foundation Scholars program, which supports early career researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. Four to six Scholars will be selected in March 2016 for these five-year research awards.

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