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Michèle Lamont Elected the 108th President of the American Sociological Association (ASA)

August 27, 2015

Weatherhead Center Director Michèle Lamont, the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and professor of sociology and African and African American studies at Harvard University, has been elected the 108th president of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Lamont will serve as president‐elect for one year beginning in August 2015. Read More…

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Richard Zeckhauser

HEEP Faculty Fellow Honored by the American Economic Association

August 27, 2015

HEEP Faculty Fellow Richard Zeckhauser was honored in the August 2015 issue of the American Economic Review as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, the premier scholarly association for the field of economics. His biography in the front matter of the current issue of the AER emphasizes his decades of extensive and successful...

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Institute of Politics Names Six Fall Resident Fellows

August 26, 2015

The IOP announced on Thursday its fall class of resident and visiting fellows, which will include Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman and longtime CNN anchor Candy A. Crowley.

Shorenstein Center Names Fall Fellows

August 26, 2015

Three more journalists will join the Kennedy School of Government's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy as fellows this fall.