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• Professor Mark Mizruchi publishes new book

  Mark Mizruchi has recently published a new book titled "The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite". Read More

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• Graduate Students Janette Norrington and Jamie Budnick receive NSF Fellowships!

  The NSF Graduate Fellowship is one of this country's most competitive multi-year fellowships. Read More

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• Rachel Pierotti publishes article in the American Sociological Review

  Doctoral student Rachel Pierotti is the author of a paper that appears in the April 2013 issue of the American Sociological Review. Read More

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• Professor Elizabeth A. Armstrong publishes new book.

  Elizabeth Armstrong has recently published a new book titled "Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality." Read More

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• Greta Krippner's Book Awarded 2013 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award

  It has been announced that Krippner's book has received one of the most distinguished awards offered by the American Sociological Association. Read More

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• Michigan Sociology Again Ranked Amongst the Top U.S. Graduate Programs

  The University of Michigan Sociology Department continues to be recognized for its academic strength nationally in the latest rankings of graduate programs by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

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• Hiroe Saryua accepts faculty position

  Starting in April 2013, graduate student Hiroe Saryua will be at Sophia University in Japan. Read More

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• Yufen Chang accepts postdoctoral fellowship at the National University of Singapore

  Yufen Chang has been notified that she has received a postdoctoral fellowship for the 2013-2014 academic year at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore. Read More

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• Ethan Schoolman accepts postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan

  The University of Michigan's Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise has announced that Ethan Schoolman will hold a postdoc with them next year. Read More

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• Mariana Craciun accepts postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University

  For the next two years, sociology doctoral student Mariana Craciun will be in a two-year postdoc jointly offered by Northwestern's Program in Science in Human Culture and Department of Sociology. Read More

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• Professor Emeritus Donald Deskins Dies

  Donald R. Deskins, Professor Emeritus of Urban Geography and Sociology, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Read More

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• Two Sociology students receive prestigious Rackham Predoctoral Fellowships

  It has just been announced that Russell Funk & Daniel Hirschman have been awarded Rackham Predoctoral Fellowships for the 2013-2014 academic year. Read More

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• Two Sociology students receive Barbour Scholarships

  The Rackham Graduate School has announced that two of our students, Zheng Mu and Siwei Cheng have received prestigious Barbour Scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year.   Read More

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• Alwyn Lim awarded Proquest Distinguished Dissertation Award

  The Rackham Graduate School has announced awards for the best dissertations defended across all the University's disciplines in 2012. Read More

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• Professor Gerald Davis receives 2013 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award

  Professor Davis is the Wilbur K. Pierpont Professor of Management and Professor of Sociology. Read More

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• Trevor Hoppe publishes study in the journal Social Problems

  Doctoral Student Trevor Hoppe is the author of a paper that appears in the February 2013 issue of the journal Social Problems Read More

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• Articles by Recent UM Ph.D's appear in February ASR

  The February 2013 edition of the American Sociological Review is full of Michigan! Alexandra Killewald (UM Ph.D. 2011) has an article appearing, as well as a co-authored article by UM Professor Sarah Burgard and Jennifer Ailshire (UM Ph.D. 2009). Read More

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• Marco Garrido accepts faculty position

  Graduate student Marco Garrido will be at the University of Chicago starting in 2014, after completing a one-year postdoc in Asia. Read More

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• Yang Jiang accepts Research Scientist position at Columbia

  Recent sociology graduate, Yang Jiang (Ph.D. 2012) has begun a research position at Columbia University's National Center for Children in Poverty. Read More

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• Ya-Wen Lei receives Harvard Society of Fellows Post-doctoral Fellowship.

  Ph.D. Candidate Ya-Wen Lei has been notified of her acceptance to the Harvard Society of Fellows for a three year period beginning in Fall 2013. Read More

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• Jessi Streib accepts faculty position

  Graduate Student Jessi Streib will be at the University of New Hampshire next year. Read More

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• Elyse Jennings publishes study in the American Sociological Review

  Doctoral Student Elyse Jenning is the senior author on a paper in the most recent issue of the American Sociological Review Read More

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• Lucie Kalousova Receives Rackham International Student Fellowship

  Graduate Student Lucie Kalousova has been selected to receive a Rackham International Student Fellowship for 2012-2013 Read More

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• Professor Pamela Smock named editor of PAA's flagship journal, Demography

  She will serve a three-year term as editor beginning May 1, 2013. Read More

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• Professor Alford Young receives Charles Horton Cooley Award for Scholarly Contributions to Sociology

  The Michigan Sociological Association recognized Alford Young's contributions at their annual conference. Read More

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• Lucie Kalousova wins Research Fellowship

  Lucie Kalousova has received a 2012-2013 research fellowship from the ERSTE Foundation. Read More

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• Karen Reardon named 2012 Dissertation Fellow by ARNOVA

  Doctoral student Karen Reardon has been recognized by the Association of Researchers on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Organizations (ARNOVA). Read More

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• Jonah Siegel receives research fellowship from the National Institute of Justice

  Doctoral student Jonah Siegel has received a 2012 Graduate Research Fellowship. Read More

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• Fiona Rose-Greenland receives fellowship to spend the year at the University of Oxford

  Doctoral Student Fiona Rose-Greenland is spending the year in Oxford England on a visiting fellowship. Read More

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• Mayer Zald Memorial scheduled

  A Celebration of Professor Mayer Nathan Zald's life has been scheduled for Saturday afternoon, September 29, 2012. Read More

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• Dan Hirschman awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Grant

  Ph.D. student Dan Hirschman has received a prestigious NSF Grant to assist with his dissertation research. Read More

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• Sarah Derheim receives 2012 Chesler Student Research Award

  Sarah Derheim, a first-year LSA student, received the 2012 Chesler Student Research Award for the best paper written by an undergraduate on a topic related to social justic or diversity. Read More

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• Austin Koslowlski receives 2012 Eita Krom Prize

  Rising senior Austin Koslowski has been awarded the 2012 Eita Krom Prize for best paper written by an undergraduate this year. Read More

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• ALUMNI NEWS - Stephanie Izard's restaurant Girl and the Goat named in Top Ten of Favorite U.S. Restaurants

  TripAdvisor has named Stephanie Izard's (B.A. 1998) Chicago restaurant Girl and the Goat one of the top 10 travelers' choice restaurants in the US. Read More

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• Professor Yu Xie publishes new book with Alexandra Killewald.

  Yu Xie has recently published a new book with recent alum Alexandra Killewald (Ph.D. 2011). Their new book is titled "Is American Science in Decline?" Read More

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• Hiroe Saruya receives ASA Graduate Student Paper Award

  CBSM (Collective Behavior and Social Movements) award for 2012! Read More

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• Trevor Hoppe recipient of the Martin P. Levine Memorial Dissertation Award

  This award was established to honor the memory of Martin Levine, who died of AIDS in 1993 Read More

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• Robert Jansen's article wins award

  One of Robert Jansen's recent articles has been recognized for its contribution to scholarship by the Political Sociology section of the ASA. Read More

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• Assistant Professor Greta Krippner's book wins two awards

  Professor Krippner's book "Capitalizing on Crisis" has been named the best book of the year by both the Economic Sociology section and the Political Sociology section of the ASA. Read More

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• Jay Borchert, Elizabeth Armstrong and Lai Sze Tso awarded Community of Scholars fellowship

  Each of these graduate students has been awarded this 4-month fellowship! Read More

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