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As one of the oldest departments of sociology in the country, Penn Sociology continues its tradition of excellence with twenty-plus award-winning, distinguished faculty recognized for their scholarly achievements and leadership in the field. With University support, our top-ranked Department has been able to recruit some of the best graduate students in the country, and to do our part in maintaining the University of Pennsylvania's highly-regarded undergraduate program.
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News
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July 11, 2019
Irma Elo and Samuel Preston's Research on Life Expectancy and Non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S. featured in Penn Today
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July 9, 2019
Graduate Student Raka Sen Among 2019 #ResearchforChange Grant Recipients
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July 9, 2019
Daniel Aldana Cohen and Kevin Ummel published Follow the Carbon: The Case for Neighborhood-Level Carbon Footprints, a policy digest with Penn's Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Events
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Culture, Ethnography, and Interaction: TBA
Workshop
Friday, September 6, 2019 - 12:00pm
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Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: David Fitzgerald, Professor, Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations and Co-Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego
Colloquium
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 12:00pm
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Culture, Ethnography, and Interaction: TBA
Workshop
Friday, September 13, 2019 - 12:00pm
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