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News
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September 20, 2016
Steve Viscelli Interviewed about The Big Rig on Thinking Aloud on BYU Radio
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September 15, 2016
Emily Hannum Talks to Politifact About Female Education and Fertility
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September 14, 2016
Ph.D. Student Ran Liu Translates Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory by Randall Collins into Chinese
Events
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PSC Colloquium Series: Rachel Margolis, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario
Monday, September 26, 2016 - 12:00pm
103 McNeil Building
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Book Launch
Monday, September 26, 2016 - 5:30pm
Temple University Performing Arts Center (TPAC)
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Education & Inequality: Works-in-Progress Meeting
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 10:00am
PSC Conference Room, 5th fl. McNeil Building