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Society & Culture
October 21, 2016 | 01:27 pm

Social critic Christopher Lasch’s enduring influence

In a recent interview, Vox editor Ezra Klein asked Hillary Clinton to name three books that have influenced how she thinks about policy. Clinton’s reply included the work of Christopher Lasch, who was a historian at the University of Rochester for nearly a quarter of a century.

topics: Christopher Lasch, Department of History, Jeff Ludwig, School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences,
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University News
May 2, 2016 | 11:02 am

SA Government names Professors of the Year

Students submitted 63 nominations, and a Student Association Government academic affairs legislature committee deliberated and selected the winners.

topics: awards, David Goldfarb, Department of Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of Political Science, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, humanities, Kirt Komocki, Laurel Carney, Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences, Stuart Jordan,
Urszula Gacek
Society & Culture
April 13, 2016 | 11:14 am

Q&A: Poland’s evolving democracy

Urszula Gacek, consul general of the Republic of Poland in New York, will discuss the transformation of local government in Poland and its integration of public-private partnership, participatory budgeting, and civil society.

topics: Department of Political Science, politics, School of Arts and Sciences, Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, Social Sciences,