George L. Simpson, Jr., 91, died December 13, 2012, following a lengthy illness. He was born October 27, 1921, in Concord, North Carolina, the only child of George L. Simpson, Sr., and Willie Odessa Hudson Simpson. After graduating from Concord … Read more
The Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) is an organization that can help you learn more about how a career or understanding of human resources can help you find a job. SHRM strives to help students build their careers by providing … Read more
Please see the attached link for Dr. Landsberger’s obituary. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsobserver/obituary.aspx?pid=160118410#fbLoggedOut
As a longtime faculty member in the department of sociology, Glen Elder (Ph.D. ’61) is aware of the funding challenges faced by its students. That’s why when he and his wife decided to make a planned gift to UNC, they … Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Yunzhou Du, a visiting postdoctoral scholar from China. Du was granted a National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) award for a four-year period. The project proposal title is “Institutional Pluralism and the Mechanism of Formation and Management … Read more
American Sociological Association honors S. Philip Morgan with the 2012 Otis Dudley Duncan Award S. Philip Morgan and co-authors Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, Christine Bachrach and Hans Peter Kohler received the 2012 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography … Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Yang Yang, who has been selected to receive a 2012 Ruth and Phillip Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement. The award is one of the University’s most prestigious acknowledgments of faculty excellence. The selected committee felt … Read more
Congratulations to Karolyn Tyson whose book, Integration Interrupted: Tracking, Black Students, and Acting White After Brown was awarded this year’s Sociology of Education ASA section award for best published book. The ASA section on Sociology of Education supports a community … Read more
Congratulations are in order for Dr. Arne Kalleberg, who has received one of the highest scholarly honors that the Academy of Management can bestow on an author: the George R. Terry Book Award. The George R. Terry Book Award is … Read more
Congratulations to Mike Shanahan who was recently elected to the Sociological Research Association!
