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Did you miss our 28th Annual Public Lecture?

Take a look at the video at the bottom of our ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE page! In case you weren't able to come to "Mass Incarceration and the Prospects of Reform" with Bruce Western, Professor of Sociology at Harvard and Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, our video should catch you up. Thanks to everyone who could attend!

Stephanie Lerner's honors thesis published in The Foundation Review

Stephanie Lerner's honors thesis was published in the most recent issue of The Foundation Review, a peer-reviewed Journal of Philanthropy.  The article, titled "Next-Generation Philanthropy: Examining a Next-Generation Jewish Philanthropic Network," is based on her senior seminar research that led her to conclude that the Millenials are changing the philanthropic terrain.

2012 Jacque Gordon Award for Urban Studies Public Service Internship - Applications due by March 30th!

The Urban Studies Program seeks applicants for a paid summer public service internship.  The internship supports the Urban Studies Program philosophy of the importance of linking theory and practice, and is meant to encourage students to pursue their interests in public service by working over the summer with non-profit or government organizations which otherwise could not afford to hire them.  This program is funded by a generous gift made by Dr. Jacques Gordon, a 1978 Urban Studies alum.  Dr.

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