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Sonalde Desai Retires After 30 Years, Establishes New Research Fund

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Patricia Hill Collins Receives $1M Berggruen Philosophy Prize

Retiring Professor Joan Kahn Establishes New Fund to Support Future SOCY Students

SOCY’s Sonalde Desai Named AAAS Fellow

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SOCY Faculty Offer Advice for Success

Professor Ray Honored with Public Understanding of Sociology Award

Sonalde Desai Elected President of the Population Association of America

Dawn Dow's "Mothering While Black" wins William J. Goode Book Award

Statement from Dean Ball Against Racism and Bigotry

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Jerry Hage Publishes New Book

Emeritus faculty member Jerry Hage recently published a new book titled "Solving Crises in Capitalism and Democracy: Inter-Organizational Networks, Social Inequality, and Populism."

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UMD-led Open Research Platform Wins Prestigious Sociology Prize

The Kohli Foundation for Sociology has announced that SocArXiv is the winner of its 2025 Infrastructure Prize for Sociology. This honor especially recognizes the leadership of SocArXiv founder Professor Philip N. Cohen of the Department of Sociology.

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