Professor Saskia Sassen Wins Prince of Asturias Award for Social Science

Saskia Sassen

Saskia Sassen, the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, has won the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for social science for her contribution to urban sociology and to the analysis of the social, economic and political dimensions of globalization, according to the prize jury.

Sassen’s main fields of study are immigration and the role of major cities in the management of the international economy. One of her greatest contributions is her concept of the “global city” and its social, economic and political dimensions.

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'Covering Religion' Journalism Class Reports From Rome During Papal Investiture

Prof. Ari Goldman and his students in Rome

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Continuing Education Students Launch Innovative Effort to Fight Disfiguring Disease in Afghanistan

From left: public health cartoon book used to increase awareness for leishmaniasis; Ahmad Azadi, Andreina Dominguez and Barbara Becker

Three students Barbara Becker's School of Continuing Education class, “Communications for Social Change,” set out to educate male heads of household about leishmaniasis.

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