Robert Putnam
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Robert Putnam, political scientist and author of ‘Bowling Alone,’ comes to Vanderbilt Sept. 19
Dialogue Vanderbilt is partnering with the Aspen Institute’s Weave Project to bring Robert Putnam to campus to explore “How to Heal a Divided America" on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 p.m. Read MoreSep 9, 2024
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Vanderbilt University partners with the Aspen Institute’s Weave Project to explore “How to Heal a Divided America”
“How to Heal a Divided America” will begin in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sept. 12 and culminate on Sept. 19–20, 2024, with a joint event with the Aspen Institute’s Weave: The Social Fabric Project and Dialogue Vanderbilt. Read MoreJul 16, 2024
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Political scientist discusses growing social gap between rich and poor at Chancellor’s Lecture
Some 40 years ago, children born to families belonging to the upper third of American society and those born to families on the lower third of the economic scale had roughly equal chance of achieving success in life. Not so any more, said Harvard University political scientist Robert Putnam Monday evening at the Student Life Center. Read MoreDec 1, 2016
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Harvard’s Putnam to discuss inequality gap at Chancellor’s Lecture Nov. 28
Prominent political scientist Robert D. Putnam, whose latest book examines the widening class-based opportunity gap among young people and its long-term effect on social mobility, will speak at Vanderbilt University Monday, Nov. 28, as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Read MoreNov 16, 2016