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Thu, Dec 20, 2012
Dr. Simone Browne on Academia and Twitter
Wed, Dec 12, 2012
Dr. Javier Auyero Receives Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship
Wed, Nov 21, 2012
KEYE-TV Interviews Dr. Christine Williams on Walmart Black Friday Employee Walk Out
Fri, Nov 16, 2012
School Exclusion Policies Stigmatize Arrested Teens and Contribute to Educational Failure, New Study Shows
Wed, Nov 14, 2012
Researchers Receive $3.2 Million Grant to Study Development Across Human Lifespan
Mon, Nov 5, 2012
Sociology Graduate Student Named 2012 Powers Fellow
Wed, Oct 31, 2012
Sociology Panel on Minority Issues Featured in Daily Texan
Mon, Oct 29, 2012
The Hard Tuth about Telecommuting
Wed, Oct 17, 2012
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? Wins Hamilton Book Award
Tue, Oct 16, 2012
"New Ways of Working, Same Old Gender Inequality": Sociologists Examine New Work Barriers for Women
Mon, Oct 8, 2012
Researchers Chronicle Early Impacts of Texas Family Planning Cuts
Mon, Oct 8, 2012
Mortality Rate of Women with Less Than a High School Diploma Is Increasing
Mon, Oct 1, 2012
"Changing the Reputation of Rundberg": APD Hires Sociology Professor in Community Reclamation Project
Mon, Oct 1, 2012
New CLA Building Near Completion
Tue, Sep 25, 2012
Study by Recent UT Graduate Links Lower Education Levels and Decreased Lifespans Among Whites
Tue, Sep 18, 2012
"All Violence Is Paid For": Urban Violence in Buenos Aires
Thu, Sep 13, 2012
Religions Play Positive Role in African AIDS Crisis
Fri, Sep 7, 2012
Responding to Disaster: Dr. Ronald Angel and Dr. Holly Bell on Disaster, Displacement and Government Response
Tue, Aug 21, 2012
Oxford University Press Publishes "Religion and AIDS in Africa"
Tue, Aug 21, 2012
Study Presented at ASA Reveals Link Between Marriage and Alcohol Consumption
Tue, Aug 21, 2012
Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson Receives 2012 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Mon, Jul 9, 2012
Sociology Doctoral Candidate Awarded Moore Fellowship to Study Forced Relocation
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
Alcohol Abuse Might Be the Cause – Rather than the Effect – of Social Isolation and Poor Grades Among Teenagers, Study Shows
Fri, Jun 8, 2012
UT-Austin Sociology Graduates Ready to Change the World
Wed, Jun 6, 2012
The Obamas and the New Politics of Race
Wed, May 30, 2012
Graduate Student Receives Prestigious Research Award
Tue, May 29, 2012
Dr. Maya Charrad Invited to Speak at White House and UN
Thu, May 24, 2012
Article on Health Insurance Coverage Among Older Women Receives Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize
Thu, May 24, 2012
Sociology Undergraduate Elected Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholar
Mon, May 14, 2012
Dr. Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez Receives Women's and Gender Studies Gilbert Teaching Excellence Award
Mon, May 14, 2012
Sociology Graduate Students Receive Fellowships
Wed, May 9, 2012
Sociology Majors Receive Prestigious Awards
Mon, May 7, 2012
Sport, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building in Deeply Divided Societies
Mon, May 7, 2012
Sociology Professor and PRC Director Mark Hayward Appointed to National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Population
Mon, May 7, 2012
Measuring the Effects of Texas Family Planning Cuts
Fri, May 4, 2012
The Daily Texan's Q&A with Dr. Ben Carrington
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
Dr. Mark Warr Named American Society of Criminology Fellow
Mon, Apr 9, 2012
Dr. Debra Umberson Wins Investigator Award in Health Policy Research
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
Does Marriage Make People Happy?
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Sociology Students Named Distinguished Graduates of 2012
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Graduate Student Amy Lodge Receives 2012 Norval Glenn Prize
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
2011-12 PhD Placements
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
Dr. Kelly Raley Named Editor of Journal of Marriage and Family
Fri, Feb 17, 2012
Urban Ethnography Lab Opening in Summer 2013
Wed, Feb 15, 2012
Dr. John Mirowsky receives Pearlin Award
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
"Contraception Issue More than Just Politics"
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
Quality Day Care Predicts Later Parental Involvement in School
Thu, Feb 9, 2012
Sociology PhD Alum Receives Early Career Award
Thu, Feb 2, 2012
Dr. Ronald Angel Receives Award for Excellence in Research on Aging
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
The Lost Battalion: Sociology Professor Establishes New Scholarship in Honor of Father's Legacy
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Sociology Graduate Student Kate Prickett Accepts Award at 2011 Gerontological Society of America Meeting
Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Educational Disadvantages Associated with Race Still Persist in Brazil Despite Improvements, New Study Shows
Fri, Jan 6, 2012
2011-12 PhD Placements
Thu, Jan 5, 2012
Sociology Alumna Dana Britton Appointed to Head Rutgers Center for Women and Work