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  1. The full paper on exec compensation by Bebchuk, Cohen, & Spamann is available here [pdf]: http://bit.ly/5byDeB about 16 hours ago from TweetDeck
  2. 3 Harvard profs release study analyzing of Lehman & Bear Stearns executive compensation from 2000-2008: http://bit.ly/6EwGn6 about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck
  3. Pew has a report up on the % of young adults moving back home: http://bit.ly/6gtgq3 9:30 AM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  4. WaPo article on African American unemployment rates (quotes' Soc's Devah Pager & Algernon Austin): http://bit.ly/4BJLKJ 6:27 AM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  5. WSJ article reports on statistics showing a significant increase in age-discrimination claims in the workplace: http://bit.ly/8tZERt 10:34 AM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  6. Remembering Sociologists: Valerie Oppenheimer, pioneering researcher on gender, family, & employment, dies at 77: http://bit.ly/7XAyVb 5:52 AM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  7. NYTimes article on test-prep classes for kindergarten entrance exams (esp. for gifted & talented kindergartens): http://bit.ly/7XCwCa 8:06 PM Nov 20th from TweetDeck
  8. A Slate article summarizes research (inc. Simmel & Milgram) on subways and norms: http://bit.ly/2Gs06R 5:36 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck
  9. Forbes reports on a study that ranks states on various health care variables w/ VT healthiest and MS least: http://bit.ly/4xWXJz 7:29 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck
  10. Soc's in the News: Patrick Carr & "Hollowing out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America": http://bit.ly/3EgRlC 3:32 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck
  11. Washington Post story on the rise in the number of people experiencing hunger in the U.S.: http://bit.ly/1bk2W3 9:50 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck
  12. Causation vs. correlation: a graph of "Rock music quality vs. US oil production" might make for a fun class discussion: http://bit.ly/3iQvPL 11:22 AM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
  13. A lecture by sociologist Steve Fuller reflecting on the 50th anniversary of C.P. Snow's "Two Cultures" lecture: http://bit.ly/1Ircv6 7:00 AM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
  14. @profgesser There are digital supplements. Best path: contact MH rep at http://bit.ly/uBOxu to gain access. 7:27 AM Nov 9th from web in reply to profgesser
  15. Soc's in the News: Alice S. Rossi, Sociologist and Feminist Scholar, Dies at 87 - NYT article: http://bit.ly/29S73g 6:11 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
  16. NYT article provides a brief primer on Claude Levi-Strauss's theories of 4 key binary opposites: http://bit.ly/FdshQ 7:52 AM Nov 8th from TweetDeck
  17. NYT article on high school students, clothes, gender identity & challenging norms: http://bit.ly/4mRCYG 11:00 AM Nov 7th from TweetDeck
  18. Soc's in the News: Interview with Howard Campbell on drug wars contrasting Juarez & El Paso; his book: Drug War Zone: http://bit.ly/4o3yU1 10:18 AM Nov 7th from TweetDeck
  19. Soc's in the News: Research finds teens w/ adult mentors increase likelihood of going to college 50%: http://bit.ly/Lphxu 5:15 AM Nov 6th from TweetDeck
  20. An overview of an old AJS article on friendship networks: Why Your Friends Have More Friends Than You Do: http://bit.ly/34iJT0 7:34 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck