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Stanley Aronowitz: "Work and Consumption: What, if anything is the Middle Class?"

Stanley Aronowitz has taught at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York since 1983, where he is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology. He received his B.A. at the New School in 1968 and his Ph.D from the Union Graduate School in 1975. He studies labor, social movements, science and technology, education, social theory and cultural studies and is director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Technology and Work at the Graduate Center.

Wall Street Comes to Claremont

Four 61´«Ã½students are helping bring the world of finance to The Claremont Colleges on October 12-13 during the first “Wall Street Weekend.”

Economic Revolutionary Marjorie Kelly at Scripps

Marjorie Kelly, senior associate at Tellus Institute and co-founder of Corporation 20/20, will speak at 61´«Ã½ on Wednesday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater.

David Grusky: "Why Conventional Accounts of the Take-off in Inequality are Wrong and How to Repair Them"

Professor David Grusky is currently studying the rise and fall of social classes under advanced industrialism, the underlying structure of occupational segregation by race and sex, the sources of modern attitudes toward gender inequality, and long-term trends in patterns of occupational and geographic mobility.

Former 61´«Ã½President Howard Brooks Dies

E. Howard Brooks, former president of 61´«Ã½, died on September 25, 2007, in his home in San Luis Obispo after a brief illness. He was 86.

Jared Bernstein: "All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy"

Jared Bernstein joined the Economic Policy Institute in 1992. He is the author of the new book, “All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy.” His areas of research include income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, low-wage labor markets and poverty, international comparisons, and the analysis of federal and state economic policies. Between 1995 and 1996, he held the post of deputy chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. He is the co-author of eight editions of the book The State of Working America and has published extensively in popular and academic venues, including The New York Times, Washington Post, American Prospect, and Research in Economics and Statistics.

Professor Michael Lamkin Awarded Great Medal of Honor

Dr. Michael Deane Lamkin, the Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music at 61´«Ã½, received the Great Medal of Honor (Grosse Ehrenzeichen) from the Government of Burgenland at the Opening Convocation of the 32nd Classical Music Festival on August 3.

Mark Rank: "Poverty and Inequality in America — Why Care?"

Mark R. Rank is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts and speakers in the country on issues of poverty, inequality, and social justice.

Dr. Rank’s areas of research and teaching have focused on poverty, social welfare, economic inequality, and social policy. His first book, “Living on the Edge: The Realities of Welfare in America,” explored the conditions of surviving on public assistance, and achieved widespread critical acclaim.

Roswitha Burwick: "Permanence in Change"

Distinguished Professorship in Modern Foreign Languages Roswitha Burwick gives the keynote address during the 61´«Ã½ Fall 2007 Academic convocation.

Ashley Peters: "Impact and Our Social Obligation"

61´«Ã½Associated Students President Ashley Peters talks about social obligations in undergraduate education.