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Betsy Levy Paluck was honored for applying theory-driven interventions to successfully reduce prejudice and conflict in settings from American high schools to post-conflict Rwanda.

Princeton economist Alan Blinder to receive 2023 Moynihan Prize for scholarship and public service .

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will award the 2023 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize to Princeton economics professor Alan Blinder. The Moynihan Prize is awarded annually to a leading policy-maker, social scientist or public intellectual whose career demonstrates the value of using research and evidence to improve the human condition.

Fifteen faculty members transfer to emeritus status .

Fifteen Princeton University faculty members were transferred to emeritus status in recent action by the Board of Trustees.

Symposium focuses on Latino issues in America .

A symposium designed to highlight important developments and achievements of Latinos in America and to address challenges facing that community is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, in McDonnell and Jadwin halls.

Jackson-Weaver receives MLK Day Journey Award .

Karen Jackson-Weaver, Princeton University's associate dean for academics and diversity in the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, was honored Jan. 21 with the Martin Luther King Day Journey Award, which recognizes efforts to continue the journey to achieve the civil rights leader's vision.

FACULTY AWARD: White House appoints Tienda to advisory commission .

President Barack Obama has appointed Marta Tienda, Princeton's Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies and a professor of sociology and public affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Tienda was sworn in on May 26. The commission is tasked with advising Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on how to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for Hispanics.

Perspective on: Latino studies and the immigration debate .

Marta Tienda, the Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies, professor of sociology and public affairs, and director of the Program in Latino Studies, discusses the University's new Program in Latino Studies and her two new research projects on immigration and migration as well as the immigration debate.