
LSC University Ballroom
1 – 2 pm
Robert Putnam is the retired Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and research, including the National Humanities Medal in 2013. He is the author of 15 books, including Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, among the most cited and bestselling social science books in the last half century.
Putnam’s work from Bowling Alone is the subject of the film Join or Die, being screened on Thurs. April 11 at Lyric Cinema.
Free and open to the public. No RSVP required.