President Barack Obama has appointed Marta Tienda, Princeton’s Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies, a professor of sociology and public affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and PLAS associated faculty member 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.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Ricardo Piglia ganó el Rómulo Gallegos
Por su novela Blanco Nocturno, se quedó con la XVII edición del premio, el más prestigioso de América latina. El ganador se conoció hoy, en Caracas, y entre los finalistas hubo seis argentinos.