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Recent Honors for SIPA Faculty

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Mahmood Mamdani (left), Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, received an honorary doctorate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. More›

Jagdish Bhagwati, Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences on May 1. More›

Bhagwati was also named a National Research Professor by the government of India. This prestigious professorship was instituted in 1949 and honors only a select few extraordinarily distinguished scholars.


Bentley MacLeod, Sami Mnaymneh Professor of Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. This prestigious fellowship is awarded to those who have made contributions of unusual distinction in the field of labor economics.