ICPSR's Paul Courant receives one of the University of Michigan's top honors
ICPSR’s Paul Courant is one of six faculty members who have received one of the University of Michigan’s top honors as Distinguished University Professors.
Courant is a Faculty Associate at ICPSR and the PI of College and Beyond II, a new Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded project to build a new data infrastructure to study the impact of college, especially the extent of the liberal arts experience, on lifetime outcomes.
He is an Edward M. Gramlich Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Public Policy. He also is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy and professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; professor of economics, LSA; professor of information, School of Information; adjunct professor of law, Law School; and faculty associate, Institute for Social Research.
Recently appointed Distinguished University Professors are invited to give an inaugural lecture.
Distinguished University Professorships, established in 1947, recognize senior faculty with exceptional scholarly or creative achievements, national and international reputations for academic excellence and superior records of teaching, mentoring and service.
Each professorship bears a name determined by the appointive professor in consultation with his or her dean.
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