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Badgett Honored with University Conti Fellowship

M.V. Lee Badgett, director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration and professor of economics, has been awarded a Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship, a prestigious honor from the University of Massachusetts Amherst that recognizes outstanding scholarly work. Read more...