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Fienberg inducted into Academy

Stephen E. Fienberg, Maurice Falk professor of statistics and social science at Carnegie Mellon, was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass., Saturday.

Fienberg was among this year’s 202 new fellows and 23 foreign honorary members that composed the academy’s 227th class of fellows. Among this year’s inductees were former Vice President Albert Gore Jr.; former Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; and filmmaker Spike Lee.

Criteria for induction into the academy include exemplary scholarship, artistic triumphs, and service to society.

All new members are nominated and elected by current members of...

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