{"id":8083,"date":"2026-04-22T16:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sociology\/?p=8083"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:14:05","slug":"phd-student-kassandra-thompson-selected-for-harvards-2026-sts-summer-school-in-potsdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sociology\/news\/phd-student-kassandra-thompson-selected-for-harvards-2026-sts-summer-school-in-potsdam\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Student Kassandra Thompson Selected for Harvard\u2019s 2026 STS Summer School in Potsdam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are very pleased to share that <strong>Kassandra<\/strong> has been accepted into the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stsprogram.org\/summerschool\/\">Harvard Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Summer School<\/a> for 2026. 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