Robert Putnam on America’s Social Crisis: The 2025 Russo Lecture

The renowned author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, and the subject of a new documentary, Join or Die, discusses his latest book, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again.

This lecture is made possible by the Russo Family Foundation in memory of Wanda and Robert Russo, Sr., M.D., FCRH ‘39.