social science

map of the U.S. color-coded by inclusiveness ranking. Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Hawaii, the Mid-Atlantic region, and NH/VT are deep read, while Texas and many of the southern states (plus WV and NC) are the palest pink

Politics & society

Hawai’i, New Zealand top 2024 “Inclusiveness Index” as U.S. ranking drops

The Othering and Belonging Institute's metrics included out-group violence, political representation, income inequality, anti-discrimination laws; incarceration rates, environmental impact, and immigration and asylum policies.

Campus news

New Palestinian and Arab Studies program established at UC Berkeley

A crowd of supporters holding signs and wearing Trump-branded shirts cheer as Donald Trump, blurred in the foreground, walks onto a stage.

Politics & society

Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift, with Trump as their ‘shame shield’

A front-facing view of the U.S. Supreme Court

Law

Supreme Court has ‘greenlighted the criminalization of homelessness,’ Berkeley experts say

Circle-shaped headshots of Jennifer Redfearn and John Connelly, UC Berkeley's newest recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships, are in shades of blue.

UC Berkeley historian, documentary filmmaker are 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

Harry Edwards stands on the sidelines of a football field speaking joyfully to a group of people.

From UC Berkeley to 49ers sidelines, Harry Edwards dreams with his eyes wide open

A person with long dark hair and glasses and a dark jacket and pants stands on a wooden pedestrian bridge looking away from the camera

For new Berkeley professor, solving homelessness requires data, direction — and belief

man in white shirt walking out of building looking into distance

Thirty years and 100 flights: This graduate says it was worth the journey

beige-colored bars looking into a jail cell

Study: Policies, not ‘bad apples,’ are behind racial disparities in jail

poster of Nelson Mandela on a pillar with people walking along nearby street

On the forefront of genetics, mental illness and trauma’s lasting effects

a row of blue lockers in a school hallway

School discipline can be predicted, new research says. Is it preventable?

As new Latinx studies programs stall nationwide, Berkeley offers an answer

I say dog, you say chicken? New study explores why we disagree so often

A portrait of a smiling woman with a red blazer next to a cover a book called The Burnout Challenge.

Burned out? Berkeley expert’s book offers roadmap to a better workplace

Berkeley Talks: Emiliana Simon-Thomas on where happiness comes from (revisiting)

mural of a man with his head in his hand

Berkeley Talks: America wants gun control. Why doesn’t it have it? (revisiting)

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