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Congratulations to our 2022 David M. Howard Memorial Prize Winner, Christian Hosam

November 10, 2022
Luka Marks

This year’s winner is Christian Hosam, who is a (fifth year) Ph.D. candidate in political science. Christian's dissertation focuses on the role of the Congressional Black Caucus in Congress and how its activities and priorities have lined up with or diverged from those of the Black community over time.

Bio: Christian Hosam is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include race and politics, with particular interests in Black elite politics, coalition and conflict between communities of color,...

2022 Matsui Center Fellow brings public service learning to life; Sam Greenberg says students need more voice in city politics, Daily Cal reports

October 19, 2022
Luka Marks

In an October Daily Cal article, Cal-in-Sacramento Fellow Sam Greenberg discusses the struggles and slow progress Berkeley has made in enforcing its 2017 Berkeley Bicycle Plan, as well as the need for more student voice in city decisions around public safety. Greenberg, the President of the student-led advocacy organization "Telegraph for People", laments, "Students are kind of treated as second-class citizens in the city...People think they’re temporary residents who don’t really deserve the same voice as permanent residents in the city, but since students are a third of the...

https://dailycal.org/2022/10/19/berkeley-struggles-to-enforce-city-bike-plans(link is external)

Center for Community Innovation study featured Daily Mail UK article discussing the slow social and economic recovery of urban downtown areas

August 19, 2022
Luka Marks

IGS Affiliate faculty Karen Chapple's work tracking and ranking the rate of economic recovery of downtown hubs across the US and Canada was featured in an August 2022 article. To read the article, click here(link is external). To see the study,click her(link is external)e

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11126101/Portland-San-Francisco-Clevela…(link is external)

Co-Director Mora featured at this year's Prytanean Society Homecoming Lecture

September 23, 2022
Ezra Bristow

IGS Co-Director Cristina Mora discusses Latinos and the Future of the U.S. Racial Landscape as the guest lecturer for the 2022 Prytanean Society Homecoming Lecture, held on Friday, September 23rd.

Communities are expected to make up more than 20 percent of the U.S. population over the coming decade. But questions remain about inequality, identity, racial justice, and multiracial democracy. This talk examines how the construction of race and ethnicity in America has historically served as a mechanism for reinforcing Latinx inequality and institutionalized racism more broadly....

We're Hiring Library Student Assistants!

June 30, 2022
We are Hiring Library Student Assistants! Student Assistants needed for the Summer and Fall! Start Date: Approximately July 15 Ability to work some Afternoons Email your resume and schedule to pking@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) and please include the position number in your subject line (6611472762)!