Social Sciences

As editor in chief of The Daily Californian, Ananya Rupanagunta spent her final year at UC Berkeley facing a challenge many newsrooms across the country are dealing with: how to keep journalism alive during a time of financial uncertainty, political tension and growing distrust in the media.

This month, the molecular and cell biology with an emphasis in neurobiology and history double major will graduate after helping lead a campaign to secure critical funding for The Daily Cal. Her efforts helped pass a student fee to preserve and protect...

Two of the country’s most influential economists stepped onto a UC Berkeley stage earlier this month to debate one of California’s biggest political and economic questions: Should billionaires pay more to help fund healthcare?

Hosted by the Berkeley Political Union and co-sponsored by the Young America Foundation and the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality at UC Berkeley, the “Clash of the Titans” debate...

The oldest scholarly organization in the U.S., the American Philosophical Society, has elected two UC Berkeley faculty members to its ranks.

In a May 1 announcement, the society named historian Carla Hesse and chemist Jeffrey Long to the 2026 class. A total of 43 national and international scholars received the honor.

The society was founded...

For Akanksha Das, migration is more than an academic interest; it is embedded in her identity. Born in India and raised in Belgium, she draws on first-hand experience with cultural integration in her study of migration policies.

At UC Berkeley, Das will graduate this month with a bachelor’s degree in global studies, concentrating in peace and conflict, with a minor in public policy. Her academic work reflects a sustained commitment to examining migration through both global studies frameworks and personal experience...