Social Sciences (Faculty & Staff)

Monday, April 3 | 4:00 - 6:00 P.M. PST | Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall

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From her position on the House Ways and Means Committee and as a member of the Subcommittees on Health, Worker and Family Support, and Oversight, Congresswoman Judy Chu has distinguished herself as a champion of working families. The first Chinese American woman elected to Congress, Rep. Chu has served as Chair of the Congressional...

The Berkeley chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society has made its first round of invitations to Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 graduates to join the liberal arts and sciences honors society founded in 1776. Over 700 seniors, almost all from the College of Letters & Science, are receiving emails notifying them of selection and detailing how to join.

If you are a Berkeley student and receive an invitation, please be sure to consider joining.

Fee waivers to cover the enrollment fee are available for those who face financial...

Join us for "The Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Vote in a More Tolerant Canada", a colloquium featuring Berkeley's Dr. Eric Guntermann, and Simon Fraser University's Dr. Edana Beauvais. This presentation analyzes original research on Canadian LGB voters’ political preferences a decade and a half after legalized same-sex marriage. Consistent with prior findings, gay men, and, to a lesser extent, bisexual men, are more left-wing than heterosexual men. A more novel finding is that bisexual women are the most left-wing group. Lesbian women are only slightly to the left of heterosexual...

Dr. Gillian Hart, Geography Professor Emerita, has won the AAG Presidential Achievement Award, which recognizes individuals who have made long-standing and distinguished contributions to the discipline of geography.

From the American Association of Geographers (AAG): "Professor Gillian Hart is recognized for her foundational work in the critical human...