Ju Hong (pictured), Marco Flores and Jessica G. are among some 200 undocumented students from 20 countries at UC Berkeley whom the Haas, Jr. Fund aims to help with a $1 million gift to provide scholarship assistance. It's the largest-single gift of its kind to any U.S. university.
> Read about the students' lives and the gift...
> Watch a video of Ju Hong talking about his life...
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Civil rights scholar john powell rethinks ideas of race for the 21st century in a recently published essay collection, Racing to Justice. In a Q&A with the UC Berkeley NewsCenter, powell discusses the book and his ambitious vision for the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at Berkeley.
> Read the full article and listen to powell speak ...
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When it comes to climate change, deforestation and toxic waste, the assumption has been that conservative views are intractable. But new research from UC Berkeley suggests that such opinions can be changed with messages couched in terms of fending off threats to the "purity" and "sanctity" of Earth and our bodies.
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