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At a recent UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix panel on “Wealth & Poverty,” Stanford Sociology Chair David Grusky described the United States as experiencing a “second Gilded Age,” marked by extreme income inequality.

In a presentation…

Tomás Jiménez, the Joan B. Ford Professor, has been reappointed as the Robert and Ruth Halperin University Fellow in Undergraduate Education.

Bass Fellows are invited to join the Bass Council of Fellows, which meets quarterly and advises…

Phi Beta Kappa hosted a presentation by Tomás R. Jiménez examining the idea of the United States as a “nation of immigrants.” 

Jiménez argued that having a large immigrant population does not necessarily make a country a “nation of…

A recent Science article examining the growing persuasive power of artificial intelligence points to collaborative research by Robb Willer that helped establish how effectively AI-generated messages can change people’s views.

The Science…

Jackelyn Hwang is an expert on the social dynamics of cities. In one line of research, she combines AI and Google Street View to measure quality-of-life factors – such as trash, blight, new construction, and the pace of recovery from climate…