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| American Cultures
Center |
The American Cultures requirement is a Berkeley
campus requirement, the one course that all undergraduate students at Cal
need to take and pass in order to graduate. The requirement was instituted in
1991 to introduce students to the diverse cultures of the United States
through a comparative framework. Courses are offered in more than forty
departments in many different disciplines at both the lower and upper
division level. The Center provides resources for faculty and students on
American Cultures. |
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| Biology Scholars Program |
Has performed diversity research and published work evaluating this program's impact on graduation and performance of its members relative to a control group of matched Berkeley students. Further studies of several kinds are underway. Member of the Coalition of of Excellence and Diversity in Mathematics, Science and Engineering -- a coalition of undergraduate student scholar programs.
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| Center on
Culture, Immigration and Youth Violence Prevention |
The Center's mission is to research the causes and
prevention of youth violence, especially among Asian Pacific Islander and
Latino immigrant populations in Oakland. To convert this research into a
reform agenda, the Center will serve as a gathering place for community
members, policy makers and researchers to identify shared priorities, develop
innovative strategies for studying these pressing concerns, and translate and
disseminate information and knowledge into health and community practice. |
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| Center for Health Research |
Established in 2001, the Center provided educational
programs and research management services for social scientists and other
investigators across the Berkeley campus as they address issues facing the
health sector in the US and throughout the world. |
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| Center for Information Technology
Research in the Interests of Society (CITRIS) |
Centered at UC Berkeley, CITRIS incubates research
on problems that have a major impact on the economy, quality of life, and
future success of California: conserving energy; education; saving lives,
property, and productivity in the wake of disasters; boosting transportation
efficiency; advancing diagnosis and treatment of disease; and expanding
business growth through much richer personalized information services. |
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| Center for
Latino Policy Research (CLPR) |
Established in 1989 in response to the research and
policy challenges of limited educational and economic opportunities facing
the Chicano and Latino population. Research activities and programs promoting
and supporting policies affecting the Latino population in the United States
remain the Center's focus. While CLPR supports research of varying concerns
and issues, the current interest on immigration, access to higher education,
and political participation predominates. |
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| Center
for Race and Gender (CRG) |
An interdisciplinary research and community outreach
center at the University of California Berkeley dedicated to fostering
explorations of race and gender and their intersections. |
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| Center for
Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence |
Grad School of Education. Funded from 1996-2004
through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. |
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| Center
for Social Services Research |
General research support in the social sciences. |
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| Diversity in
Mathematics Education (DiME) Center |
UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Unified School District
(BUSD) have embarked on a major partnership dealing with practical issues of
diversity and middle school mathematics. NSF funding supports DiME Fellows in
learning about issues of diversity. |
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| Institute
of Governmental Studies |
Advancing interdisciplinary research in American politics, government & public policy. |
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| Institute
of Human Development (IHD) |
Founded in 1927, IHD's primary mission is to foster
the study of biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors that
affect human development from birth through old age. What unites the members
of our Institute is a commitment to viewing human biological, psychological,
and sociocultural phenomena from a developmental perspective. |
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| Institute
of Industrial Relations |
Supports multidisciplinary research on all aspects
of labor and employment relations. |
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| Institute
of International Studies (IIS) |
promotes interdisciplinary research in
international, comparative, and policy studies on the Berkeley campus of the
University of California. |
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| Institute for the Study of
Social Change (ISSC) |
ISSC was founded in 1976. Its research and training
focuses on the multiple ways that social change processes socially construct
and transform the categories of race, ethnicity, class, and gender. ISSC
researchers use a combination of qualitative and quantitative social science
research methods to undertake empirical investigations into critical social
issues facing the nation, with a particular emphasis on the conditions of
urban inequality and the potential for effective reform in California and
western cities. ISSC also provides training and professional development to
graduate and undergraduate students. |
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| Institute
of Urban and Regional Development (IURD) |
Serves faculty and students of the University of
California, Berkeley, conducting research into processes of urban and
regional growth and decline, and effects of governing policies on the
patterns and processes of development |
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| Mental Health
& Social Welfare Research Group |
In addition to its research activities, ISSC
sponsors the Graduate Field Research Training Program. Now in its thirtieth
year, the Program provides an interdisciplinary research and training
environment as a complement to graduate programs in the social sciences and
professional schools. |
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| Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) |
Has conducted research evaluating program efficacy and diversity student performance. Member of the Coalition of of Excellence and Diversity in Mathematics, Science and Engineering -- a coalition of undergraduate student scholar programs.
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| Professional Development Program (PDP) |
Established in 1974 by faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, the Professional Development Program (PDP) promotes academic excellence and diversity for students and faculty from middle school through graduate school. PDP uses a strong research base to inform its recruitment and retention programs. PDP provides administrative and program support for
Coalition of of Excellence and Diversity in Mathematics, Science and Engineering -- a coalition of undergraduate student scholar programs: Biology Scholars, College of Chemistry Scholars, McNair Scholars, Physics Scholars, the Multicultural Engineering Program, the Professional Development Program, and the Student Learning Center. |
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| Survey
Research Center (SRC) |
General survey support. |
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| Townsend Center for the Humanities |
The Townsend Center distinguishes itself by its
broad definition of the humanities, its vision of the university as an
interlocking community that also reaches out to a larger public, and its role
as an essential hub for Berkeley's vast store of humanities-related
activities. |
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| Warren Institute |
The recently launched Chief Justice Warren Institute
on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity1 is a multidisciplinary, collaborative
venture to produce research, research-based policy prescriptions, and
curricular innovation on issues of racial and ethnic justice in California
and the nation. The mission is to research topics in civil rights, race and
ethnicity in a wide range of legal and public policy subject areas, providing
valuable intellectual capital to public and private sector leaders, the media
and the general public, while advancing scholarly understanding. |
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