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Mortality

The "Mortality" research stream examines how the different social-science disciplines touch upon death and dying, drawing upon new and emerging research from across UC Berkeley.

April 21, 2020 by Irene Bloemraad and Jasmijn Slootjes

COVID-19 is blind to legal status, but can disproportionately hurt immigrants

 COVID-19 is blind to legal status, but can still disproportionately hurt immigrants, argue Jasmijn Slootjes and Irene Bloemraad from the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative

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  • April 13, 2020 by Isha Ray

    Hand-washing in the Time of COVID-19

    In the era of COVID-19, the public health directive to "wash your hands" is a challenge for people with limited access to clean water, writes UC Berkeley researcher Isha Ray.

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  • March 27, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    COVID-19: UC Berkeley Social Sciences Portal

    Virus

    In partnership with the Office of the Dean of the Division of Social Sciences, Social Science Matrix created a portal to aggregate insights about the coronavirus pandemic from the UC Berkeley social science community.

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  • February 7, 2019 by Chuck Kapelke

    Funding Available: Matrix Research Teams; Sciences Po, Erasmus+ Freie Universitaet Grants

    Social Science Matrix seeks proposals for Matrix Research Teams for the 2019-2020 academic year, and we invite applications for collaboration grants with Sciences Po and Freie Universität Berlin.

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  • September 20, 2017 by Chuck Kapelke

    Matrix Welcomes 2017-2018 Dissertation Fellows

    From improving census measurements in developing nations to exploring environmentally balanced livestock policies, this year's Social Science Matrix Dissertation Fellows are tackling important challenges that span disciplinary boundaries.

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  • March 16, 2017 by Adora Lily Svitak

    Network Survival Method

    Dennis Feehan, Assistant Professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Demography, explains a pioneering approach to predicting adult mortality.

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  • February 20, 2017 by Adora Lily Svitak

    Racism and Heart Health

    UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher Jordan B. Leitner investigates the connections between health disparities and levels of racial bias within communities.

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  • March 10, 2016 by Yana Skorobogatov

    Vocal Fry and the "Frequency Code"

    John J. Ohala, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, explores a plausible connection between lion manes and the creaky-voice phenomenon known as "vocal fry".

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  • June 1, 2015 by Joy Neumeyer

    Tribal Tongues

    After nearing extinction, California Indian languages are gaining new speakers—and a digital presence—with the help of UC Berkeley’s Linguistics Department.

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  • May 12, 2015 by Bathsheba Demuth

    After the Maidan

    UC Berkeley scholars present diverse viewpoints on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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  • May 7, 2015 by Marlee Tichenor

    Battling Ebola

    A UC Berkeley professor has been part of a network of researchers working to apply local anthropological knowledge in the fight to contain the most deadly Ebola outbreak in history.

     

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