Matrix On Point
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Event Date: February 3rd, 2026
4:00pm-5:30pm
Matrix on Point: Corruption in America
This panel will bring together leading scholars from business, political science, and law to examine the many facets of corruption in the United States and the ways it is identified, constrained, and addressed. The panel will feature Sarah Anzia, Ernesto Dal Bó, and Erwin Chemerinsky, with Sean Gailmard moderating.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
Take No Prisoners
Through overcrowding, lockdowns, and medical neglect, the conditions in U.S. prisons have become unconstitutional, according to UC Berkeley legal scholar Jonathan Simon.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
Decline of the City-State
UC Berkeley historian Mark Peterson writes about the prominence—and ultimate decline—of city-states, using 18th- and 19th-century Boston as an example.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
ADHD Explosion
UC Berkeley Professors Stephen P. Hinshaw and Richard M. Scheffler argue that ADHD must be understood as a result of both social conditions and biology.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
A Critical Take on Cities
UC Berkeley's Critical Urbanisms Working Group draws upon diverse disciplines to re-examine cities and how they are planned and managed.
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Article
Published August 4, 2014
The Happy App
Tchiki Davis, a Berkeley social psychology Ph.D. candidate, is building an app to boost happiness.
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Published August 4, 2014
Dangerous Knowledge
An interdisciplinary working group at UC Berkeley aims to better understand how breakthrough scientific discoveries have been—and should be—regulated.
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