Institute of Governmental Studies

Today, a UC Berkeley work crew stripped the lettering off Moses Hall after UC President Michael Drake approved a proposal submitted by campus Chancellor Carol Christ in December to unname the building, according to a campus press release. The building, temporarily dubbed Philosophy Hall, awaits approval for the formal renaming. 

UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, released its most recent poll on Californian voters and the threats to American democracy Saturday.

G. Cristina Mora, an associate professor in the UC Berkeley sociology department and co-director of the Institute of Governmental Studies, said she feels invisible and underrepresented at UC Berkeley as a member of the Latine community.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., discussed threats to American democracy and the role of women’s leadership at former senator Barbara Boxer’s annual campus lecture Monday. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is projected to win Tuesday’s recall election, defeating top Republican candidate and radio talk-show host Larry Elder, as of press time. 

In light of increasing crime rates across the United States, 56% of California voters believe that restricting the sale and possession of guns can reduce crime in their community, according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, poll published Thursday. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall election is much closer among voters considered most likely to participate than among the general electorate, according to a Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, report released Tuesday.

A UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, poll found that California voters of color, primarily Latinx and Native American individuals, are more likely to report being negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and to support hazard pay for essential workers.

A poll released Thursday by UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, found that California Republicans are less likely to seek the COVID-19 vaccine.

In a poll conducted by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, received more negative than positive ratings from California voters for the first time in her tenure.