Haskell Wong family recognizes UC Berkeley’s rich history in the disability rights movement with new endowment

UC Berkeley has a new endowment for its disability studies program thanks to a family of alums. The Haskell Wong Endowment for Disability Studies will be seeded with $900,000 to expand instruction and research. The endowment will ultimately provide tens of thousands of dollars for the program every year, inspiring future generations to engage in […]

Can an aquifer be injured? Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair

In her new book Disabled Ecologies, UC Berkeley professor Sunaura Taylor returns to a Tucson Superfund site to document how residents organized one of the earliest and most successful environmental justice movements in the country.

At 20, Berkeley’s Disability Studies shines with renewed energy