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Welcome back Cal Bears! Join us for an afternoon of refreshments and reconnection at our Fall Welcome Reception on Tuesday, September 9th at the IGS Library! Click to RSVP! 

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Applications for the Matsui Center's Spring 2026 student programs are OPEN!

Harold Palmer Smith, Jr. (1935-2025)

IGS remembers Harold P. Smith Jr., an IGS Distinguished Scholar in Residence.

LoCALDig digitizes 5000th item!

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Berkeley IGS Poll

Click to read the latest findings from the June poll.

VIDEO: 2025 Matsui Lecture

Watch "Lessons from a Lifetime of Public Service" with Rep. Anna Eshoo on YouTube!

Public Service Career Resources

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UPCOMING EVENTS!

IGS in the News

August 13, 2025

Aug 13
Berkeley News interviews Cal-in-Sacramento Fellows about their desire to "shape ‘real policy for real people’ in Sacramento"

July 24, 2025

Jul 24
Berkeleyside: IGS Library Digitization Project highlighted in Berkeley Wire

June 23, 2025

Jun 23
LA Times - IGS Poll shows Californians want ballots in more languages
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IGS News

August 1, 2025

Aug 01
Harold Palmer Smith, Jr., Distinguished IGS Scholar in Residence (1935-2025)

June 24, 2025

Jun 24
2025 Democracy Camp in DC Journal

June 2, 2025

Jun 02
Berkeley IGS Poll in Progress this Week (June 2 - June 9)
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