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Sociology world mourns after hit-and-run driver on Grand Avenue kills legendary labor scholar
UC Berkeley Social Sciences Dean Raka Ray released a statement distributed by the university saying that she was “reeling” ...
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Oakland hit-and-run collision claims life of renowned UC Berkeley sociology professor
A well-known 77-year-old University of California, Berkeley sociology professor was killed in a hit-and-run collision while ...
Sociology Professor's Death Shocks UC Berkeley Campus
Raka Ray, the dean of social sciences at Berkeley, said in a statement to HuffPost that she was “reeling” from the news about ...
Hit-and-run death of UC Berkeley professor emeritus Michael Burawoy an ‘unimaginable loss’
Michael Burawoy, 77, of Oakland, died after being hit by a car about 7:10 p.m. at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Park ...
Michael Burawoy (1947-2025): A scholar committed to taking sociology to the public
The Marxist sociologist wrote incisively about the way in which capital-labour relations played out in practice in industrial ...