WHAT: The Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley, celebrates "Thirty Years of Research with a Conscience" with an all-day conference. Topics include youth culture and violence; immigration; how households are transformed when the female works full-time; and how UC Berkeley undergraduates adapt to the racial and ethnic diversity of the campus.

WHEN: Friday, Oct. 20, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

WHERE: Toll Room, Alumni House. See campus map at: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/

WHO: Featured panelists will include distinguished UC Berkeley scholars such as sociology professors Arlie Hochschild and Troy Duster, and law professor Franklin Zimring.

DETAILS: UC Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Social Change was founded in 1976. Its researchers use a combination of qualitative and quantitative social science research methods to undertake empirical investigations into critical social issues facing the nation, with a particular emphasis on the conditions of urban inequality and the potential for effective reform in California and western cities.

NOTE: The conference is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Institute for the Study of Social Change at (510) 642-0813.