We have an art history alumna (2010) who won a Pulitzer Prize! She wrote an honors thesis on viceregal Entrada ceremonies in New Spain and compared them to border art interventions. Public humanities!
Leah Binkovitz (History of Art, ‘10), a senior editorial writer at the Houston Chronicle, has been awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing as part of the Chronicle’s editorial board. The winning series, “Dangerous Crossings(link is external),” exposed critical failures in rail safety in Houston’s East End, including the tragic death of Milby High School student Sergio Rodriguez, and helped prompt a $350 million grant program approved by the Texas Senate to improve pedestrian safety statewide, as reported by the Houston Chronicle
Go to https://artshumanities.berkeley.edu/news/leah-binkovitz-history-art-%E2%80%9810-wins-2025-pulitzer-prize-editorial-writing to read more.