Rep. Nancy Pelosi will launch an eponymous academic institute at the University of California, Berkeley focusing on “strengthening American democracy” when she retires from Congress after nearly 40 years of public service, the former House speaker announced Monday.
The nonpartisan institute, dubbed the Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy, or NPI, will include faculty research programs, undergraduate classes to “prepare future leaders,” a visiting fellowship program that will bring national and world leaders to campus, and an annual forum, the university said Monday. The institute is scheduled to open in January 2027.
Students will also have the opportunity to learn directly from Pelosi, who will co-teach a class on Congress.