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SPOTLIGHT EVENT - Leading Pollster John Zogby to Analyze ‘08 Election Day Results in Talk at UCI
XIV Dalai Lama scholarship goes to students seeking understanding in Middle East
Battle of the sexes
Crossing over  For political science and international studies double major Cristian Martinez, research opens doors to a promising career - and new life
UC Irvine undergraduate Cristian Martinez has made the most of every opportunity that’s come her way. In a few short years, she’s gone from foster care to the halls of power in Washington, D.C. Because of her in-depth study of the U.S.-Mexico border, she was tapped for a foreign policy internship in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. Research has changed her life. Read On... Vision and motion  Study to shed light on how visual cues and motor activities formulate perception A bystander witnesses a crime and must recount to police the details of what took place. A catcher studies the cues of a runner on first in order to judge whether or not he’ll attempt to steal second. A shopper avoids collisions in a crowded mall by paying attention to others’ movements. Whether the end result is catching a criminal or avoiding a head-on collision with hurried holiday shoppers, the ability to accurately pair together shapes, colors and motion is essential in creating our awareness of the world around us. With a newly awarded $511,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Emily Grossman, cognitive sciences assistant professor, will study how the human brain processes these complex patterns to formulate our perception and in which area of the brain it all takes place. Read On... Los Angeles’ immigrants & children of immigrants topic of three new UCI studies
SPOTLIGHT EVENT - "Ask a Mexican!" Columnist and Author to Discuss OC’s Immigration Evolution Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 3:00 pm SPOTLIGHT EVENT - Charles A. Lave Memorial Celebration
SPOTLIGHT EVENT - Red Cents in Indian Country: Native Claims to Things
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
2008 recipients Moran Cohen, business economics major, and Ali Malik, history major, are also Olive Tree Initiative student leaders 
New UCI study to examine role differences between husbands and wives in households around the world 
Researchers to examine how 1.5 and second generations vote, acculturate, and define and measure success in school and work
e County’s immigration history at an up-coming UCI book talk and signing for his newly released title, Orange County: A Personal History. A frequent contributor to the OC Weekly, Los Angeles Times and several local radio stations, Arellano’s controversial, no-holds-barred perspectives on immigration issues and Mexican stereotypes have also landed him appearances on NBC’s "The Today Show;" ABC’s "Nightline;" NPR’s "Talk of the Nation;" MSNBC’s "The Situation with Tucker Carlson;" and Comedy Central’s "The Colbert Report." He will be teaching a course on the history and evolution of Orange County for the School of Social Sciences during winter quarter.
Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
November 24-25, 2008
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