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Mentorship matters A mentor changed Jeanett Castellanos' life 25 years ago. She's been paying it forward ever since.
Her list of "kids" - more than 150
Anteaters long - reads like a Who's Who at the nation's top graduate
schools. Harvard, Michigan, Wisconsin, USC, Missouri, UCLA, NYU,
Illinois, Berkeley, Chicago, Oregon, Texas, Ohio State, Washington, to
name a few. They're also in high level posts at esteemed institutions
throughout the U.S. as professors, psychologists and administrators -
including a current dean at the University of Michigan and the
assistant dean at Oberlin College.
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Coming full circle Glenda Flores, Chicano/Latino studies, wants her first-generation students to know that she's been there and done that |
UCI receives second $1 million estate gift from former faculty member Christian Werner Donation supports graduate student research, scholarship in social sciences |
UCI is ranked 9th among nation's public universities by U.S. News and World Report Campus also receives high marks for low student debt, serving veterans |
Dean's Welcome Speaker Spotlight: Tami Bui Alumna and first-gen college student Tami Bui addresses incoming freshmen at Dean's Welcome |
The power of giving Reza Jahangiri '00 and Kelsey Galaway '10 - UCI grads who met in Uganda - have joined forces on intertwined ventures aimed at making the world a better place |
Fulbright scholar documents journey in Colombia Daniela Estrada, poli sci '17, documents her journey teaching English in Bogota |
UCI's five-minute linguist Linguistics professor Greg Scontras takes top prize in professional society's inaugural contest |
Grofman receives prestigious Merriam Award Honor recognizes political scientist's career research contributions to the art of government |
Social movements and media coverage UCI sociologist Edwin Amenta receives NSF funding to expand his study on which social movements get the most media coverage and why |
Cash is not a crime New study by IMTFI postdoctoral scholar finds efforts to curtail cash use hurts poor and does little to stop terrorism financing |
Schmidt awarded NSF fellowship Sociology grad student will continue research on growth machine politics in Mexico City, thanks to the National Science Foundation's GRFPe |
Study: Donors of Chinese descent vastly increase philanthropy, mostly to higher education UCI Long U.S.-China Institute partners with Global Chinese Philanthropy Initiative on major study |
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FIBRE Grand Opening Oct 2 |
The Global Turn: Thinking About the World from a Global Perspective Oct 5 |
Scholars at Risk
Oct 20
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An earlier presidential primary would hand California Democrats more political power (Audio) Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, on the pros and cons via Southern California Public Radio |
7 things people get wrong about American history Vicki Ruiz, Chicano/Latino studies and history, helps set the record straight in new Time Magazine piece |
The $15 minimum wage crowd tries a bait and switch David Neumark, economics, goes "under the hood" of the $15 minimum wage debate in new Wall Street Journal piece |
NFL owners who donated to Trump have fewer black executives than other teams Michael Tesler, poli sci, explains in The Washington Post |
China's demographic divisions are getting deeper Wang Feng, sociology, via The Economist |
Q&A: James Owen Weatherall on the importance of nothing Jim Weatherall, LPS, Physics Today |
