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UCI LIFTED
 
 
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Leveraging inspiring futures
 
UCI ceremony celebrates 23 graduates of first UC in-prison bachelor's program

 
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DeSipio and Smith
 
 
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UCI Podcast: Review of first presidential debate of 2024
 
Political scientists Louis DeSipio and Tony Smith discuss key takeaways and what's next

 
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Zotting into the sunset
 
 
UC Irvine shines in Princeton Review, Money ratings
 
Campus praised for academic excellence and value
 
 
Gavel with book
 
 
University of California, Irvine School of Law and the School of Social Sciences announce scholarship initiative and 3+3 articulated pathway
 
Qualified recipients will receive $90,000 over three years at UC Irvine School of Law and, if enrolled in the 3+3 pathway, could earn their Bachelor's and Juris Doctor degrees in six years, as opposed to the traditional seven
 
 
 
Pathways Project
 
 
Humanizing the academic review process
 
Multi-year UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Pathways Project brings greater transparency, equity to faculty tenure and promotion process
 
 
Lang sci
 
 
Computational language science post-baccalaureate program launches at UC Irvine
 
Eight-course series will prepare students for careers, graduate studies in computational linguistics
 
 
 
 
Language Heritage Institute
 
 
Researchers from 44 universities gather at UC Irvine for bi/multilingual conference
 
International conference was 15th Annual Heritage Language Research Institute
 
 
PIRE students
 
 
A gateway to global research
 
PIRE program offers students rare international research opportunities
 
 
 
Kristen Monroe
 
 
Politics, Principle and Standing Up to Donald Trump: Moral Courage in the Republican Party
 
New book coauthored by UCI political scientist Kristen Monroe discusses ethics and principles and their relative place in politics
 
 
LSA award winners
 
 
UC Irvine professors Kaaryn Gustafson, Ari Ezra Waldman and Kelley Fong receive 2024 Law and Society Association awards
 
Awards recognize the faculty for groundbreaking publications and contributions to the study of law and society
 
 
 
Irene Vega
 
 
Vega named Hellman Fellow for 2024-25
 
Sociologist is one of 10 UC Irvine faculty members recognized by program that supports research by promising assistant professors
 
 
FATE fellows
 
 
Three social scientists among second class of UCI FATE Fellows
 
Honor recognizes the outstanding faculty as model educators
 
 
 
 
Simone Chambers
 
 
Wrecking the public sphere: Democracy is undermined by bad actors, not platforms
 
Simone Chambers, poli sci, explains in this piece for the Charles F. Kettering Foundation
 
 
Jenks, Lowman and Straughn
 
 
AI for learning: Experiments from three anthropology classrooms
 
UCI anthropologists Angela Jenks, Christopher Lowman & Ian Straughn share findings in this piece for Anthropology News
 
 
 
David Theo Goldberg
 
 
Episode 1: On Dread: Facing Futureless Futures
 
David Theo Goldberg, anthropology, shares his work on The Identities Podcast (Podcast)
 
 
David Neumark
 
 
Help really wanted? The impact of age stereotypes in job ads
 
David Neumark lends expertise in the Hoover Institution's latest Policy Brief (Video)
 
 
 
 
The Clucks
 
 
Anteater advisors and advocates
 
Tammi and Bob Cluck '78 share their love for UCI and the many opportunities through which they give back
 
 
Tracy Charles with others
 
 
Innovation in action
 
Tracy Charles, UCI social sciences graduate affairs analyst, takes first place in UCI's Work Reimagined 2.0 Pitch Competition with DocuSign solution
 
 
Summer Session
 
 
STUDENTS: Summer Session
 
With Summer Session 1 officially underway, don't miss out on an opportunity to enroll in Session 2 which begins Aug 5! New classes have been added to the lineup, including a timely course on AI literacy
 
 
 
 
 
soc sci
in the media
 
Social sciences faculty and graduate students are consistently sought by media for their expertise in areas ranging from digital play to gender pay. Check out some of our top hits, self-authored pieces, and on-air interviews below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 
Jack Liebersohn

America's frozen housing market is warping the economy

Workers are reluctant to accept job offers in another state if it means sacrificing low housing costs, so labor mobility has taken a hit. One study by economists at the University of California Irvine and UC Berkeley - featured in the Wall Street Journal and MSN - estimates that the lock-in effect discouraged 660,000 moves to a new zip code over the year through June 2023. Read.
 
Etel Solingen
 
Solingen on international relations
 
Dagbladet Borsen
 
Wang Feng
 
Wang Feng on China

 
Foreign Policy
 
 
 
Matt Beckmann
 
Mednick on napping
 
TIME
 
Michael Tesler
 
Tesler on
politics
 
New York Magazine
 
 
 
 
 
about
uci soc sci
 
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