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featured:
Study by UC Irvine and Queen's University researchers sheds light on evolving views of gender integration within the U.S. military
 
Among mixed-gender units, servicemembers viewed integration favorably, linking operational effectiveness with female soldiers' engagement with local communities

 
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Richard Arum
 
 
Tracking and enhancing students' college-to-career trajectories
 
Richard Arum, UCI sociology and education professor, receives $1.95 million in grant funding for work on fostering equitable career outcomes
 
 
Lowman at Tomb Raider conference
 
 
UC Irvine's resident "Tomb Raider" expert
 
Anthropologist and archaeologist Christopher Lowman shares what the game got right and wrong at the 28th "Tomb Raider" annual convention
 
 
John Duffy
 
 
Lecture Notes in Experimental Economics
 
New book by UC Irvine economics professor John Duffy explores methodologies and applications of experimental economics
 
 
 
Osonwa
 
 
Building a legacy of leadership and care
 
Fourth year UC Irvine psychology major Princess Osonwa helps communities through healthcare
 
 
ROTC cadets
 
 
Ready for takeoff
 
Anteaters in Air Force ROTC are among elite few selected for pilot training after graduation
 
 
Zeynap Karatas
 
 
Karatas receives Social Sciences Alumni Academic Excellence Scholarship
 
Honor recognizes the international studies and political science double major for outstanding academic performance and service to the school, UCI campus and community
 
 
 
LNY 2025
 
 
Save the date: UC Irvine's 2025 Lunar New Year Festival
 
Join us Tuesday, Jan. 21 for our day-long multicultural Lunar New Year Celebration - where the spirit of togetherness flourishes, and traditions illuminate with brilliance
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Kopstein and Hanson

Trump is dismantling the systems that keep us safe. All Americans will suffer.

Political scientists Jeffrey Kopstein, UCI, and Stephen Hanson, William & Mary, explain in this op-ed for The New York Times. Read.
 
Manchak and Malament
 
Manchak & Malament on spacetime
 
Aeon
 
Antonio Tomas
 
Tómas on
Biden in
Angola
 
Democracy Now!
 
 
 
Nadia Chernyak
 
Chernyak on sharing
 
NY Magazine - The Cut
 
Gary Singer
 
Wang Feng on
China
 
Newsweek
 
 
 
 
 
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calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
09
 
JAN
 
   
 
Emerging Nuclear Security Challenges: How Policy Impacts Weapons Development
 
12:30-1:45 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777

featuring John Scott, Los Alamos National Laboratory, X-Theoretical Division Leader, Lead, Director's Strategic Resilience Initiative, Co-Director, Joint Center for Resilient National Security

 
 
 
 
 
 
09
 
JAN
 
   
 
On the Discount in Foreclosure Sales: Theory and RCT Evidence from Sweden
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218

featuring Matz Dahlberg Uppsala University
 
 
 
 
 
 
09
 
JAN
 
   
 
Salmon, Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in Indigenous Waterscapes
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100

featuring Darcey Evans, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Anthropology, UCLA
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
JAN
 
   
 
Gallery Talk: An Earth Science view of the Langson IMCA exhibition End of the Range: Charlotte Skinner in the Eastern Sierra
 
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Langson IMCA | 18881 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine

featuring Julie Ferguson, Ph.D. and Valerie A Olson, Ph.D.

 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
JAN
 
   
 
The Effects of Driving Under the Influence
 
3:00-4:30 p.m. | Social Ecology 2, Room 3384

featuring Emily Leslie, Brigham Young University

 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
JAN
 
   
 
"Gambling for America" The First Wave of Migration to the Americas, 1492-1540
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez, Yale University

 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
JAN
 
   
 
The Spatial and Distributive Implications of Working-from-Home: A General Equilibrium Model
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Morgane Richard, Stanford University

 
 
 
 
 
 
16
 
JAN
 
   
 
STEMming Opportunity: High School Endorsements and the Maintenance of Educational Inequality
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Brian Holzman, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University

 
 
 
 
 
 
16
 
JAN
 
   
 
Mello-Roos Tax and Efficient Local Public Good Provision in Southern California Counties
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218

featuring Renee Lee

 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
JAN
 
   
 
Reconsidering the Free Will Debate
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112

featuring Manuel Vargas, Professor, Department of Philosophy, UC San Diego
 
 
 
 
 
 
21
 
JAN
 
   
 
UCI Lunar New Year Celebration
 
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. | UCI Student Center and The Irvine Barclay Theatre

 
 
 
 
 
 
24-25
 
JAN
 
   
 
Self-Assembling Games Workshop
 
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
JAN
 
   
 
Algorithmic Identification of Heterogeneous Preferences in Incomplete Datasets
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Kevin Peng, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
31
 
JAN
 
   
 
Authoritarianism, Threat, and Illiberal Political Judgments
 
12:00-1:15 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Phillip T. Dunwoody, Professor of Psychology, Juniata College
 
 
 
 
 
 
31
 
JAN
 
   
 
The Logic of Sequences (joint work with Cian Dorr)
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 1222

featuring Matt Mandelkern, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, New York University
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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