Since beginning on our boundaryless journey to promote the passion and purpose driving all we do, our faculty and students have been in the trenches tackling daunting global issues like brain disease and decline, emerging conflicts worldwide, and population research that aims to uncover and unravel inequality’s underpinnings. While we’ve accomplished much in our pursuit to improve the human condition, there is endless opportunity to do more.

In the UCI School of Social Sciences, we’re taking a cue from our beautiful state as we find inspiration in the natural brilliance of our uniquely California canvas—one that’s emboldened generations of mold breakers to make waves, to reach higher, to step up—to do better.

Like the ocean waves, the human brain is constantly in motion, changing and learning, developing from before birth through our twilight years. The beautiful pathways lining our parks, beaches, and iconic scenes remind us of our world’s complex human diversity and the many ways in which our journeys intersect. And the ability of California’s quintessential sequoias to withstand the test of time, living more than 3,000 years through elements both natural and man-made, remind us of the resiliency of the human spirit—that if we spread our reach wide, we can achieve amazing heights in our quest to tackle some of the most pressing global issues of our time.

As we continue pushing the boundaries of research, teaching and service in our pursuit to create positive change, our awe-inspiring Golden State backdrop reminds us that even when taking on the heaviest topics, there is so much beauty to be found.

Join us in our boundaryless pursuit of a more brilliant future.

Bill Maurer, Dean