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cake or broccoli
 
 
 
sumner
 
 
featured:
If asked the right way, toddlers will choose broccoli over cake, UCI-led study finds
 
Young children tend to respond to questions of choice with option presented last
 
Read on...
 
 
 
 
robots
 
 
featured:
Building a better bot
 
An interdisciplinary UCI team is helping homebound children, limited mobility adults navigate everyday experiences through assistive robotic technology
 
 
 
 
child napping
 
 
featured:
Children who nap midday are happier, excel academically, and have fewer behavioral problems
 
A UCI-Penn study of nearly 3,000 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders in China revealed strong connections between 30 to 60 minutes of shuteye at least three days a week and positive outcomes in a handful of areas
 
 
 
 
leinen
 
 
featured:
Big idea, big potential
 
UCI freshman and Dalai Lama scholar Karishma Muthukumar could soon help guide the National Science Foundation's research agenda
 
 
 
 
child napping
 
 
featured:
Dave Leinen, Assistant Dean
 
Recognizing 35 years of UCI service
 
 
 
 
 
more
news
 
 
 
Money at the Margins
 
New book by UCI IMTFI researchers shines light on the human impact of mobile money, financial technology
 
 
 
Hironaka receives DECADE Mentor Excellence Award
 
Honor recognizes sociologist for mentoring graduate students and junior faculty, fostering diversity
 
 
 
Honors for Identity Crisis
 
Poli sci prof Michael Tesler receives APSA book award for gripping read on the 2016 election
 
 
 
#IamUCI Laris Rodriguez Cintron
 
Ph.D. psychology, with a concentration in cognitive neuroscience
 
 
 
#IamUCI Raj Parekh
 
B.S. data science, mathematics; B.A. quantitative economics
 
 
 
#IamUCI Alison Lu
 
B.A. business administration | B.A. psychology
 
 
 
#Classof2019!


UCI soc sci awarded 2,686 of the campus's 10,323 undergraduate degrees this year. That means more than one-quarter of all UCI #Classof2019 graduates came from social sciences! Check out pics from the awesome celebrations: socs.ci/commencement2019
 
 
 
 
soc sci
in the media
 
Social sciences faculty are consistently sought by media for their expertise in areas ranging from digital play to gender pay. Check out some of our top hits below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 

Cailin O'Connor in Psychology Today:

"I don't think there should be a strict divide between philosophy and science...there are all sorts of ways that philosophy can benefit the sciences, and science can benefit philosophy."
 
 
Freedman on HOAs
 
CityLab
 
 
Uriu on trade
 
NBC News
 
 
 
 
Neumark on age bias in hiring
 
New York Times
 
 
Richardson on the Federal Reserve
 
Washington Post
 
 
 
Zot, zot, zot!


Welcome to the UCI soc sci alumni family, '19 Anteaters! With the graduation of the #Classof2019, UCI soc sci alumni now number 53,649 Anteaters strong! Check out pics from the awesome celebrations: socs.ci/commencement2019
 
 
 
 
about
uci soc sci
 
We are not your standard school. Like Peter, our beloved Anteater mascot, we're quirky and different. We're on a mission to create positive change in society, economies and human well-being by breaking down traditional barriers and pushing the limits in teaching, research and service. Doing so requires a different attitude, aim and set of actions.
 
Learn more about ours...