Social Sciences School-Wide News
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UCI sociologist studies effects of social status on perceptions of race Study is funded by recent $35,000 grant from the Russell Sage Foundation |
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California's budget crunch: The universities protest Victoria Bernal, anthropology associate professor, is quoted in Time.com on September 25, 2009 |
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Social Sciences' new fall faculty lineup Three new faculty members in economics, political science and sociology expand school's interdisciplinary research strengths |
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Can poor voting record hurt a candidate? Sometimes Mark Petracca, political science professor, is quoted in the Sacramento Bee on September 24, 2009 |
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Mathematics expert: IRV not the answer Donald Saari, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics, is quoted on Minnesota Public Radio News on September 23, 2009 |
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Welcome Week 2009 Social Sciences welcomes nearly 1300 new freshmen, transfers and graduate students to campus for fall 2009 |
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Second Life Tom Boellstorff, anthropology professor, is featured in a PBS special on Second Life on September 18, 2009 |
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Demoted Lambert bodes ill for city Jan Brueckner, economics professor, is quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on September 18, 2009 |
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Social Sciences Standout Scholar: Dalar Abolian Recipient of the 2009 Nicholas Aeberhard Award for Outstanding Freshman at UCI |
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Scholars discuss immigration Leo Chavez, anthropology and Chicano/Latino studies professor, is featured on statepress.com on September 11, 2009 |
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UCI’s Walker earns three accolades Amani Walker, junior international studies major, is featured in the Daily Pilot on September 10, 2009 |
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Prof. Garcia receives Stirling Prize from Society for Psychological Anthropology Honor recognizes Assistant Professor Angela Garcia's drug addiction study as "best published work in psychological anthropology" |
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Asian American concert showcases O.C. stars Economics alumni Victor Kim, '09, and Brian Hirano, '04, part of the UCI-born Quest Crew dance group, are featured in the Orange County Register on September 3, 2009 |
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Boellstorff’s Coming of Age in Second Life receives book award from Media Ecology Association 2009 Dorothy Lee Award recognizes outstanding scholarship in the ecology of culture |
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Kari Pestolesi named the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week Pestolesi becomes first Anteater to receive weekly honor from AVCA |
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Invisible immigrants, old and left with ‘nobody to talk to’ Judith Treas, sociology professor, is quoted in the New York Times on August 30, 2009. |
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UCI awards $230,000 in grants IMTFI is featured in the Daily Pilot on August 28, 2009. |
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Making connections UCI's Global Connect meets with Loretta Sanchez congressional aide to discuss program's federal expansion, funding |
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In pursuit of new perspectives Second group of students from UCI's Olive Tree Initiative get ready for trip to Middle East, silent auction fundraiser and reception to be held prior to send-off |
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Top-notch education U.S. News & World Report again ranks UCI among top 50 universities nationwide |