Social Sciences School-Wide News
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Gaining new perspectives Undergraduate class travels to U.S. Mexico border for up close and personal look at security issues |
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Physical space in a MySpace era: Do the locations of our friends matter? Researchers awarded grant from NSF to study impact of geography on social networks; findings will help them understand how physical space and closeness contribute to perceived feelings of safety and cohesiveness among neighbors based on where their networks exist - information useful to urban planners interested in developing and shaping communities to fit residents' social and interpersonal needs |
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Perspectives on peace Olive Tree Initiative gives Moran Cohen, Dalai Lama Endowed Scholar and second-year business economics major, greater insight into Middle East conflict |
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Study finds reducing sprawl will have little effect on emissions, fuel use Findings appear online in the Journal of Urban Economics |
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Soldier and scholar Student hopes to pursue a career in public health after serving as medic in Iraq |
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Minimum wage revisited New book explores how increases to minimum wage, similar to those proposed by Obama, will hurt young workers, economy |
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XIV Dalai Lama scholarship goes to students seeking understanding in Middle East 2008 recipients Moran Cohen, business economics major, and Ali Malik, history major, are also Olive Tree Initiative student leaders |
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Crossing over For political science and international studies double major Cristian Martinez, research on U.S. Mexico border security opens doors to a promising career and new life |
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Battle of the sexes New UCI study to examine role differences between husbands and wives in households around the world; findings may help explain declining fertility rates, rising divorce rates, and similar trends that appear to be taking place around the world |
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Promoting international human rights through research and service Anthropology undergrad Hadia Hakim promotes international human rights through honors research and Carter Center internship |
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Byrd awarded grant from NSF to study group dynamics of coalitions Findings will help discover "best practices" coalitions employ in order to meet the needs of their constituent organizations for more effective strategies |
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Planning for success UCI's Demographic and Social Analysis (DASA) program trains future leaders – including many of OC’s future city planners |
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Los Angeles' immigrants & children of immigrants topic of three new UCI studies Researchers examine how 1.5 and second generations vote, acculturate, and define and measure success in school and work; findings impact immigration policies and debunk stereotypes |
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Building blocks of learning HABLA program prepares toddlers for kindergarten and beyond |
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I, CARL Robot designed by cognitive scientist Krichmar helps researchers learn how brain adapts to environment |
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Etel Solingen's Nuclear Logics receives top book award in political science American Political Science Association awards Solingen 2008 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the U.S. on government, politics, or international affairs |
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UCI receives $5.4 million to study large-scale computer networks Research team will model and analyze larger, more complex sets of data |
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New institute to explore how world's poor use technology to spend, store money Research funded by $1.7 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
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Narens and Skyrms receive grant to develop new model for decision making Using a new mathematical framework, researchers suggest they may be able to account for the large number of unknowns that current probability theory does not address; applications in political science, economics, psychology |
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Obama and the youth vote Q&A with Russell Dalton, political science professor and author of The Good Citizen: How a Younger Generation Is Reshaping Politics |