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Ringing in the new year

How to start 2017 off the right way


As we kick off the new year, think about adding in some resolutions that really make a difference in the lives of others. Not sure what those options might be? Here's a quick list to give you a running start into what will surely be a fantastic year.

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news

Giving back

How undergrad Shirley Loi keeps the holiday spirit of giving alive year round

Paying it forward

Sureima Santillan helps fellow first-gens get the most out of their college experience

UCI launches Center for Critical Korean Studies

Unit will foster interdisciplinary research, international collaboration

Asian American attitudes on affirmative action, healthcare reform and social movements

Researchers receive Russell Sage Foundation funding to assess policy positions of America's fastest growing racial group

Social sciences recognizes outstanding faculty researchers

Awards carry $5,000 prize to foster continued research and are supported by the Dean's Leadership Society, the School of Social Sciences' academic and alumni support group

Farm School founder and early campus administrator passes away

Michael D. Butler, social sciences professor emeritus, dean emeritus of undergraduate studies and founding director of the UCI Farm School





up-coming events

Can Cities Fight Inequality?

Jan 10

Lunar New Year Festival

Jan 30

Business Outlook Breakfast

Jan 31

Does Inclusive Fitness Save the Connection Between Evolution and Rational Choice?
January 6

Can Cities Fight Inequality?
January 10

Measuring Belief
January 13

Strict Finitism, Feasibility, and the Sorites
January 27

Lunar New Year
January 30

Business Outlook Breakfast
January 31





in the media

Supporting students impacted by proposed immigration policy changes (Blog)

Casavantes Bradford, Bibler Coutin, Enriquez, the American Anthropological Association


We survive because reality may be nothing like we think it is

Hoffman, Big Think


Op-ed: We're really bad at judging risk to kids. We're really good at judging parents.

Kyle Stanford, Barbara Sarnecka and Ashley Thomas, The Washington Post


Void: The strange physics of nothing (Audio)

Weatherall, WICN


Trump voters think African Americans are much less deserving than 'average Americans' (Blog)

Tesler, The Huffington Post


The secret of better government? Citizens who complain

Dalton, Democratic Audit UK


Fresno County sheriff: Allowing ICE agents in the jail could be a model for the nation (Audio)
DeSipio, Valley Public Radio

Trump voters think African Americans are much less deserving than 'average Americans' (Blog)
Tesler, The Huffington Post

Your new civic duty: Flagging fake news
Bernal, The Orange County Register

Will the minimum wage debate ever be settled?
Neumark, The Atlantic and MSN

Op-ed: We're really bad at judging risk to kids. We're really good at judging parents.
Kyle Stanford, Barbara Sarnecka and Ashley Thomas, The Washington Post

Despite recent turbulence, international airline partnerships here to stay
Brueckner, Dallas News

The physics of nothing
Weatherall, The Wall Street Journal

How a spate of Congressional retirements could impact California and national politics (Audio)
DeSipio, Southern California Public Radio

Why rotation makes no sense sometimes
Weatherall, Nautilus

How to make sense of Donald Trump's contradictions
Uhlaner, Orange County Register

Mentoring's promise and limits
Ito, The Atlantic

My president was black
Tesler, The Atlantic

Clinton won as many votes as Obama in 2012 − just not in the states where she needed them most
Tesler, Los Angeles Times

Terrified by Trump: Activist groups stoke fears, raise funds on incoming administration
DeSipio, Fox News

A show about nothing (Really!) (Audio)
Weatherall, WNPR

We survive because reality may be nothing like we think it is
Hoffman, Big Think

UC system vows to protect rights of undocumented students
Casavantes Bradford, Orange County Register

Will Trump take on the controversial EB-5 visa program?
DeSipio, Southern California Public Radio

Last Scene Underground: A review (Book review)
Varzi, 3:AM Magazine

Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman (Audio)
Hoffman, You Are Not So Smart

Donald Trump rejects reality? That might make him a great president, cognitive science says
Hoffman, OregonLive

The secret of better government? Citizens who complain
Dalton, Democratic Audit UK

Void: The strange physics of nothing (Audio)
Weatherall, WICN

Supporting students impacted by proposed immigration policy changes (Blog)
Casavantes Bradford, Bibler Coutin, Enriquez, the American Anthropological Association


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