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UCI receives $1 million gift from estate of former faculty member Christian Werner

Donation will support graduate student research, scholarship in social sciences


A $1 million gift from the estate of Christian Werner, professor emeritus of geography and former dean of the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, will support graduate student research and scholarship in social sciences.

Werner passed away in March 2016 at the age of 81, following a lifelong career in academia at UCI. He and his partner, Kathy Alberti, a longtime UCI staff member in the school's graduate office, were ardent supporters of graduate education and student success. The donation will establish an endowment for fellowships to be awarded by the social sciences dean beginning this fall.

"Christian's gift comes at an incredibly significant time at UC Irvine when we are growing graduate enrollment and transforming graduate education to serve the needs of society," said Bill Maurer, social sciences dean and professor of anthropology and law. "His generosity will also carry forward the tireless efforts of Kathy, who for many years sat with pen, paper and spreadsheets, finding the best ways to ensure our grad students could continue their studies without having to worry about funding."

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Poli sci student and 2017 School of Social Sciences commencement speaker has made it her mission to fight for immigrant rights

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Alumni and NBA coach Scott Brooks is recognized at the 2017 Lauds & Laurels award ceremony

Poli sci's Estrada awarded Fulbright

Senior and Truman Scholar awarded Fulbright to teach in Colombia

New summer institute at UCI will help scholars tackle tangled legal web of technology, big data and society

Funding provided by the National Science Foundation EAGER Program

Religion and modernity in Central Africa

Poli sci professor receives grant to study women's groups in Cameroon with ties to religion and humanitarian work

5 things you need to know about finance from UCI experts

In honor of Financial Literacy Month, UCI professors from anthropology, economics, English, LPS and business share what they know





up-coming events

10th Annual Hot Topics Debate

featuring Mark Petracca and Willie Schonfeld in a lively debate on whether or not all “facts” are alternative facts

May 11 | Engineering Hall, Room 1200 | 7:00-8:30 p.m.


Twice a year for 10 years running, political science professors Petracca and Schonfeld have faced off on issues ranging from declaring war on ISIS to legalization of marijuana to healthcare as a fundamental right. If you haven’t made time to witness these ever-entertaining experts of debate in action, this quarter’s event will be one to witness. Moderator Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science, will referee the affair. Details...

Public School Choice: A Static Analysis

May 4

Social Sciences Expert Speaker Series: The Cost of Homelessness to Orange County Cities

May 10

24th Annual Margolis Lecture: The South China Sea Conflict: Freedom of Navigation? Territorial Disputes? or Geostrategic Competition?

May 11

On a Meaningful Axiomatic Derivation of the Doppler Effect and Other Scientific Equations

May 11

14th Annual Kiang Lecture: Tongku and the Taste of Pain

May 16

Forward Markets and Innovation in the Absence of Intellectual Property Rights

May 24

Altruism and Strategic Giving in Children and Adolescents
May 1

What is the Added Value of Preschool? Long-Term Impacts and Interactions with a Health Intervention
May 2

Harmony, Stability, and Identity: An Intensional Account in Proof-Theoretic Semantics
May 3

Military Refusers and the Ethics of War
May 4

A Path to Solving the Enigmas of Color Vision: Thinking Outside the Box
May 4

Public School Choice: A Static Analysis
May 4

Protectionism and the Business Cycle
May 4

"The Refugee:" Resettlement and the Borders of Mass Destruction
May 4

Financial Inclusion and Sustainability: How Profitable is the Business, How Viable the Indebtedness? Day 1
May 4

Financial Inclusion and Sustainability: How Profitable is the Business, How Viable the Indebtedness? Day 2
May 5

The Mach-Einstein Principle of 1917-1918
May 5

Competition for Attention, Information Supply, and Coordination
May 8

First Strike: Rethinking the School to Prison Pipeline
May 9

Social Sciences Expert Speaker Series: The Cost of Homelessness to Orange County Cities
May 10

Resolved: All "Facts" Are Alternative Facts
May 11

24th Annual Margolis Lecture: The South China Sea Conflict: Freedom of Navigation? Territorial Disputes? or Geostrategic Competition?
May 11

On a Meaningful Axiomatic Derivation of the Doppler Effect and Other Scientific Equations
May 11

The Labor Market Effects of Opening the Border: Evidence from Switzerland
May 11

Dilemmas Concerning Financial Inclusion: Day 1
May 15

Dilemmas Concerning Financial Inclusion Day 2
May 16

14th Annual Kiang Lecture: Tongku and the Taste of Pain
May 16

Relocation of the Rich: Migration in Response to Tax Rate Changes from Spanish Reforms
May 16

Minority Status and Academic Achievement: Threat and Rejection
May 17

Erosion of Meaning
May 19

Forward Markets and Innovation in the Absence of Intellectual Property Rights
May 24

Nonlinear Random Coefficients and Preference Heterogeneity
May 24

Examining the Nature and Neurocognitive Processing of Complex Words
May 24

From Theory to Praxis: Integrating Communities Across Divides Through the Development of Meaningful Relationships
May 25





in the media

Actions sparked by protests can have sustained influence

Meyer, WVXU


'Model Minority' myth again used as a racial wedge between Asians and Blacks

Kim, NPR


CVS, Starbucks highlight America's love-hate relationship with sugar

Harding, NBC, MSN


How the climate march can stand out in a crowd of protests
Meyer, Grist

Cultural lag and the fallacy of Asian Americans as the model minority
Lee, The Society Pages

Why the Census must frame the right questions on race and national origin
Lee, Zocalo Public Square

Is quantum theory about reality or what we know?
Weatherall, Nautilus

Actions sparked by protests can have sustained influence
Meyer, WVXU

CVS, Starbucks highlight America's love-hate relationship with sugar
Harding, NBC News, MSN

This lawsuit goes to 11
De Vany, Bloomberg

How to quantify (and fight) gerrymandering
Grofman, Quanta Magazine

How job hunters can look for age-friendly employers
Neumark, Forbes

Best credit cards
Duffy, WalletHub

A few things you might not know about sanctuary cities
DeSipio, The Mercury News, The Daily News, The Sun

Filene, UC Irvine partnership to focus on fintech, other trends
Maurer, Credit Union Journal

Politics of respectability and a dragged passenger (Commentary)
Lee, NPR

'Model Minority' myth again used as a racial wedge between Asians and Blacks
Kim, NPR

The Tax March is different from other Trump protests. Here's why
Meyer, Time

United Airlines vows not to call police on passengers as CEO apologizes for fiasco
Brueckner, Los Angeles Times

Homeless advocate shuts down O.C. supervisors meeting over homeless children
Goldberg and Snow, KCET

100 new apartments for the homeless approved by Santa Ana
Goldberg and Snow, Voice of OC

United's CEO turns contrite as fallout spreads from passenger mistreatment
Brueckner, Los Angeles Times

What's being done to reduce Costa Mesa's homeless population, residents ask
Goldberg and Snow, Orange County Register

The unlikely rise of an alt-right hero
Meyer, New Republic

Nonprofits and city officials turn to cooperation in Orange County's fight against homelessness
Goldberg and Snow, Los Angeles Times

On Topic: You kids get off my lawn!
Neumark, The Gazette

The prison-health paradox
Turney, The Atlantic


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