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UCI Homecoming

March 2 & 3


Homecoming Weekend is a UCI tradition that offers a variety of activities and special events, from Homecoming and Reunions to Anteater Family Weekend for parents -- there's something for everyone. Cheer on the Anteater men's basketball team at the Homecoming game vs. UC Davis, experience student performances and expand your knowledge with distinguished faculty.

Festivities start on March 2 with Anteater Family Weekend and Reunion Events, and continue through Saturday, March 3 with the Party in the Park, the Soc Sci Homecoming BBQ, and the Homecoming men's basketball game. Learn more, sign up and come to join in the fun!

Soc sci alumni - be sure to select both "alumni" and "social sciences" in the sign up form so you can get registered for our school BBQ.





news

Enterprising undergrads

From aspiring philanthropists to future captains of industry, students navigate new economy, launch startups with help from UCI's ANTrepreneur Center

BottleRocket

Soc sci alumni-run company is 'The Uber of recycling'

UCI-led study links racial discrimination to greater risk for cardiovascular disease

Incident increases associated with elevated blood pressure in black, Latino adults

UCI alumnus named to Forbes 30 under 30 list

Benny Luo '10, founder and CEO of NextShark, recognized for work in media

Graphic novel by Sherine Hamdy, anthropology, earns PROSE award

Honor recognizes the long-form comic as best work in cultural anthropology and sociology

At home abroad

After traveling halfway around the world for her education, econ's Zoe Zhao shares what she's learned along the way

Understanding extremism

Three recipients from soc sci receive funding to extend knowledge about some of society's most challenging debates

Outstanding teaching award recipients in social sciences

Avery, Enriquez and Hardt honored for teaching, mentorship and innovation

Vision care with an Anteater flair

UCI bio sci and psychology alumnus Dr. O has been providing Anteaters with eye care for nearly 30 years





up-coming events

Homecoming

Mar 3

Jumpstart for a Day Literacy Fair

Mar 3

Expert Series: Trump’s America - One Year On

Mar 13

Lost In Translation - Barriers To Justice: Challenges Faced By Esl/Lep Applicants Seeking Civil Protection Orders
March 1

Agency, Potential and Contagion
March 1

The Politics of Insecurity: Recovering the Political Among Diasporic East African Sikhs in Contemporary Uganda
March 1

Magnifying Generative Imaginaries and Transformative Relational Ethnic Studies Research and Writing
March 1

Drawing Lines Through Rivers and Cities: The Meaning and Evolution of the Notion of a "Postulate" in Geometry
March 2

Anteater Family Weekend
March 2-3

Homecoming
March 3

Jumpstart for a Day: Spring Literacy Fair
March 3

Money Immaterial: The Cashless Past, A Cashless Future, and The Public Good
March 7

Chicana/o/x Literature, Testimonio, and U.S. Central Americans: Feminist Solidarities and Processes of Identity Formation
March 7

Walking Warrants of the Neoliberal City: Gender, Policing, and the Politics of Imminent Violability
March 8

The Role of Social Values in Analyzing Extreme Events: The Conflicts Between Different Methods
March 9

Trump's America: One Year On
March 13

Social Learning Equilibria
March 15

Monads as Constituents of Bodies in Leibniz's Metaphysics
March 16





in the media

Science's inference problem: When data doesn't mean what we think it does

Skyrms, The New York Times

Pennsylvania has to draw new congressional districts, but getting rid of gerrymandering will be harder than you think.

Grofman, The Washington Post

Yes, some Poles were Nazi collaborators. The Polish Parliament is trying to legislate that away.

Kopstein, The Washington Post

China is in a muddle over population policy

Wang Feng, The Economist

UC Irvine academics come to the defense of players after WHO proposes 'gaming disorder' as a thing

Ito, LA Times and KTLA

VR can already help people heal - and it’s just the beginning

Boellstorff, VentureBeat

Most OC cities support adding 2,700 new homes for homeless, organizer says
Snow and Goldberg, Voice of OC

Bay Area student organizers are in vanguard in wake of Florida slayings
Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle

Study: Higher minimum wages hurt teen employment, adult paychecks
Neumark, Watchdog.org

Why the 2020 census shouldn't ask about your citizenship status
Bean and Buchmeier, The Conversation and WTOP

Arizona finds downside to higher minimum wage
Neumark, Economics21

Money, charity, and emotions
Bandelj, Psychology Today

Focus on Dreamers breeds resentment from other immigrants here illegally
Chavez, Los Angeles Times and The Sacramento Bee

Ed Markey's career-long fight against nuclear weapons
Meyer, The Boston Globe

Science's inference problem: When data doesn't mean what we think it does
Skyrms, The New York Times

Study shows how Asian Americans are transforming O.C., and highlights diversity and disparities
Daily Pilot

How scammers steal your computing power to mine cryptocurrencies
Maurer, Slate

Federal Judge David O. Carter takes 4-hour illuminating walk through Orange County's homeless riverbed encampment
Carter, OC Register

Federal judge visits homeless camps as he pushes for Orange County shelter solution
Carter, Los Angeles Times

Arrests of immigrants with no criminal record spike in LA
DeSipio, KPCC

Judges say throw out the map. Lawmakers say throw out the judges.
Grofman, The New York Times

Book review: 'Ten Great Ideas about Chance'
Skyrms, ZME Science

UCI celebrates the 2018 Lunar New Year
Orange County Register

Pennsylvania gerrymandering fight just the start of a wider war
Grofman, U.S. News and World Report

VR can already help people heal -- and it's just the beginning
Boellstorff, VentureBeat

Pennsylvania has to draw new congressional districts, but getting rid of gerrymandering will be harder than you think.
Grofman, The Washington Post

Working but still struggling? Here's a tax credit that might help you
Neumark, Orange County Register

Trump talks unity, sows division in State of the Union address
DeSipio, Newburgh Gazette

UC Irvine academics come to the defense of players after WHO proposes 'gaming disorder' as a thing
Ito, Los Angeles Times and KTLA 5

China is in a muddle over population policy
Wang Feng, The Economist

A public-private homeless solution in Texas might work for Costa Mesa, O.C. (Commentary)
Goldberg and Snow, Daily Pilot

The future of Asian Americans in OC (Audio)
KCRW

She's creating her own therapy, helping herself by helping others (Video)
Mendez, Orange County Register

Liberals' problem with immigration
DeSipio, The Korea Times

Outside groups to spend millions on tax messaging in 2018
Boushey, Center for Responsive Politics

Yes, some Poles were Nazi collaborators. The Polish Parliament is trying to legislate that away.
Kopstein, The Washington Post

Report highlights diversity of California's Asian American community in the real "OC"
NPQ

Teaching activities for: ''Chain Migration' Has Become a Weaponized Phrase. Here Are the Facts Behind It.'
Chavez, The New York Times


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