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optical illusion
 
 
 
steyvers
 
 
featured:
The cognitive fountain of youth
 
UCI-led study finds online brain games can extend in-game 'cognitive youth' into old age, enabling seniors to multitask mentally on par with those 50 years younger
 
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strings
 
 
featured:
Fat phobia
 
New book by UCI sociologist Sabrina Strings explores the religious and racial origins of society's obsession with thinness
 
 
 
 
child napping
 
 
featured:
A career on campus, a life on canvas
 
While working at UCI, social sciences facilities director Gregory Gallardo rediscovered his artistic roots, the fruits of which will be on display in his first large solo show opening in September
 
 
 
 
leinen
 
 
featured:
Beware: Fake Twitter accounts exploit emergencies to spread misinformation
 
Sociology graduate student Richard Gardner earns competitive National Science Foundation fellowship to study the phenomenon
 
 
 
 
more
news
 
 
 
Drugs commonly taken to improve cognition only boost short-term focus - at high cost
 
Nonprescribed psychostimulants impair sleep and working memory, UCI-led study finds
 
 
 
New UCI Center for Population, Inequality, and Policy takes on causes and consequences of socioeconomic inequality
 
Campus designation as an Organized Research Unit elevates the center's infrastructure to support interdisciplinary research with a policy purpose
 
 
 
UCI launches new open online course on confronting digital extremism
 
Funding provided by UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence's initiative on confronting extremism
 
 
 
 
From baseball to business
 
How UCI contributed to alumnus Taylor Holiday's successes both on and off the field
 
 
 
Soda tax makes grocery store sales fizzle, UCI economics interns find
 
Program in Corporate Welfare Studies interns crunch data to determine how regulations affect businesses
 
 
 
Chavez receives distinguished career award
 
Honor from the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists recognizes a career of contributions enhancing understanding of Latinx lives and communities in the U.S.
 
 
 
UCI is #1 among Money magazine's 'Best Colleges'


University is first public institution to claim top spot in national rankings
 
 
 
 
soc sci
in the media
 
Social sciences faculty and graduate students are consistently sought by media for their expertise in areas ranging from digital play to gender pay. In August alone, 27 soc sci faculty, grad students, and programs were cited, featured, or authors of pieces appearing in more than 63 stories run by news outlets worldwide. Check out some of our top hits, self-authored pieces, and on-air interviews below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 

Heidi Hardt, political science, via The Washington Post: Our research indicates that works by women are underrepresented in Ph.D. courses and comprehensive exam reading lists in political science. ... Women's names appear less frequently in syllabi and reading lists than in the tables of contents of top scholarly journals - where women are already underrepresented.
 
 
Richardson on  interest rates
 
NPR 
 
 
Tobar on gun violence and race
 
New York Times
 
 
 
 
Kopstein on Hong Kong and China
 
The Atlantic
 
 
Chernyak on kids and gratitude
 
The Conversation
 

Edwin Amenta, sociology, via AP, New York Times and multiple news outlets: Americans who came of age during the last recession often embrace a larger government role in social policy. "Today's socialism for younger people means the Canadian health system and the Swedish welfare state," Amenta said.
 
 
O'Connor on false beliefs (podcast)
 
Heterodoxy  
 
 
LeBron on Santa Ana soil danger
 
LA Times
 
 
 
 
Maurer on Facebook's Libra
 
The Conversation
 
 
Tesler on politics and race
 
Washington Post
 
 
 
A sleep researcher and napping expert has spent years studying what makes the perfect nap - this is her exact formula


UCI cognitive scientist Sara Mednick's top tips, courtesy of Business Insider.
 
 
 
 
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Fall Instruction Begins
 
Welcome back, Anteaters!
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Workshop: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)
 
12:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
about
uci soc sci
 
We are not your standard school. Like Peter, our beloved Anteater mascot, we're quirky and different. We're on a mission to create positive change in society, economies and human well-being by breaking down traditional barriers and pushing the limits in teaching, research and service. Doing so requires a different attitude, aim and set of actions.
 
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