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San Francisco street
 
 
 
jan brueckner
 
 
featured:
What's next: The ongoing urban exodus
 
Remote worker migration will depress home prices in big cities and raise them in suburbs, says UCI economist
 
Listen | Read
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
jdavin phoenix
 
 
Phoenix is named an inaugural UCI Inclusive Excellence Term Chair Professor
 
Honor includes funding during three-year appointment to implement programs that address anti-Black racism and advance Black experience
 
 
 
 
vellore arthi
 
 
Comparing economic conditions across crises, time
 
UCI economist Vellore Arthi receives National Science Foundation grant to create U.S. dataset on county-level economic conditions from Civil War to present
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
aaron bornstein
 
 
Understanding the aging brain
 
UCI cognitive scientist Aaron Bornstein receives National Institute on Aging grant to study memory decline due to natural aging, disease
 
 
danielle thomsen
 
 
Fundraising and politics
 
UCI political scientist Danielle Thomsen receives grant to study the impact donors have in elections and political representation
 
 
 
 
etel solingen
 
 
Solingen named Berlin Prize recipient
 
Honor will support her spring 2022 in-residence stay at the American Academy in Berlin
 
 
heidi hardt
 
 
Ramachandran named a Hellman Fellow
 
Honor supports junior faculty pursuing innovative research
 
 
 
 
 
 
emily grossman
 
 
Researcher spotlight: Emily Grossman, Professor, Cognitive Sciences
 
UCI Brain's Xiaojue Zhou spent time chatting with the researcher and DECADE mentor about how students can achieve their goals during the COVID-19 pandemic and her tips for succeeding in an academic field
 
 
uci campus
 
 
Fighting for fair housing
 
UCI sociology Ph.D. student Steven Schmidt receives Haynes Foundation Fellowship to study housing practices in Los Angeles
 
 
 
 
virginia nguyen
 
 
Finding her voice
 
Alumna Virginia Nguyen speaks out as both an educator and an advocate for AAPI and other communities affected by racism
 
 
allison lim
 
 
Ready and willing to serve
 
As a chief of staff in the California State Assembly, Allison Lim '15 is empowered to lead and create change
 
 
 
 
 
 
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. Check out some of our top hits, self-authored pieces, and on-air interviews below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 
wang feng

"More than five years after the Chinese government abandoned its one-child policy, allowing married couples to have two children, it has now announced that they could have up to three. The move came suddenly, after results last month from a once-in-a-decade census. China reported only 12 million births in 2020, the fourth consecutive annual decline. The fertility rate for the year, 1.3 children per woman, was far below the level needed just to maintain the population, 2.1. However swiftly the new three-child policy followed those results, it is timid and unimaginative, and it will be largely irrelevant."             

Wang Feng, sociology, and Yong Cai explain why in this op-ed for The New York Times.
 
cailin o'connor
 
O'Connor on
moral
judgement
 
Science News
 
sabrina strings
 
Mednick on
dream
manipulation
 
ABC10
 
 
 
david meyer
 
Meyer on gun regulations
 
Washington Post
 
tony smith
 
Smith on redistricting
 
Washington Post
 
colombia

"Chaotic and deadly protests have for weeks rocked the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. In mid-May some demonstrators stormed the airport, and riot police responded with force, killing three. Buenaventura’s demonstrations are a part of the massive, violent national wave of protests over increasing poverty and incessant violence in Colombia. But they actually began well before Colombia’s broader upheaval."

Shauna N. Gillooly, UCI Ph.D. candidate in political science, explains in this piece for The Conversation.
 
david neumark
 
Neumark on minimum wage
 
Freakonomics
 
anneeth kaur hundle
 
Strings on
BMI
 
KPCC
 
 
 
simone chambers
 
Chambers on democracy
 
Knowable
Magazine

 
bill maurer
 
Maurer on
Bitcoin
 
New World
Notes
 
 
 
 
event
calendar
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
JUL
 
   
 
At the Highest Level
 
5:00-6:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

panel discussion with UCI Olympians who've competed for Team USA | Q&A to follow with audience in breakout rooms
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
about
uci soc sci
 
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