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Looking to start fresh in the new year?
 
UCI social scientists offer research-backed life hacks for a happier, healthier you in 2022
 
Read on...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commencement 2021 Fall
 
 
Congrats, fall 2021 graduates!
 
UCI celebrates commencement mid-year with inaugural ceremony
 
 
 
 
Mednick in her UCI Sleep and Cognition Lab
 
 
UCI-led study is first to find that long- and short-term memory vie for brain space
 
Competition for cognitive processing resources during sleep comes at a cost to each
 
 
 
 
 
Dark day at U.S. Capitol
 
 
The U.S. Capitol insurrection, one year later
 
Social scientists offer insight on the event’s lasting impact
 
 
Hector Tobar
 
 
Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar named among GQ's 50 best books
 
Honor recognizes the UCI Chicano/Latino studies and English associate professor for his work among "the most-enjoyed, most-admired, most-awe-inducing" written since 2000
 
 
 
Ana Elizabeth Rosas
 
 
Rosas receives Spirit Award from Office of Inclusive Excellence
 
Funding supports her work to direct and teach the Public Scholarship Summer Institute
 
 
Zeinab Kachakeche
 
 
Finding research inspiration in life experience
 
Zeinab Kachakeche, second year language science graduate student, reflects on her research endeavors and experience as a mother pursuing a Ph.D.
 
 
 
 
 
 
White House
 
 
Inside the Oval Office
 
Political science undergrad class takes a deep dive into the inner workings of nation's highest office, ends quarter with crisis simulation
 
 
Jan Brueckner
 
 
Brueckner provides expert perspective on government and taxes, real estate regulations, airlines and more in new video series
 
Featured on Social Science Encyclopedia
 
 
 
 
Rachel Klemek
 
 
AN Podcast: Rachel Klemek '90, Blackmarket Bakery
 
Alumni Network podcast with Food Network's "Chopped" cake champion
 
 
Medhi Zolfaghari
 
 
AN Podcast: Forging ahead with Medhi Zolfaghari
 
Alumni Network podcast with the '20 international studies alumnus
 
 
 
 
 
 
AirUCI study participants
 
 
UCI scientists study pollutants coming from motor vehicle brakes
 
An interdisciplinary experiment on the UCI campus seeks to understand the harmful gases and particles that emit from car and truck brakesInternationally recognized scholar will hold public talks, workshops and seminars
 
 
Tim Bruckner
 
 
Bruckner awarded over $2.5 million to address racial disparities in preterm birth and fetal losses
 
Funding for CPIP co-director's study provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes for Health
 
 
 
 
 
 
Herzfeld
 
 
Herzfeld joins UCI anthropology as Distinguished Visitor in residence for winter quarter
 
Internationally recognized scholar will hold public talks, workshops and seminars
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Alana LeBron

Millions of exhausted parents, educators, and health care providers have been anxiously awaiting COVID-19 vaccines for young children. ... As a public health practitioner and professor, I call upon our public health leaders to put equity top of mind in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout effort for children 5 to 11 years of age. More from Alana LeBrón, UCI Chicano/Latino studies and public health assistant professor, via Voice of OC .
 
Hector Tobar
 
Tobar on Latinx/Latino
 
KPCC (audio)
 
Jim Danziger
 
Danziger on
travel
 
WalletHub
 
 
 
Michael Tesler
 
Tesler
on race
 
Washington Post
 
Tom Boellstorff
 
Boellstorff on metaverse
 
Futurism
 
 
 
 
event
calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
JAN
 
   
 
Alumni Network: Aram Chaparyan '99, City Manager, City of Torrance
 
5:00-6:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Aram Chaparyan, ICMA-CM, MPA
 
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
JAN
 
   
 
Cooperation Without Submission
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Justin Richland, Professor of Anthropology, UCI
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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