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zotting hands
 
 
 
Dulcie and Larry Kugelman
 
 
featured:
Building peace one piece at a time
 
Dulcie and Larry Kugelman have a passion for peace that’s propelled their partnership with the UCI Center for Citizen Peacebuilding since 2001. Their generous support through the Kugelman Fellowship Program has helped more than 125 UCI graduate students study conflict and peacebuilding efforts all around the globe. Learn more about their work and why they give to UCI.
 
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Jonpaul Cohen
 
 
Environmentally active Anteater
 
UCI psychology senior Jonpaul Cohen will address New Zealand Parliament about climate change next month
 
 
Asia Bento
 
 
Study: Having a friend, partner or mentor of a different race reduces racial apathy in white teens
 
Findings, coauthored by UCI sociology assistant professor Asia Bento, published in Sociological Perspectives
 
 
 
U.S. Supreme Court
 
 
What end of Roe v. Wade means for U.S.
 
Four UCI experts discuss a key ruling in the latest Supreme Court term
 
 
money, graph
 
 
UCI Podcast: Is a recession coming?
 
Economist Eric Swanson explains that there's nothing yet to fear ... at least for now
 
 
 
Shyla Ragha
 
 
A captain for the planet
 
Alumna Shyla Raghav is a leading global advocate on climate change mitigation and adaptation
 
 
Catlin Tran
 
 
Starting up to get ahead
 
Catlin Tran, business economics, combines her interests with entrepreneurism for a new company, Nutripair
 
 
 
 
award
 
 
Telling financial stories through photovoice
 
UCI-led Community Credit project uses photos, first-person community perspectives to inform financial industry practices that create inclusion, increase trust, and fight financial disinformation
 
 
Al Bulushi and Vega
 
 
UCI study finds adults who are blind possess memory perks
 
Research provides insight on the role senses and socioeconomic status play in learning
 
 
 
Vanessa Delgado
 
 
Al-Bulushi and Chernyak among seven UCI faculty members named 2022-23 Hellman Fellows
 
Program supports research by assistant professors
 
 
Irene Vega
 
 
Samuels receives fellowship from National Science Foundation to study food system inequities
 
Competitive Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides three years of full financial support
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Jack Liebersohn

Fed raises interest rates by 0.75 percent

UCI assistant professor of economics Jack Liebersohn helps breaks down what the interest rate increase means for homeowners and car buyers, courtesy of KTTV-TV (Fox 11) News.
 
Alana LeBron
 
LeBron
on health
 
Voice of OC
 
Tom Boellstorff
 
Boellstorff on
ecology
 
KCET
 
 
 
Louis DeSipio
 
DeSipio on OC politics
 
POLITICO
 
Eve Darian-Smith
 
Darian-Smith on climate crisis
 
Earth911
 
Sabrina Strings

Variant Cover

UCI associate professor of sociology Sabrina Strings helps breaks down the backlash to Thor’s fat suit, the origin of most superheroes’ body types and of fatphobic ideas, and their impact on and off the screen in The Washington Post's new TikTok series, Variant Cover.
 
Tony Smith
 
Smith on
gerrymandering
 
HowStuffWorks
 
Sara Mednick
 
Mednick
on napping
 
Discover
 
 
 
Kaylin Bourdon
 
Bourdon on
gun debate
 
Washington Post
 
Spencer Potiker
 
Potiker on
labor, Amazon
 
VICE
 
 
 
 
event
calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
02-31
 
AUG
 
   
 
Inaugural August Virtual Book Club: Egyptian-American Literature
 
A weekly book series hosted by Sherine Hamdy, Anthropology Professor, UCI. Specific dates and times are available online, and registration is required for these Zoom events.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
about
uci soc sci
 
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