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zotting hands
 
 
 
Long Bui, SAEP
 
 
featured:
Service in the spotlight
 
Long Bui, global and international studies associate professor, earns UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Service, an honor that highlights his tireless commitment to student and faculty success
 
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Susan and Brett Williamson
 
 
featured:
Giving back, from campus to courtroom
 
Dean's Leadership Society members Susan and Brett Williamson '86 cherish their Anteater connections
 
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blurred worker
 
 
Ageist language in job ads discourages older applicants, UCI-led study finds
 
Effect is tantamount to direct age discrimination in hiring, but trickier to track
 
 
Anita Casavantes Bradford
 
 
Suffer the Little Children: Child Migration and the Geopolitics of Compassion in the United States
 
New book by Anita Casavantes Bradford, UCI Chicano/Latino studies and history professor, examines history of U.S. policy toward unaccompanied children from around the globe
 
 
 
Wang Feng
 
 
UCI sociologist Wang Feng elected to Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
 
Induction in Italy's National Academy of Science honors the demographer whose work has influenced population policy on a global scale
 
 
Jeanett Castellanos
 
 
Castellanos elected to American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Board of Directors
 
National leadership role expands the UCI associate dean, professor of teaching and accomplished mentor's reach developing Latinx faculty, administrators and students
 
 
 
Greg Hickok
 
 
Understanding side effects of neurosurgical treatment for brain disorders
 
UCI language and cognitive scientist Gregory Hickok receives funding from the National Institutes of Health to study how deep brain stimulation therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease impacts language function
 
 
David Meyer
 
 
Mining the past to inform the present
 
Project led by UCI sociologist David S. Meyer aims to arm peace, security activists with best tactics for changing policy
 
 
 
 
David Neumark
 
 
Advancing labor market research
 
Partnership with Public Policy Institute of California, grants from National Bureau of Economic Research and International Center for Law and Economics, support three new projects by UCI economist David Neumark
 
 
UCI students take first place in EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students
 
 
UCI takes first place in EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students
 
Cross-disciplinary graduate student team reveals lead soil contamination threat in Santa Ana
 
 
 
LPS Summer Diversity Fellows
 
 
Inaugural logic and philosophy of science summer diversity fellows close out first year of new program at UCI
 
Created by logic and philosophy of science associate professor Lauren Ross, the weeklong residential summer program for underrepresented undergrads seeks to diversify the field of philosophy
 
 
Kexin Chen
 
 
New findings in motion perception
 
UCI-led study published in the Journal of Neuroscience
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Samar Al-Bulushi

Commentary: Biden administration needs to match rhetoric with action on Africa policy

Samar Al-Bulushi, UCI anthropology, and Lina Benabdallah, Wake Forest University politics and international affairs, explain in this piece for MSN.
 
Jeff Barrett
 
Barrett on quantum mechanics
 
Popular Mechanics
 
Tom Boellstorff
 
Boellstorff on
metaverse
 
The Conversation
 
 
 
Michael Tesler
 
Tesler on
politics
 
FiveThirtyEight
 
Eric Swanson
 
Swanson on inflation
 
LinkedIn News
 
Richard Futrell

When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved

UCI language scientist Richard Futrell breaks it down in this piece for The Conversation's Curious Kids.
 
Sabrina Strings
 
Strings on
body image
 
Bloomberg
 
Sara Mednick
 
Mednick
on health
 
Leaps.org
 
 
 
Tony Smith
 
Smith on
politics
 
ABC 10
 
David Neumark
 
Neumark on
minimum wage
 
Wall Street Journal
 
 
 
 
event
calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AUG
 
   
 
Egyptian-American Literature Panel Q&A
 
5:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring novelists Rajia Hasib and Dalia Azim, and playwright Fouad Teymour for Q&A about their writing, process, and creation of Egyptian-American characters
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Discussion with Noor Naga
 
10:00 a.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

author of Washes, Prays and If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Talent, Technology and the Future of Money
 
5:30-7:30 p.m. | Werqwise | 149 New Montgomery St. | San Francisco (pre-registration required)

Join us for a conversation with Bill Maurer, UCI social sciences dean, and Ian O. Williamson, UCI Paul Merage dean, moderated by Kayvan Baroumand '88, Innowise CEO and Dean's Leadership Society member. Enjoy an exceptional dining and drink experience created by Phantom Phood award-winning executive chef, Kevin Schanz, and co-founder and acclaimed mixologist, Carlo Splendorini.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Social Sciences Undergraduate Dean's Welcome
 
10:00 a.m. | Social Science Tower Courtyard
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SEPT
 
   
 
Sociology Undergraduate Orientation
 
1:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Global and International Studies Undergraduate Orientation
 
3:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Economics Undergraduate Orientation
 
11:00 a.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Political Science Undergraduate Orientation
 
2:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Social Sciences Graduate Student Orientation
 
9:00 a.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Social Policy and Public Service Undergraduate Orientation
 
11:00 a.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Chicano/Latino Studies Undergraduate Orientation
 
1:00 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 318
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Anthropology Undergraduate Orientation
 
2:00 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Cognitive Sciences Undergraduate Orientation
 
3:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Language Science Undergraduate Orientation
 
11:00 a.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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