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UC Irvine's Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science earns top spots in latest faculty rankings
 
Philosophical Gourmet Report's 2024-25 update places the Irvine faculty cohort among the top in the English-speaking world for faculty excellence

 
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Chat, AI technology
 
 
UC Irvine study finds mismatch between human perception and reliability of AI-assisted language tools
 
Adding uncertainty phrasing to large language model responses can help users better gauge accuracy
 
 
Olson and Peterson
 
 
Ethnographer's Way by UCI professors Peterson and Olson named among The Chronicle's top books of 2024
 
Honor spotlights the anthropologists' "refreshing, unconventional" approach to research design
 
 
PNAS Special Feature
 
 
Dialogues about the practice of science
 
PNAS Special Feature co-curated by UC Irvine professor Joachim Vandekerckhove emphasizes flexibility, pluralism, and critical reflection in scientific practice
 
 
 
economics
 
 
Economics of Anteater life
 
Student songs and videos explain how economics shape real life in this popular UCI class
 
 
Aaron Fawcett
 
 
A second act
 
From Marine and single father to a career in insurance, UC Irvine psychology major Aaron Fawcett finds his purpose in academia
 
 
Anannya Bhuskat
 
 
Bhuskat awarded Moore Scholarship for Community and Social Change
 
Honor recognizes the political science and economics undergrad for academic promise and potential to enact change and improve the community
 
 
 
Hector Tobar
 
 
Guest essay: Holding on to a middle-class home in a burning Los Angeles
 
Héctor Tobar, Chicano/Latino studies and English, writes in The New York Times
 
 
Kopstein and Hanson
 
 
Guest Essay: Trump is dismantling the systems that keep us safe. All Americans will suffer.
 
Political science professors Jeffrey S. Kopstein, UC Irvine, and Stephen E. Hanson, William & Mary, explain in this piece for The New York Times
 
 
JB Manchak
 
 
The universe is unknowable from within it
 
JB Manchak, logic & philosophy of science professor, dives into spacetime in this piece for Institute of Art and Ideas News
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Cailin O'Connor

Big business uses factual research to mislead the public - philosophers analyze the issue

Logic & philosophy of science professor Cailin O'Connor explains how truth can be manipulated to mislead. Read, courtesy of Phys.org.
 
Beckmann
 
Beckmann on politics,
wildfires
 
OC Register
 
Leo Chavez
 
Chavez on
birthright
citizenship
 
AP, Seattle Times
 
 
 
Bill Maurer
 
Maurer on AI, payments industry
 
Payments Dive
 
Eve Darian-Smith
 
Darian-Smith on
Hungary, Trump
 
Chronicle
 
Laura Enriquez

The future of the US Department of Education: 8 tips for journalists covering the agency under Trump’s second term

Laura Enriquez, Chicano/Latino studies associate professor, urges journalists to look beyond their regular sources and ask about students the news media tend to overlook. Read, courtesy of The Journalist's Resource.
 
DeSipio
 
DeSipio on immigration
 
New York Times
 
Monroe
 
Monroe on
politics & big tech
 
Quartz
 
 
 
Sara Goodman
 
Goodman on immigration
 
Marketplace
 
Gary Singer
 
Futrell on AI & language
 
Quanta Magazine
 
 
 
 
mark your
calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
03
 
FEB
 
   
 
Pop-Up Panel: Birthright Citizenship
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321

featuring Louis DeSipio, Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Political Science, UCI, and Stephen Lee, Professor of Law, UCI | moderated by Claire Kim, Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies, UCI

 
 
 
 
 
 
03
 
FEB
 
   
 
The Global Transport Revolution--Part 1
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Dan Bogart, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
03
 
FEB
 
   
 
National Reconciliation: Israel and the Palestinians
 
7:00-8:00 p.m. | Steinhaus Hall, Room 128

featuring Professor Danny Bar-Tal
 
 
 
 
 
 
04
 
FEB
 
   
 
SPIRL Info Session
 
12:00-12:50 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

 
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
FEB
 
   
 
Law School Timeline
 
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321

 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
FEB
 
   
 
Inside the Minds of First-Gen: Networking with Faculty and Alumni
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321

 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
FEB
 
   
 
Homelessness and the Persistence of Deprivation: Income, Employment, and Safety Net Participation
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Bruce D. Meyer, McCormick Foundation Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
FEB
 
   
 
Pre-Health Opportunities in Social Sciences
 
3:30-4:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
FEB
 
   
 
Traveling Indigeneity and the Making of Global Theory
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
FEB
 
   
 
Princeton Review: LSAT Study Guide
 
1:00-1:30 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Jasmine Takovali, Princeton Review
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
FEB
 
   
 
The Holocaust, Rwanda-Burundi, the Khmer Rouge, Bosnia, and American Police
 
7:00-8:00 p.m. | Steinhaus Hall, Room 128

featuring Ervin Staub

 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
FEB
 
   
 
Finding Your Career After UC
 
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 1222
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
FEB
 
   
 
Research in Social Sciences
 
2:00-2:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 2112
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
FEB
 
   
 
Valentine's Day Grams
 
3:00-4:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 1222
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
FEB
 
   
 
More People, Fewer States
 
12:30-2:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 1222

featuring Rein Taagepera, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
FEB
 
   
 
Mathematical Justification without Proof
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 1222

featuring Silvia De Toffoli, Assistant Professor, Philosophy at the Department of Humanities and Life Sciences, Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia

 
 
 
 
 
 
18
 
FEB
 
   
 
Research Skills and Software
 
11:00-11:50 a.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
FEB
 
   
 
A Day In the Life of a Lawyer
 
3:00-4:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Mark Sacks, Score It Up!
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
FEB
 
   
 
Echoes of the Human Mind? AI Systems as Cognitive Models of Language
 
4:00-5:15 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112

featuring Idan Blank, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Linguistics, UCLA
 
 
 
 
 
 
24
 
FEB
 
   
 
Northern Ireland: The Intractable Irish Problem, Solved (?): A 500-Year Perspective
 
7:00-8:00 p.m. | Steinhaus Hall, Room 128

featuring Orla Muldoon
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
FEB
 
   
 
From Social Science to an MBA
 
2:00-3:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Vanessa Marcin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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