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featured:
UC Irvine Center for Population, Inequality, and Policy elevated to Organized Research Unit on campus
 
Upgraded status provides supportive infrastructure for center's research on causes and consequences of socioeconomic inequality

 
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Eve Darian-Smith
 
 
Darian-Smith named J. Ann Tickner Award recipient by the International Studies Association
 
Honor recognizes the global and international studies professor and department chair for bravery in pursuit of pioneering scholarship, service and teaching
 
 
Isabel Almeida
 
 
Almeida named Western Psychological Association Early Career Research Award recipient
 
Honor recognizes the Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor for outstanding research promise
 
 
Jim Weatherall
 
 
Bridging a gap in research on symmetry
 
UCI logic & philosophy of science professor Jim Weatherall receives multipronged NSF grant for research
 
 
 
blurry classroom
 
 
Economic integration within schools is limited, UC Irvine-led study finds
 
Research, published in PNAS, highlights disproportionate isolation of students from families in highest income brackets
 
 
Yousuf Al-Bulushi
 
 
Ruptures in the Afterlife of the Apartheid City
 
New book by Yousuf Al-Bulushi, UCI global & international studies associate professor, explores relationship between shack dwellers and the municipal government in South Africa
 
 
Peters and Ross
 
 
Thinking about neuroscience: Essays from the field
 
UC Irvine social scientists Megan Peters, cognitive sciences, and Lauren Ross, logic & philosophy of science, offer expertise on authorship practices, memory and mood in The Transmitter's new book
 
 
 
Roxanne Varzi
 
 
Multimodal anthropology
 
Spotlight on Roxanne Varzi, Professor, Anthropology, UC Irvine
 
 
Chand
 
 
Chand awarded Moore Scholarship for Community and Social Change
 
Honor recognizes the cognitive sciences and biological sciences undergrad for academic promise and potential to enact change and improve the community
 
 
Guillen
 
 
Guillen awarded Moore Scholarship for Community and Social Change
 
Honor recognizes second-year social policy and public service major for academic promise and potential to enact change and improve the community
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Jeff Kopstein

One word describes Trump

Jeffrey Kopstein, political science professor and coauthor of The Assault on the State: How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers Our Future, offers insight. Read, courtesy of The Atlantic.
 
Lauren Ross
 
Ross on
causation, explanation
 
The Dissenter
(podcast)
 
Eve Darian-Smith
 
Darian-Smith on climate change, authoritarianism
 
Eurasian Knot
(podcast)
 
 
 
Sara Mednick
 
Mednick on sleep, dreams
 
Washington Post
 
David Neumark
 
Neumark on
wages, gender
 
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27
 
FEB
 
   
 
The Perversity of International Law in China's Territorial Disputes
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | LAW 3600

featuring Jacques deLisle, University of Pennsylvania School of Law

 
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
FEB
 
   
 
Reflections on One Month of Trump: A Conversation with Katie Porter
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Katie Porter, Professor of Law, UCI, Member of the US House of Representatives, 2018-2024

 
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
FEB
 
   
 
Indians on Indian Lands
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100

featuring Nishant Upadhyay, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

 
 
 
 
 
 
01
 
MAR
 
   
 
Homecoming
 
Reconnect with fellow Anteaters at the heart of our campus, Aldrich Park, for a memorable day celebrating our Anteater community during this family-friendly tradition. Enjoy an afternoon of Ferris Wheel rides, food trucks, family fun zone, live music, homecoming court coronation, pre-game rally before Men’s basketball takes on Black and Blue Rival Long Beach State and so much more.

 
 
 
 
 
 
03
 
MAR
 
   
 
Disruptive Effects of Natural Disasters: The 1906 San Francisco Fire
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Hanna Schwank, University of Bonn
 
 
 
 
 
 
04
 
MAR 
 
   
 
The Dollar: How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Zoom + Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Mariana Luzzi and Ariel Wilkis
 
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
MAR
 
   
 
What Are CV's, Cover Letters, and Resumes
 
2:00-2:30 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
MAR
 
   
 
SSARC Peer Ambassador Info Session
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
MAR
 
   
 
How Racial Matching Reduces the Effects of Bias in Behavioral Evaluations and Sanctioning
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Jayanti Owens, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Management

 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
MAR
 
   
 
Picking Up the PACE: Loans for Residential Climate-Proofing
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218

featuring Cameron LaPoint, Yale University
 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
MAR
 
   
 
A Mathematical Theory of Learning Agents
 
4:00-5:15 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112

featuring Patrick Shafto, Professor of Math and Computer Science, Rutgers University

 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
MAR
 
   
 
Reading (anti-)Blackness in Mexico Visual Culture
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112

featuring Brisa Marie Smith Flores, UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of African American Studies and Art History, UC Irvine

 
 
 
 
 
 
07
 
MAR
 
   
 
Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship in China
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Samantha Vortherms, Assistant Professor, UC Irvine Department of Political Science with comments by Sara Goodman, Professor and Chair, UC Irvine Department of Political Science
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
MAR
 
   
 
SSARC Brain Break
 
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1230

featuring Jasmine Takovali, Princeton Review
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
MAR
 
   
 
Gods, Kings, and Missionaries: Legacies of Ancient States and Christian Missionaries on Religion in Africa
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Constantine Manda, UC Irvine

 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
MAR
 
   
 
On the Numerical Approximation of Minimax Regret Rules Via Fictitious Play
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218

featuring Patrik Guggenberger, Penn State University
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
MAR
 
   
 
Late Night Study Session + Pizza
 
5:00-7:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1230
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
MAR
 
   
 
The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization
 
12:30-2:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1511

featuring Kevin Pham, University of Amsterdam
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
MAR
 
   
 
Painting with Peers
 
3:00-4:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
MAR
 
   
 
In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Lisa Messeri, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Yale University

 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
MAR
 
   
 
Pareto for the People (with Jeremy Goodman (JHU))
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 1222

featuring Harvey Lederman, Professor, Department of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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