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September Headlines
 In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Tarow IndowTarow Indow, 84, professor emeritus, Keio University and the University of California, Irvine Professor emeritus Tarow Indow, an internationally known expert on the human visual system and semantic memory, passed away on September 22, 2007 following a month's hospitalization for a throat and lung disorder. Read on...  UCI professor one of nine selected world-wide to deliver distinguished lecture Brian Skyrms, UC Irvine distinguished professor of logic and philosophy of science and economics, is one of only nine university professors selected world-wide to deliver an annual Tanner Lecture on Human Values. Read on...  Dalton elected president of APSA's Section on Political Organizations & Parties Russell Dalton, political science professor, has been elected president of the American Political Science Association's (APSA) Section on Political Organizations and Parties (POP). As one of the largest research groups in the association, POP supports scholarship on American political parties, comparative political parties and interest groups. Read on... Jumpstart community outreach program receives grant for 2007-2008 academic year The School of Social Sciences' Jumpstart community outreach program has received a combined $111,645 grant from the national Jumpstart and AmeriCorps organizations to fund its 2007-2008 academic program. Read on...  Deborah Avant, the new face of International Studies at UC Irvine"Things grow best when they are organic," says Deborah Avant in response to her plans for the School of Social Sciences' International Studies Program. As the new director, Avant will play a key leadership role in a program that houses one of the most popular majors on campus with nearly 700 undergraduate students as well as a minor in conflict resolution and a public forum series. Read on... Cognitive scientists awarded $350,000 to study sensory measures A team of UC Irvine cognitive scientists has received a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study sensory measures. Led by R. Duncan Luce, distinguished research professor of cognitive sciences and economics at UC Irvine and recipient of the 2003 National Medal of Science, researchers will conduct auditory and visual tests in an attempt to develop a standard system for measuring psychological sensations, such as a person's subjective sense of loudness and brightness, and the factors that affect them and their relationship. Read on...  Caroline Melly At a time when immigration issues between the US and Mexico blanket the network news stations, anthropology graduate student Caroline Melly is conducting research of her own on a very similar issue thousands of miles away. Read on... 3 UC Irvine political science alumni selected for competitive Capital Fellowship UC Irvine political science alumni Vasudhsiri Torch Sathienmars, class of '06, Scott Dominic Seekatz, class of '07, and Aida Macedo De Partida, class of '07, have each been selected for 11 month appointments to the California Capital Fellows Program. The competitive program gives selected students an opportunity to engage in public service and prepare for future careers, while actively contributing to the development and implementation of public policy in California. Read on...  Joaquin Artes, 2007-08 Sheen T. Kassouf Fellowship recipientEconomics graduate student Joaquin Artes is the 2007-08 recipient of the Sheen T. Kassouf Endowed Fellowship. Established in 2006 to honor the legacy of Professor Sheen Kassouf, a pioneer of modern finance and a highly respected UC Irvine economics scholar and academician, the fellowship is awarded annually to an economics graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in coursework and research. Read on... Social Sciences in the Media A refuge for women in a hostile game space Morgan Romine, anthropology graduate student, is quoted in the LA Times on September 3, 2007. Read on... Illegal immigrants are heading to other states Frank Bean, sociology professor, is quoted in the OC Register on September 1, 2007. Read on... All languages spoken here Ruben Rumbaut, sociology professor, is quoted in the New Jersey Record on September 5, 2007. Read on... Can Boryspil Airport become a hub? Volodymyr Bilotkach, assistant economics professor, is featured in the Kyiv Post (Ukraine) on September 6, 2007. Read on... Presidential hopefuls host fundraisers in Newport Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies professor and chair, is quoted in the Daily Pilot on September 7, 2007. Read on... Democrats' Spanish-language debate draws in Hispanic viewers in US Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies professor and chair, is quoted in The Associated Press on September 10, 2007. Read on... Census: Hispanic numbers are more Mexican Ruben Rumbaut, sociology professor, is quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer on September 12, 2007. Read on... Skilled workers to lobby in D.C. Louis DeSipio, professor and chair of Chicano/Latino studies, is quoted in the OC Register on September 17, 2007. Read on... Blackwater's gift to Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki Deborah Avant, political science professor and director of international studies, is quoted by Foreign Policy on September 19, 2007. Read on... China's 'perfect child' generation Susan Greenhalgh, anthropology professor, is quoted in the BBC News on September 20, 2007. Read on... Getting in at last on India's boom? Karen Leonard, anthropology professor, is quoted in The Baltimore Sun on September 23, 2007. Read on... Private security providers become a Pentagon focus Deborah Avant, international studies director and political science professor, is featured in the Wall Street Journal on September 27, 2007. Read on... A scholarly society makes a logical - and symbolic - move to Cambridge U. Press Penelope Maddy, Chancellor's professor of logic and philosophy of science, is featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education on September 27, 2007. Read on... Anthropology's top journal moves to UCI Tom Boellstorff, anthropology professor, is featured in the Orange County Register on September 27, 2007. Read on... UCI professor chosen to receive literature award Alejandro Morales, Chicano/Latino studies professor, is featured in the Daily Pilot on September 27, 2007. Read on... Expert witness Ruben Rumbaut, sociology professor, is interviewed on WBAI (New York) on September 24. 2007. Read on... It's a multilingual world, after all Ruben Rumbaut, sociology professor is featured in the Denver Post on September 28, 2007. Read on... Making sense of the Iraq war and Blackwater Deborah Avant, international studies director and political science professor, is featured in The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) on September 30, 2007. Read on... If you have a good idea for a feature story or would like to post a news item to the School of Social Sciences website, please contact your department manager or Heather Wuebker, hwuebker@uci.edu. |
