Specialty in decision, rational choice, and game theory ranks first in the English-speaking world


Funding provided by a University of North Carolina Ashville Fellowship Award


Funding provided by Army and Navy research offices


Holloway receives 2011 Reza Zarif and Rufina Paniego Undergraduate Award for Excellence


Book published in the anthropologist’s honor launches at Society for Ethnomusicology annual meeting


An op-ed by Stergios Skaperdas, economics professor, is featured in The New York Times November 9, 2011


Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will advance applied research on monetary practices in developing countries


Andrew Fontein, UCI men's soccer goalkeeper and business econ major, is a finalist for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award


Facility is available for use by faculty pursuing auditory research


Facility is available to researchers and is seeking paid student research participants


Finding by UCI anthropologist is attributed to lack of medical insurance


Award named in honor of pioneering economics professor and academician


Award includes one-year in-residence study


Postdoctoral researcher Kayoko Okada, cognitive sciences `05, will help map brain lesions and activity linked to language processing using fMRI


Social sciences 2011-12 Expert Speaker Series focuses on social media, sustainability and the future of healthcare


New multi-university study finds racial classification linked to status cues in clothing


Center for Economics & Public Policy, housed in the School of Social Sciences, is directed by economist David Neumark


Funding provided by the UC Center for New Racial Studies


Research interests span game theory, political behavior, social inequality and computational modeling


Honor includes funding for one-year in-residence at foundation’s New York headquarters


Study on criminal sex regulation recognized as best scholarly article in global and transnational sociology


Video available on YouTube, courtesy of Spiral Silverstar


Harvest of Loneliness, directed by Gilbert Gonzalez, Chicano/Latino studies, and Vivian Price, political science doctoral alumna


Sociology and economics Chancellor’s Professor received honor at the association's annual meeting in Las Vegas


An op-ed by David Meyer, sociology professor, is featured in the Washington Post August 12, 2011


One of 121 institutions recommended in the rankings


Study by UCI economist finds merits behind higher minimum wage – when coupled with Earned Income Tax Credit


Honor recognizes best published article on organizations, occupations and work


Two-year chair-elect term begins in 2011 with full chair role beginning in 2013


New book by Yang Su details atrocities committed in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution


Recent grad pursues research on AB 540 student support on California campuses


Watch video highlights, courtesy of C-SPAN


Abolian and Aragon are the 2011 Aldrich and Aeberhard award winners


Recent grad is opting to stay in-state to attend UCSD’s economics Ph.D. program


Harry (Hyung Ju) Hong, economics, and Shunan Zhang, cognitive sciences


Cognitive scientist Lisa Pearl also recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching at annual Celebration of Teaching awards ceremony


Past UCI grads have found niches in nonprofit work, pro sports, Hollywood, law, TV and business


UCI programs help foster youths - like social sciences alumni Kimberly Snodgrass and Cristian Martinez - succeed


UCI economist David Neumark finds non-policy factors such as weather and geography play greater role in predicting states’ economic growth than traditional business climate index measures


ASA award recognizes book as best book published on the family


Selection considered one of the highest honors for a U.S. scientist


Honor recognizes book as one of the most significant print and electronic works reviewed in the magazine in 2010


OC judge and 2011 Lauds & Laurels award winner Scott Steiner on UCI’s lifelong impact


Sociology undergrad Lalita Patipaksiri is first UCI player to be selected for the NCAA all-star golf team


Study coauthored by Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor Belinda Campos finds health benefits of expressive writing do not apply equally across all cultures


Anthropologist receives grant to study how the world’s largest nation is handling gender imbalance


UCI cognitive scientists’ non-invasive synthetic telepathy communication work featured in April edition of Discover Magazine


Daisy Reyes, sociology grad student, earns Lauds & Laurels honors for research on roles of student clubs on college campuses


UCI’s Mock Trial performance lands team a fourth consecutive national bid


UCI social scientists use blogs to share research, experiences


Research topics funded to advance academic understanding of issues impacting our everyday lives


Visits engender friendship between UCI arts students and their Ghanaian counterparts


UCI sociologist and CDASA director Judith Treas explains in new book how society, culture and public policy impact who does chores in homes around the globe


NRC ranks department in top ten while four graduate student dissertations are selected among nation’s top 40 in cultural anthropology


Marine Corps veteran and current UCI Veterans Student Union president offers advice on pursuing undergraduate research at UCI


Interview is focus of book co-authored with UCI Chancellor's Professor Frank D. Bean, sociology


Term to begin March 2011 with acting president role beginning in 2012


Award will be presented at 2011 annual APSA meeting


Study finds shifting societal views of sex have changed classification and regulation of sex crimes


Surge of support comes days before a vote is expected from the U.S. Senate


Wishing you peace, happiness and fun in the new year


New study by UCI economist David Neumark finds minority dropout rates decrease when more fathers are incarcerated


From the Corona del Mar Patch:


Honored at annual UC Irvine Institute for Clinical & Translational Science Chancellor's Community Health Awards Dinner


Now seeking applications for inaugural fall 2011 class


Honor recognizes political scientist for research expertise in voting theory and behavior


Recipient of the 2010-11 Reza Zarif and Rufina Paniego Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Anthropology


Recipient of the 2010-11 Carole Creek Bailey Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Sociology


Social Sciences and Social Ecology celebrate at SBSG open house


Five-year renewable appointment split jointly between UCI School of Social Sciences and Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences


Two-year fellowship includes $50,000 research support


Bethel Mesgana, bio sci and sociology major, and Doug Cheung, neurobiology and psychology & social behavior major, will develop undergraduate course on holistic healthcare


Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies department chair and political science associate professor, is interviewed live on the California Report October 8, 2010


Topics are focus of new book co-authored with UCI Chancellor's Professor Frank D. Bean, sociology


One-year fellowship awarded by UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation


UCI sociologist Wang Feng weighs in on the unintended consequences of China's one-child policy in special Science magazine feature


High marks earned for research influence and international mix of staff and students


Goodnow and Ithiel de Sola Pool awards recognize the political scientist and former association vice president for her contributions to the field and the association


Honor recognizes her study on heroin addiction among rural residents in New Mexico's Española Valley


UCI’s Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion receives additional Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding for on the ground research in developing countries


Faculty and graduate student awards and office elections recognize UCI sociologists for research and leadership


Documentary on Bracero Program co-directed by UCI’s Gonzalez and Price receives Cinelatino Audience Choice Award


Award marks the anthropologist’s third major recognition for most recent book on population science and governance in China


One-year award provided by Los Angeles-based John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation


One-year funding provided by UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation


Ph.D. alumnus and social sciences lecturer Bojan Petrovic discusses Afghanistan’s political evolution in new book


Program will be based on statistical model developed by the UCI cognitive scientist in the 1980s


Findings published in Security Studies online


Funding includes in-country research and will run through December 2011


New book by UCI sociologists Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean explores diversity in the U.S.


With a prestigious $20 million federal grant, translational research at UCI shifts into high gear


Doreen Fang, ’94 political science alumnus, recently competed on ‘The Next Food Network Star’ and is cooking up quite a career


First co-edited issue due out in August


Award recognizes Bibona, '10 sociology alumnus, for excellence in community service, classroom and outstanding character and competition on the field


Anthropology graduate student Joanne Randa Nucho receives Fulbright-Hays fellowship to study community programs in Lebanon


Findings presented to California State Senate June 30


IMTFI hosts collaborative design workshop, announces 2011 call for research proposals


Awarded by UCI Academic Senate, honor recognizes Montoya for excellence in teaching, research, mentorship and service activities at UCI and in local community


Social sciences staff honored for hitting university career service milestones


International studies director and political science professor gives Commission on Wartime Contracting perspective at hearing held June 18 in Washington, D.C.