Study finds links between genetic, postal codes in kids’ health, behavior and social outcomes

UCI co-leads first-of-its-kind research on effect of genes, geography on children’s lives

Alana LeBrón (left) and Jun Wu (right).

UC Irvine receives grant to study lead exposure effects on children’s learning, behavior

Santa Ana-based project continues past successful community-academic partnership

Bill Maurer
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UCI Podcast: What’s next in the School of Social Sciences?

Dean Bill Maurer looks ahead to his next five-year term leading UCI’s largest student-populated school

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UCI Podcast: What is social ecology?

Jon B. Gould, new dean of social ecology, explains what’s going on at one of UCI’s epicenters for change

Michael A. Hoyt, Ph.D.

UCI-led study finds psychological therapy reduces biobehavioral impact of testicular cancer

GET intervention lowered stress-related biomarkers

Jon Gould, incoming dean of the School of Social Ecology

Jon Gould is named dean of UCI’s School of Social Ecology

Leading justice scholar brings years of higher ed, federal government achievement to post

Scientists look at perceptions & behaviors

National Science Foundation – Rapid Response COVID-19 June 4, 2020 (Audio)

NSF grant funds study of partisanship’s effect on health behaviors during coronavirus crisis

Sara Wallace Goodman, UCI associate professor of political science, has received a $53,030 grant from the National Science Foundation to study how partisanship affects individual health behaviors in response to the  COVID-19 pandemic. In March and April, Goodman and her team conducted a survey that coincided with the first peak incidences and lockdown orders in […]

UCI joins College and University Fund for the Social Sciences

Partnership provides critical link with Social Science Research Council to support research, collaboration and scholarship

Social sciences dean Bill Maurer is awarded grant to study use of AI in financial services

Bill Maurer, dean of UCI’s School of Social Sciences and professor of anthropology and law, has been awarded a grant from Capital One to investigate the human implications of how artificial intelligence and machine learning are employed in the financial services industry. Using case studies in applications of AI/ML that may increasingly affect people’s financial […]