Social Ecology

Second annual UCI Giving Day more than doubles last year’s total

Anteater community raises over $4 million to support programs, projects

Nancy Guerra, social ecology dean

School of Social Ecology receives $1 million from estate of founding faculty member

Gift endows Carol Kupers Whalen Fund, which supports students and faculty research

Breaking down poverty

The key, visiting scholar Martín Burt says, is to take the focus off of income

Charis Kubrin

Proposition 47 not responsible for recent upticks in crime across California, UCI study says

First systematic data analysis conducted to determine statewide impact

Course of action

UCI among first campuses to offer interdisciplinary UC class fostering climate change solutions

Candice Odgers, UCI professor of psychology & social behavior

UCI professor finds new digital divide threatening well-being of low-income teens

Research shows that while online access is now nearly equal, experiences are not

UCI-led study identifies ‘hot spots’ of water quality violations

Problems more frequent in low-income, rural areas of the nation

UCI online master’s program in criminology, law & society is ranked third in the nation

In the criminal justice category, UCI offers one of the top online graduate degree programs in the country. According to U.S. News & World Report‘s 2018 ranking of such programs, UCI is tied for third with the University of Nebraska Omaha. In total, 90 schools with online criminal justice or criminology programs were judged in five […]

Battling bias

Freshman seminar series on prejudice aims to teach tolerance, encourage activism

Cybersphere of influence

Social ecologists probe positive, negative effects of digital technology