Social Ecology

Students give others an (alternative) break

While their peers party on, some UCI students spend spring vacation working on various service projects, from planting a garden at a Native American reservation in San Diego County to putting the shine on the Golden Gate national park in San Francisco.

Alexandra Cousteau

UCI to honor activist Alexandra Cousteau

Granddaughter of famed undersea explorer will receive Human Security Award for work on global water issues.

Leader of the track pack

What makes him the fastest half-miler in UCI history? A brilliant desire to be the best.

Program fosters future science, math teachers

UCI program helps meet nation’s critical need for more – and better – math and science teachers.

Writing on paper

Writing therapy not for everyone

Health benefits of expressive writing do not apply equally across all cultures, study finds.

Baby sitting at the feet of their mother next to a briefcase

Study debunks belief that maternal employment harms kids

Study shows mother’s work status is not associated with children’s achievement or behavior.

Karen Rook

All the lonely people

UC Irvine psychologist Karen Rook can trace her interest in how loneliness affects the elderly to her childhood, when she saw a much-loved, once-robust grandmother decline markedly after losing her husband. Unable to manage the family farm on her own, her grandmother moved into an apartment. After breaking her hip in a fall, she ended […]

UCI@Home graphic

What's gobbling energy in your home?

Pilot “smart home” program shows UCI homeowners how they use energy and aims to change their habits.

Emily Troshynski

Assessing the state's sex offender policies

Public Impact Fellowship helps doctoral student Emily Troshynski explore costs, benefits of GPS tracking.

Criminology Outreach Program leader wins values award

Criminology, law & society professor John Dombrink studies changing mores – how what’s considered a sin today can become accepted behavior tomorrow.