Social Sciences

Photo of UC Irvine undergraduates Kylie Jones, Khushi Patel and Evelyn Rodriguez
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UCI Podcast: A trio of Anteaters look ahead to Election Day

Undergraduates involved in voter initiatives on campus speak out

Photo of Belinda Campos, professor and deparetment chair Chicano/Latino studies
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UCI Podcast: How Latinos are shaping the future together

Belinda Campos discusses PRIME-LC and cultural components that promote health

2 UC Irvine scholars receive Fulbright awards

With funding, Andrea Henderson and Alexander Huezo will travel abroad to conduct research

Side-by-side photos of UC Irvine political science professors Louis DeSipio and Tony Smith
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UCI Podcast: Review of first presidential debate of 2024

Political scientists Louis DeSipio and Tony Smith discuss key takeaways and what’s next

UC Irvine’s 2024 Hellman Fellows are (clockwise from upper left): Abigail Lapin Dardashti, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Fangyaun Ding, Pablo Lara-Gonzalez, Katherine Trieste Rhodes, Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo, Irene Vega, Xian Shi, Ji Seon Song and Travis Wiles.

10 UC Irvine faculty members named Hellman Fellows for 2024-25

Program supports research by promising assistant professors

Close-up of hands holding and inspecting soil outdoors.

Another Step Toward Environmental Justice

¡Plo-NO! Santa Ana moves forward with I-CLEAN study

Valentina Toledano

#IamUCI – Valentina Toledano

B.A., political science, B.A., language science and minor in anthropology | School of Social Sciences

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Dreaming is linked to improved memory consolidation and emotion regulation

UC Irvine-led study is first to pinpoint role of dreams in processing bad experiences

A pregnant African woman holding her belly on dark background.

Placental hormone spike in late pregnancy linked to postpartum depressive symptoms

Findings of UC Irvine-led study could aid in early identification of at-risk mothers

This rendering of the “Plein-Air en Plein Air” installation features an image of Granville Redmond’s painting “California Landscape with Flowers,” circa 1931, oil on canvas, 32 x 80 in., projected onto the Social Science Lab building. The artwork is a gift from The Irvine Museum to UC Irvine’s Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art.

Art as rarely experienced

‘Plein-Air en Plein Air’ installation to feature Langson IMCA paintings projected onto campus buildings