Social Sciences

UC Irvine study finds mismatch between human perception and reliability of AI-assisted language tools

Adding uncertainty phrasing to large language model responses can help users better gauge accuracy

UC Irvine welcomes Year of the Snake with 10th annual Lunar New Year celebration

EVENT: UC Irvine will honor a decade of tradition and celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year – heralding the Year of the Snake – with cultural games, hands-on arts and crafts, food, musical and dance performances, a dragon parade, a lion dance, and more. WHEN/WHERE: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, with activities and performances […]

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UCI Podcast: A trio of Anteaters look ahead to Election Day

Undergraduates involved in voter initiatives on campus speak out

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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

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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

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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