Social Sciences

UCI competition challenges students to design machines that can search for disaster victims

‘Celebration of Teaching’ highlights campus commitment to excellence in the classroom and a superior student experience

Daniela Estrada, UCI political science undergrad and aspiring lawyer, is awarded coveted Truman Scholarship

EVENT:  Global Food Summit: Sustainable Solutions is the second of a two-part Global Food Security conference held at University of California, Irvine. Internationally renowned food security leaders, practitioners and academics will address critical topics, ranging from global efforts to improve agriculture to the promise of technological advances. For full list of events, go to: http://blumcenter.uci.edu/gfs/ WHEN/WHERE: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. […]

Your brain plays tricks on you, UCI research shows

EVENT:  A lion dance parade, elaborate costumes, eye-catching artistic demonstrations, origami workshops, live cultural entertainment, delicious food tastings and beverages will highlight a Lunar New Year festival hosted by UCI’s social sciences, law and business schools in conjunction with the campus’s John S. & Marilyn Long U.S.-China Institute for Business & Law. WHEN/WHERE:  3:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, […]

Bill Maurer, dean of social sciences, shares a trove of fun facts about money

UCI faculty members received three of the Russell Sage Foundation’s 19 visiting scholar appointments for the 2016-17 academic year. Greg Duncan, Distinguished Professor of education; Cynthia Feliciano, associate professor of sociology and Chicano/Latino studies; and Rubén G. Rumbaut, Distinguished Professor of sociology, will pursue research and writing projects that reflect the foundation’s commitment to strengthening […]

UCI anthropologist explores how people with disabilities make use of online environments

The way people pay for things is changing, UCI experts say. Will paper money become passé?