Social Sciences

From Beads to Bitcoin

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

Santa Claus

Santa vs. superheroes

UCI physics professor compares St. Nick’s powers to those of traditional caped crusaders

Do we really want to awaken the alien force?

Human efforts to communicate with extraterrestrials via images or sound are doomed to failure, UCI professor asserts – and that may be for the best

UCI researchers help demystify key elements of digital disaster communications

Study suggests strategies emergency management agencies can use to promote reposting

Entrepreneur at 18

Freshman in business economics kick-starts her career as a CEO by winning a grand prize worth $25,000 in national competition

UCI professor’s new publication investigates growing militarism in China

Author will speak at public launch of book, documentary Nov. 12 on campus

Bridging the first-generation gap

Mentoring program pairs new students with upperclassmen who also are first in their families to go to college

New novel by Roxanne Varzi set in modern Iran

Roxanne Varzi’s new novel, Last Scene Underground, portrays a modern Iran that’s rarely seen in the coverage of that country’s nuclear program and religious fundamentalism. The book tells of young, educated residents of Tehran who navigate their way through politics and art and in the process learn hard lessons about censorship, creativity and love. It was inspired by artists and […]

Joseph L. White

A labor of love

Joseph L. White, ‘father of black psychology,’ is honored by American Psychological Association

Amy He

UCI’s top junior

Aldrich Scholarship recipient Amy He makes social sciences – and her single, immigrant mom – proud