Social Sciences

Dancers and Singers at the 'Celebration of Stars'

‘A Celebration of Stars’ honors UCI Medalists

UC Irvine’s premier annual event highlights campus contributions.

Soraya Azzawi

Focusing on refugees

Dalai Lama Scholar Soraya Azzawi is dedicated to raising awareness of human rights struggles and the plight of refugees around the world.

Professor Russell Dalton

The influence of independents

New bloc of voters who eschew traditional party politics could determine next president, professor says.

A passion for politics

Sophomore Sanaa Khan spent much of Welcome Week signing up new voters. Her enthusiasm is evident both in and out of class.

Seeing how the other half lives

Art exhibit evokes milieu of families residing in budget motels.

The day they became doctors

They entered the UC Irvine School of Medicine with dreams of making a difference someday, five eager students armed with distinctive skills, talents and experiences they hoped could be used to improve human health. They saw their dreams come into focus on Match Day, March 16, when they learned where they will start their careers as doctors.

Felipe Hernandez

UCI senior is named a Truman Scholar

Music and political science double major is one of the select U.S. recipients of $30,000 award for public service.

Student protest

Candid campus

Frank Cancian, UC Irvine professor emeritus of anthropology and an avid photographer, has used his camera to document the lives of peasant farmers in Italy, Mayans in Mexico, and women who clean houses in Orange County. For his latest project, “Main Street UCI,”he’s captured Anteaters in action. Cancian has produced a photo exhibit that chronicles the […]

Putting the ‘extra’ in ‘extracurricular’

Want to maximize your UCI experience? Here’s a list of things to do during your undergraduate years, according to older (and presumably wiser) upperclassmen. They came up with the roster in honor of the university’s 50th anniversary in 2015 — when current freshmen will graduate.

Russell Dalton

A love/hate relationship

New book by UCI’s Russell Dalton explores dynamics between voters, political parties.