Social Sciences

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.

It's all Greek to him

Stergios Skaperdas says its time for Greece to drop the Euro.

Elizabeth O’Malley

Staying true to her corps values

Volunteering around the world, E.B. O’Malley ’78 actively engages in global friendships and the pursuit of peace.

Sierra Leone resident transfers funds via cell phone

Smart money

UCI’s Institute for Money Technology and Financial Inclusion awarded $4.17 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Globe and Gavel

Legal zoom

New program at UC Irvine School of Law permits concurrent degree study.

Yael Bartana's “... and Europe will be stunned”

Double debut

Israeli video artist Yael Bartana debuts film trilogy at new UCI gallery.