Getting out the vote

As a leader of the Asian Pacific Student Association, Cheng hopes to register 600 new voters by the Oct. 20 deadline.

New Professors

UCI welcomes new faculty

Experts on everything from reconstructing the human hand to interpreting the U.S. Constitution have joined the UC Irvine faculty in the last year.

Castellanos honored by National Latina/o Psychology Association

Jeanett Castellanos, UC Irvine social science and Chicano/Latino studies lecturer and director of the Social Sciences Academic Resource Center, has…

UCI receives $5.4 million to study large-scale computer networks

If your Facebook page – or “node” – disappeared, would your whole social network come crashing to a halt? A…

Latina women network to succeed in business, study says

Networking is seen as necessary to succeed in business, and Latina professionals are no exception. According to a recent study…

Snow receives Founders Award for study of social problems

David Snow, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology at UC Irvine, will receive the 2008 Lee Founders Award from the Society for…

UCI names new athletics director

Michael Izzi, associate athletic director for sports administration and development at Stanford University, has been named intercollegiate athletics director at…

Politics of protest

In his latest book, The Politics of Protest, David S. Meyer analyzes the origins and evolution of protest in the U.S.

Criminology, Law & Society professor receives Fulbright award

Henry Pontell, Criminology, Law & Society professor at UC Irvine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and…

Graduate student publishes report on DREAM Act

Roberto G. Gonzales, a doctoral candidate in the UC Irvine Department of Sociology, has published a study in support of…