George Tita

Fighting crime with math

UCI’s George Tita and colleagues use math to explain crime hot spots, recommend prevention strategies.

UC Irvine Advisory: Social sciences speaker series

Social sciences speakers to discuss the brain and behavior, immigration and state politics.

Mei Zhan

Chinese medicine goes global

Anthropology professor studies evolution of traditional practice among rural poor into lucrative industry embraced by Americans.

Sheena Nahm

Show biz becomes academic

UC Irvine graduate finds her niche in the emerging field of entertainment education doing research fro medical shows.

Adonia Lugo

Changing the rules of the road

Exploring alternatives to vehicle travel in Southern California becomes challenging social and research experiment for anthropology grad student who gave up her car three years ago.

'Body Electric,' by Simon Penny and Malcolm McIver

DAC '09 links culture, technology

Prestigious conference brings 100 presenters to UC Irvine in subjects ranging from informatics to science and technology studies, and from media studies to digital art and design.

Lilith Mahmud

Exploring the secrets of Freemasonry

UCI’s Lilith Mahmud discusses the society’s portrayal in a hit novel – and reveals its “best-kept secret.”

Benji Zachariah screens a child for heart disease in China's Yunnan province

Healthcare on a global scale

Future physician Benji Zachariah hopes to make a difference among the world’s poor.

Money management among the poor

UCI funds research on financial practices in developing countries.

Roxanne Varzi

Storytelling in Tehran

Bicultural professor Roxanne Varzi makes a film about Iranian American identity and the aftermath of war.