KEYWORD

social sciences

Leo Chavez

UC Irvine’s Leo Chavez elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Renowned anthropologist studies international migration, particularly among Latinos

Medical students work in the pediatric simulator lab.

UCI to launch pre-health program with support from state of California

Multipronged training model will prepare more underrepresented undergraduates for careers in medicine

Steven Gong with the White House in the background.

Writing for FLOTUS

UCI student Steven Gong turned lessons from the ‘Writing for POTUS’ course into a White House internship

American Association for the Advancement of Science honors six UC Irvine researchers

Scholars are recognized for their achievements in science and society

Photo of UCI sociology professor, Wang Feng

UCI sociologist Wang Feng elected to Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Induction in Italy’s National Academy of Science honors demographer whose work has influenced population policy on a global scale

Catlin Tran

Starting up to get ahead

Catlin Tran combines her interests with entrepreneurism for a new company, Nutripair

Vicki Ruiz standing on stage at the 2022 commencement ceremony of Harvard University.

Harvard recognizes Vicki Ruiz with an honorary degree

UCI Distinguished Professor joins six other “game changers who continue to shape the world”

From left, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe, Virginia Trimble and Jeffrey Barrett.

Four professors elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

They join 35 others from UCI in the prestigious organization

UCI represented on National Museum of the American Latino scholarly advisory committee

Distinguished Professor Emerita Vicki L. Ruiz among 18 leaders nationwide in inaugural group

UCI researchers develop hybrid human-machine framework for building smarter AI

Model uses human and algorithmic predictions and confidence scores to boost accuracy