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social sciences

Population distribution can greatly impact COVID-19 spread, UCI-led study finds

Contagion disparities can affect perception of risk, demand for healthcare services

Bill Mauer, dean of UCI’s School of Social Sciences, a professor of anthropology and director of the campus’s Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion

What’s next: The future of cash

The death of dollars has been greatly exaggerated

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UCI Podcast: Top Chef winner and UCI alumna Melissa King dishes out college cooking tips

Melissa King, a 2005 UCI alumna with a bachelor’s degree in cognitive sciences, won Top Chef: All-Stars L.A., the 17th season of the show. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, King dishes on the final moments of the show and her unique California-Asian culinary style. She also shares cooking tips for college students and […]

Building Sikh Studies at UCI

First holder of endowed chair aims to raise critical awareness of South Asian tradition’s global history, culture, ethics and philosophies, and contributions

Sign by UCI School of Social Sciences inviting student to join SSARC;'s virtual Bagel Fridays.

School of Social Sciences finds way to stay social

Amid pandemic, weekly student hangout transitions to Zoom, keeping Anteaters connected

Nora Beik (left), an international studies and political science major at UCI and a student leader in the Diversity, Inclusion & Racial Healing Ambassador Program, chats with a local high schooler.

Driven by diversity

Third-year student who grew up feeling like an outsider works to foster inclusion through UCI community outreach program

Louise Nicole Ives

Committed to community

Scholarship support helped recent UCI graduate prepare for life of service

U.S. Navy vet Harwood Garland, a UCI veteran suicide researcher and an inaugural instructor in the campus’s new veterans studies program, salutes a color guard in front of Aldrich Hall during a past Veterans Day ceremony.

Studying those who serve

UCI will be fourth in nation to offer certificate program on veterans

Diverse linguistic environment boosts brain sensitivity to new learning, UCI study finds

Exposure alone may confer some benefits of bilinguality on single-language speakers

The case against reality

In his new book, UCI vision scientist Donald Hoffman says evolution has trained humans to construct reality, rather than to see the world as it truly is