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Pursuing her passion
 
UCI alumna Sashee Chandran, '07 economics, ditched her Silicon Valley career to follow her passion for tea. Her self-started company - Tea Drops - now has product line available in 1,500 retail stores, from small mom-and-pop shops to Neiman Marcus and Anthropologie.
 
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Breaking down poverty
 
UCI Visiting Distinguished Professor Martin Burt says that the key to eliminating poverty is taking the focus off of income.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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An Anteater's experience abroad
 
Interested in studying abroad? As UCEAP deadlines approach, one Anteater shares why her quarter in Thailand was an adventure worth having.
 
 
 
 
 
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Kane named National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow
 
Honor recognizes outstanding young scientists from academia, industry and government
 
 
 
The Gee twins for lupus
 
Kirsten (Gee) Maeda '89, UCI economics and Deidre (Gee) Baptista '90, UCI social ecology are lobbying for change
 
 
 
An economic equestrian
 
Melanie Henderson, UCI business economics '10 and MBA '17, is a competitive amateur equestrian in her off time from Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine
 
 
 
 
Making his case
 
Matthew Stein, '00 political science and cofounder of Law and Stein, LLP
 
 
 
Outlive Design
 
Alumna Mariam Ejaz created her business to help clients crowd fund their interior design dreams
 
 
 
UCI program on corporate welfare receives funding boost
 
Two new gifts will fund continued research on governmental policies that affect business taxes, regulations and practices
 
 
New philosophy graduate program rankings are in, courtesy of the Philosophical Gourmet Report, and UCI earned top spots WORLDWIDE in multiple categories. Zot, Zot, Zot!


 
 
 
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GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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DECISION, RATIONAL CHOICE, GAME THEORY
 
 
 
 
 
 
soc sci
in the media
 
Social sciences faculty are consistently sought by media for their expertise in areas ranging from digital play to gender pay. Check out some of our top hits below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 
"Serenbe is similar in its promise that a life away from the city and in proximity to nature provides a fresh start and a better existence."

Keith Murphy, anthropology, in "The seductive power of a suburban utopia," City Lab

 
 
Weatherall on general relativity
Quanta Magazine
 
 
Polletta on #MeToo movement
Huff Post
 
 
Goldberg & Snow on homelessness
Voice of OC
 
 
DeSipio on Trump's CA visit
The Guardian
 
 
 
featured photo of the month:
Judith Trujillo, political science, studying abroad in Thailand with UCEAP
 
 
 
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APRIL
 
   
 
Has the Work-Based Safety Net Gone Too Far?
 
6:00-7:00 p.m. | SBSG 1517 | Robert A. Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
 
 
 
 
 
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APRIL
 
   
 
Digital Extremism: Understanding and Confronting the Alt-right's Digital Toolkit
 
keynote with Joan Donovan, Data and Society, Digital Media Manipulation Lead | April 5 | 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Calit2 Auditorium
 
 
 
 
 
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APRIL
 
   
 
Measuring Corruption: Unmasking Strategic Data Manipulation
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | SSPA 2112 | Jean Ensminger, Caltech
 
 
 
 
 
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Representing and Explaining: The Eikonic Conception of Scientific Explanation
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | SST 777 | Alisa Bokulich, Boston University
 
 
 
 
 
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Women in Blockchain Summit
 
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | UCI Student Center, Emerald Bay Conference Room
 
 
 
 
 
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APRIL
 
   
 
Rights Protection in Europe: A Structured Network of National, Supranational, and International Courts
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. | SSPB 5206 | Michael Tolley, Northeastern University, and Kristen M. Renberg, Duke University
 
 
 
 
 
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APRIL
 
   
 
Pulpit to Pump: Prohibition and the Ascent of Gasoline
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. | SSPA 2112 | Mark Crain and William E. Simon, LaFayette College
 
 
 
 
 
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A World Queerer than We Supposed: Did Climate Variation Drive Human Evolution?
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | SSPA 2112 | Peter Richerson, UC Davis
 
 
 
 
 
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Totality and Transcendence in Physics
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | SBSG 1517 | Jenann Ismael, University of Arizona
 
 
 
 
 
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APRIL
 
   
 
Conference on Identity, Cooperation, and Conflict
 
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | SSPA 2112
 
 
 
 
 
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APRIL
 
   
 
Spoiler Effects in Proportional Representation Systems: Evidence from Eight Polish Parliamentary Elections, 1991-2015
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | SBSG 1511 | Marek M. Kaminski, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
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Structural Description
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | SBSG 1321 | Michael Rescorla, UCLA
 
 
 
 
 
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Feeling Race: Theorizing the Racial Economy of Emotions
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. | SBSG 1517 | Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University
 
 
 
 
 
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Towards an Interpretative Framework for Post-Communist Autocracies
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. | SSPB 5206 | Balint Magyar, Financial Research Plc., Budapest
 
 
 
 
 
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