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featured:
Going with the flow
 
As CEO of Oru Kayak, Ardy Sobhani '04 says the key to being a successful entrepreneur is checking your ego at the door
 
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A hunger for justice
 
How Malak Kudaimi, '18 international studies and public health, is battling against food insecurity
 
 
 
 
 
 
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How did evolution make humans moral?
 
UCI logic and philosophy of science prof Kyle Stanford explains in new study published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NATO's learning crisis
 
UCI professor Heidi Hardt draws on interviews with political officials and top military brass to highlight need for NATO reforms to strengthen military operations
 
 
 
 
more
news
 
 
 
U.S. Department of Education awards $10 million grant to launch multi-university research center on national school choice
 
National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice to include leading researchers from UC Irvine and more than a dozen other U.S. universities and organizations
 
 
 
UCI political science professor is awarded $718,350 grant to study global value chains
 
Etel Solingen to lead multidisciplinary research project
 
 
 
Maurer receives grant to study cash as a public good
 
Research, funded by International Currency Association, brings in talents of researcher and anthropologist Ursula Dalinghaus
 
 
 
Outstanding contributions
 
Chicano/Latino studies prof Glenda Flores earns book award for work on Latina educators
 
 
 
An incredible year
 
Triple honors for UCI Distinguished Professor Emerita Vicki L. Ruiz highlight the illustrious historian's career - which spans nearly four decades - spent telling the stories of Latinas who have fought for civil and labor rights
 
 
 
Falmagne dissertation awards
 
Timmy Ma, mathematics, and Cole Williams, economics, honored for graduate work
 
 
 
featured:
Branching out


Influential Olive Tree Initiative moves into its second decade

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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.
 

Leaving NATO would make the U.S. and the world less safe (op-ed)


"Simply put, withdrawing from NATO would make the world less safe. It would likely increase the risk of attacks on allies and reopen the possibility of conflict among them."

Read her full op-ed, courtesy of The Huffington Post.
 
 
Casavantes Bradford on refugees, values
Critical Refugee Studies Collective
 
 
Meyer on family separations, protests
New York Times,
SF Chronicle
 
 
Grofman on
gerrymandering
Washington Post
 
 
Neumark on
automation, jobs
Forbes
 
 
 
Olive Tree Initiative


Currently, OTI operates on 10 campuses and has expanded its portfolio of conflict excursions to include Turkey-Armenia, Ireland and the U.S.

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AUGUST
 
   
 
Understanding the Minimum Wage: Implications for Workers, Employers, and Communities
 
11:00 a.m. | online webinar | David Neumark, Distinguished Professor, Economics, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
about
uci soc sci
 
We are not your standard school. Like Peter, our beloved Anteater mascot, we're quirky and different. We're on a mission to create positive change in society, economies and human well-being by breaking down traditional barriers and pushing the limits in teaching, research and service. Doing so requires a different attitude, aim and set of actions.
 
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