In her newest work, Landing in Place: A Graphic Novel, UC Irvine anthro professor Sherine Hamdy takes readers on a journey of self-discovery from Long Island to Cairo through the story of Anisa, a recent high school grad who’s grappling with questions about identity, family and following her dreams.

Landing in Place

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Four social sciences alumni among those to be honored at annual @ucirvine.bsky.social Lauds & Laurels celebration | Ann and Charles Quilter to receive Extraordinarius Award for enduring campus impact

Four social sciences alumni among those to be honored at annual UC Irvine Lauds & Laurels celebration

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UC Irvine’s 4+1 master’s in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics marked a milestone this spring as the program celebrated its 10th cohort to graduate from the accelerated bachelor’s-to-master’s degree program. @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social

UC Irvine’s 4+1 PPE program celebrates its 10th graduating cohort

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Understanding the enduring impact of immigration detention is the focus of a new Mellon Foundation-funded fellowship supporting UC Irvine sociology assistant professor @drmirianma.bsky.social in the development of her book manuscript. @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Martinez-Aranda receives 2026-27 Career Enhancement Fellowship for her work on long-term impacts of immigration detention

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Zoning, rent control and the housing shortage | Jan Brueckner, economics, shares expert insight in this podcast with Wealth Formula @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Zoning, Rent Control, and the Housing Shortage

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Ethics in action | UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics & Morality’s Summer Mentoring Program helps students examine what it means to be a human being @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Ethics in action

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Explaining the ‘vibecession’ | In her first essay for @goodauth.bsky.social, @ucirvine.bsky.social political scientist @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social explains why consumer sentiment is low, despite measures that show the U.S. economy is thriving goodauthority.org/news/explain...

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Good Authority explains the ‘vibecession.' By many measures, the U.S. economy is thriving. So why is consumer sentiment so low? goodauthority.org/news/explain...

Our LPS grads gave amazing research talks in our Summer Development Program at UCI @ucisocsci.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social ⭐ Talks by (L to R) Tori Cotton @wittgencism.bsky.social, Neil Crawford, Tessa Ng, Kai Huggett, Lauren Wigod, India Bhalla-Ladd & Curtis Mason! #philsci #philsky #HPS

How money actually works in American elections | Danielle Thomsen, political science, shares expert insight with Vox @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @vox.com @daniellethomsen.bsky.social

How money actually works in American elections

The midterms are flooded with cash, but donors don’t always get what they want. A political scientist explains where the money matters most.

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Congrats to @ucirvine.bsky.social sociologists @edwinamenta.bsky.social and @davidsmeyer.bsky.social who have been named Distinguished Professors, a campus-level distinction that recognizes senate faculty who have achieved the highest levels of scholarship over the course of their careers!

Amenta and Meyer named UC Irvine Distinguished Professors

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Family Legal Vulnerability | New book by University of California researchers examines how immigration policy shapes the lives of the state’s Latino college students @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social

Family Legal Vulnerability

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Congrats to Jeffrey Kopstein, @ucirvine.bsky.social Chancellor’s Professor of political science, whose essay “Polarization and Political Violence: When Polarization Turns Violent,” published in the Journal of Democracy, was among last month’s most-read @hopkinspress.bsky.social journal articles!

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Once again, last month's most-read Hopkins Press journal article featured Chico Harlan on The Role of Papal Politics in International Relations, from the Summer 2024 issue of Georgetown Journal of International Affairs tiny.one/5kcb365t

UC Irvine alumna strives for a safer, healthier world | Helary Rakete-Yakub ’18 social policy and public service leans on her Anteater experiences to help reduce violence in communities @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

UC Irvine alumna strives for a safer, healthier world

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Congrats to UC Irvine Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor Christofer Rodelo who has been named a 2026 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader! @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Rodelo named 2026 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader

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A global pathway to change | UC Irvine sociology graduate student Sofia Jaime earns accolades for work highlighting hidden inequality @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

A global pathway to change

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Understanding how government regulations influence business startups in California & how AI is transforming employment & competition in the technology sector will be the subjects of two newly funded research projects led by @ucirvine.bsky.social economist & CPIP co-director David Neumark

Government regulations, AI and employment

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Advancing theory-building work in the mathematical and behavioral sciences | @ucirvine.bsky.social Center for Theoretical and Behavioral Sciences awards inaugural Luce Fellowship alongside Summer Graduate Fellowships for theory building @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Advancing theory-building work in the mathematical and behavioral sciences

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Grateful for the support of @uofcalifornia.bsky.social for my second book project!

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Congrats to Christofer Rodelo, @ucirvine.bsky.social Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor, who is one of six campus recipients of the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social inaugural Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Awards!

Congrats to Christofer Rodelo, @ucirvine.bsky.social Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor, who is one of six campus recipients of the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social inaugural Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Awards!

Rodelo receives University of California Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Award

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Honoring excellence in leadership | Jennifer Gerson, @ucirvine.bsky.social social sciences graduate studies director, recognized for well-being support

Honoring excellence in leadership

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Congrats to John Duffy, UC Irvine professor of economics and co-director of the Experimental Social Science Laboratory, who has been elected president-elect of the Society for Experimental Finance! @ucirvine.bsky.social

Duffy named president-elect of Society for Experimental Finance

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All 9 UC undergraduate campuses earned 4.5 or 5 stars on Money's 2026 Best Colleges list, placing every single one in the nation's top 25%. The rankings weigh affordability, quality of education, and student outcomes. 🌟

Award-worthy work | @ucirvine.bsky.social sociologist Irene Vega takes home three top prizes, a silver medal and an honorable mention for her first book, Bordering on Indifference @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Award-worthy work

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Philanthropy reignited | Already a trusted advisor to ultra-high-net-worth individuals, Angel Chen ’99 economics is lighting the way for future generations at UC Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Philanthropy reignited

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Congrats to Eve Darian-Smith, @ucirvine.bsky.social global & international studies & law Distinguished Professor, who's been recognized with 2 book awards for her latest work, Policing Higher Education: The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters!   www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/n...

Darian-Smith’s Policing Higher Education earns dual honors

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Congrats to Jeffrey Kopstein, @ucirvine.bsky.social Chancellor’s Professor of political science, who has been awarded the title of Chancellor’s Fellow! More on the honor and his work below.

Kopstein named UCI Chancellor’s Fellow

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Supporting the next generation of social scientists | @ucirvine.bsky.social Social Sciences Dean's Leadership Society Doctoral Dissertation Research Support Fellowship Program launches to fill federal funding gap for graduate students, inaugural recipients selected @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Supporting the next generation of social scientists

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When we know a language, we know so much more than we can put into words. In our latest installment of UCI Experts On, language scientist Gregory Scontras explores the patterns that shape how we speak. @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

ExpertsON - Language

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Science meets justice | @ucirvine.bsky.social professors Elizabeth Cauffman, @kerametr.bsky.social, and @kristinturney.bsky.social share research that is actively reshaping how California thinks about incarceration socialecology.uci.edu/news/science...

This year's UCI LIFTED cohort included 25 sociology bachelor's recipients with 22 also completing a minor in English; 9 earned Latin Honors, 7 were nominated for Phi Beta Kappa & 4 received the Order of Merit, awarded to the top 2% of soc sci undergraduates. socialecology.uci.edu/news/proof-s...