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🎉✨ Happy New Year, from the
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology. 🎊🥳 May your 2026 be filled with joy, laughter and unforgettable moments. 🥂💖 Here's to health, love and happiness for all! 🌟
#HappyNewYear
#LeapInto2026
#Cheers
about 21 hours ago
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🎉✨ Cheers to new beginnings! As we bid farewell to the old year, the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology communications team embraces the magic of new adventures in 2026! 🌟🥂 Indeed, we have lots coming up to tell you about - after our holiday break. 🍾❤️
#HappyNewYear2026
2 days ago
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Well here's an article that resonates with our times: "Misinformation: are people susceptible to blatant error?" The piece by
UC Irvine
Distinguished Professor of psychology, criminology, law & society, and law
Elizabeth Loftus
is in Legal & Criminological Psychology.
https://ow.ly/40zH50XNPMU
3 days ago
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Jennifer Friend (’95, BA social ecology). The Project Hope Alliance CEO continued to sharpen her organization’s focus on making sure children who are experiencing homelessness have the opportunity in and out of the classroom to create a stronger future ... " - OC Register
https://ow.ly/7vyL50XNOlg
4 days ago
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Criminology, law & society doctoral student Diego Rochow of
UC Irvine
is lead author and Assistant Professor Miguel Quintana-Navarrete is a co-author of a study that aims to help reform pre-trial criminal justice in Latin America.
https://ow.ly/k3Bh50XNNXt
4 days ago
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"Alec Glasser. The Laguna Beach philanthropist’s donation to
UC Irvine
endowed the Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change, a new institution that will study how music can improve well-being and community" - Orange County Register
https://ow.ly/7yKr50XNvGb
7 days ago
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July 30, 2025:
Variety
: "Kamala Harris Opts Out of California Governor's Race" - The Democratic field has largely been frozen in anticipation of Harris’ entry into the race. A July 2 poll by the
UC Irvine
School of Ecology found Harris leading with 24% of the vote.
https://ow.ly/5yi350XNvA0
7 days ago
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🎄✨ Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎁 May your day be filled with love, laughter and the warmth of family and friends. May your holiday season be filled with joy, peace and goodwill. ❤️🎉
#MerryChristmas
#HolidaySpirit
8 days ago
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🎄✨ Merry Christmas Eve! Please note
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology offices are closed until Jan. 5 & social posting will be light during the break. 🎁💖 Meanwhile, enjoy this special holiday message from Dean
Jon Gould
.🎅❤️
#SeasonsGreetings
#HappyHolidays
#SocialImpact
#SocialEcologyIsComingToTown
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9 days ago
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"Charis Kubrin ... was honored with the Stockholm Prize in Criminology. Her decades of research consistently challenged one of society’s most persistent myths: that immigrants bring crime to their new countries. Her findings show the opposite is true" - OC Register
https://ow.ly/4YhK50XNvqN
10 days ago
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6/16/25,
Orange County Register
: "California AG Rob Bonta urges UCI grads to stand for justice in commencement address" - "
UC Irvine
gave you the skills, curiosity & willingness to question and challenge the status quo—use that” - state AG
Rob Bonta
to Social Ecology grads.
https://ow.ly/e9n150XLNLo
10 days ago
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The "PsychEverywhere" podcast from
Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology
presents "Your Holiday Survival Guide" with clinical psychologist and Director of the
UC Irvine
Psychological Services Center Naomi Tabak.
https://ow.ly/Ktz150XNnZM
10 days ago
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Five of the highlights cited in the
UC Irvine
News 2025 Year in Review involve the School of Social Ecology. Name all five in the comments and win a prize. Please note some digging may be required as the story does not specifically name the school for all five highlights.
https://ow.ly/QEWK50XMQ0C
11 days ago
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Three people with strong ties to
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology made the Orange County Register’s 125 Most Influential of 2025 list: Professor Charis Kubrin, philanthropist Alec Glasser and alumna Jennifer Friend. Read why they were selected here:
https://ow.ly/KKJ850XNkzq
11 days ago
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One
UC Irvine
professor (history's Jeffrey Wasserstrom) is the author and another (criminology, law & society's Eraldo Souza dos Santos) is the reviewer. The new book is 'The Mile Tree Alliance: inside Asia's struggle against autocracy and Beijing.'
https://ow.ly/OKC850XMQfp
11 days ago
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Gov.
Gavin Newsom
named
Candice Odgers
(7th from right in photo) to the new California Innovation Council. The
UC Irvine
professor of psychology will serve on the panel's working group focused on protecting child online safety and countering image-based abuse.
https://ow.ly/zIcu50XMPVn
14 days ago
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Last month we feted
UC Irvine
urban planning & public policy doctoral candidate Jes Torres Behravesh for publication of her review of a book on a Mexican restaurant's community impact. She's done it again, but this time it's an encyclopedia entry on different visa statuses.
https://ow.ly/NlBs50XLOlC
14 days ago
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And now for a very special holiday message from the dean of the
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology,
Jon Gould
.
#HappyHolidays
#SocialEcologyIsComingToTown
#AcademicAchievement
#HigherEducation
#CommunityPartner
#SocialImpact
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14 days ago
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🎉🎄 Happy National #UglySweaterDay! 🎄✨ Let’s embrace the tacky and turn up the holiday cheer! To help with get you in the mood,
UC Irvine
#UglySweaterDay
School of Social Ecology presents the ... erm ... "fashions" of faculty and staff holiday parties past. ❤️🧣
#HolidaySpirit
#HappyHolidaysToOneAndAll
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14 days ago
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Did you know
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology Impact Series videos on "How Social Ecology Makes Your Life Better" can be viewed on YouTube? For instance, check out psychology Professor Susan Charles talking about her research on aging and happiness right here:
https://ow.ly/3OqL50XLcJq
15 days ago
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Happy #InternationalMigrantsDay! Today, we celebrate the rich tapestry of cultures, traditions and stories that migrants bring to our communities. Among the
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology scholars who study migrant issues is urban planning & public policy Associate Professor
Dr. Michael Méndez
#InternationalMigrantsDay
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15 days ago
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Distinguished Professor of psychology, public health and medicine Roxane Cohen Silver of
UC Irvine
co-authored a study that aims to enhance landslide risk awareness and foster proactive measures to reduce the devastating impacts of such disasters in vulnerable communities.
https://ow.ly/jLCr50XL8sU
16 days ago
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APRIL 8, 2025,
The Washington Post (handle)
: "National Weather Service halts automated translation for alerts" -
Dr. Michael Méndez
, assoc prof at
UC Irvine
: “Climate-induced disasters such as extreme storms and hurricanes disproportionately impact vulnerable people.”
https://ow.ly/IXiq50XKG9B
16 days ago
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The application period opens Jan. 2 for Labor Summer 2026, the
UC Irvine
Labor Center's paid summer internship program with placements in Orange County unions. Learn more here:
https://ow.ly/zAWI50XKFeT
16 days ago
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Scenes from Fall Commencement 2025 for
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology's latest graduates. Congratulations, Anteaters!
#ucicommencement
#JuniorAchievement
#JASoCal
#Classof2025
#AnteaterPride
#zotzotzot
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17 days ago
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Double congrats to
UC Irvine
's Ally Bolden for graduating Monday with a BA in social ecology & for being named to the '25-26 Academic All-District Women’s Volleyball team by College Sports Communicators. UC Irvine Athletics named Ally last school year's top School of Social Ecology student-athlete.
17 days ago
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Of the nearly 470
UC Irvine
Anteaters who just received bachelor's degrees from the School of Social Ecology, about 130 participated in Fall Commencement 2025 in the Bren Events Center Monday morning. They were treated to a successful alum's life story and advice:
https://ow.ly/ALWn50XKu3R
17 days ago
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Samuel Heyman's free 10-minute Plays & Monologues writing workshop is 4-7 pm Fri, Jan. 16. It's for those interested in submitting monologues Feb. 1-March 31 for the University of California’s VOICE Initiative-funded fest led by
UC Irvine
Asst Prof Eraldo Souza dos Santos.
https://ow.ly/b4Yn50XK6r3
17 days ago
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If you missed this morning's Fall Commencement 2025 at
UC Irvine
, or simply want to relive the magic, go here:
https://ow.ly/tQsE50XK5sN
#ClassOf2025
18 days ago
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The decorated caps of new School of Social Ecology graduates was strong at
UC Irvine
's Fall Commencement 2025 this morning in the Bren Events Center.
#ClassOf2025
#AnteaterPride
#zotzotzot
18 days ago
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MARCH 21, 2025,
Orange County Register
: "USAID suspension will strengthen China and Exacerbate suffering, former official says during UCI talk" - Former U.S. Agency for International Development official Isobel Coleman spoke at
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology event.
https://ow.ly/mMEw50XIK9O
18 days ago
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Some see Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race as a roadmap to advancing socialism nationwide. … Not so fast, writes
@walternicholls.bsky.social
, a
UC Irvine
professor of urban planning & public policy and faculty director of the UC Irvine Labor Center.
https://ow.ly/oh1u50XIIrT
18 days ago
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President and CEO of
Junior Achievement of Southern California
and
UC Irvine
alum Les McCabe ('80, BA social ecology) delivers the keynote address at Monday morning's commencement ceremony in Bren Events Center. Read more about Les here:
https://ow.ly/BPkU50XIJnA
21 days ago
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A study co-authored by
UC Irvine
psychology Chancellor's Professor
Candice Odgers
finds that only 2% of kids are bullied ONLY online. Usually, problems in real life lead to drama online. To help kids, we have to stop bullying everywhere—not just on screens.
https://ow.ly/PJ3i50XIErF
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Cybervictimisation and mental health conditions in young people: findings from a nationally representative longitudinal cohort
Cybervictimisation has been linked to poor mental health in young people, but doubts remain about the robustness of this association. We examined ment…
https://ow.ly/PJ3i50XIErF
21 days ago
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“I was not expecting anything like this. The people that have won this award in the past are unbelievable scholars and stars in the field. And so to be put in that category just feels a little unreal” -
UC Irvine
criminology, law & society Professor Charis Kubrin.
https://ow.ly/ehc350XIBiy
21 days ago
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FEB. 20, 2025,
The Guardian
: Why Trump's water releases were dangerous for California's levees - “Our communities that are low-income are not able to prepare or safeguard from these disasters ...,” said
Dr. Michael Méndez
, associate professor at
UC Irvine
.
https://ow.ly/iHpO50XHVXp
21 days ago
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A highlight of
UC Irvine
Social Ecology's faculty & staff holiday party was the ugly sweater contest. Facilities Director Paul Lange and Communications Director
Mimi Ko Cruz
, were bested by Undergraduate Advising Director Danielle Primavera. Happy dry cleaning to all!
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22 days ago
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When
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology faculty and researchers have popped up in the news this year, they've often tackled hot topics - from politics, prison reform and the environment to the intersection of technology and humans. Exhibit A, your honor:
https://ow.ly/CptS50XHE3L
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In the news in 2025 | School of Social Ecology
School of Social Ecology faculty, staff, students and alumni in the news
https://ow.ly/CptS50XHE3L
22 days ago
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JAN. 14, 2025, Daily Pilot: "Laguna Beach developer, restaurateur makes largest gift to date to UCI's School of Social Ecology" - The donation from Laguna Beach philanthropist Alec Glasser will fully endow the school’s new Center for the Power of Music and Social Change.
https://ow.ly/F2Hl50XHz8l
22 days ago
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Ideas stayed with psychologist
@sophiemizrahi.bsky.social
after
UC Irvine
Chancellor's Professor of psychology
Candice Odgers
' recent
ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
session on Parenting and Protecting Adolescents in the Age of Social Media & AI.
https://ow.ly/x8SJ50XH9uG
22 days ago
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🎉🌟 Darren Gregorio's masterful art of the (gift) steal during the white elephant portion of the
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology's holiday party earlier today is not surprising. 🎁🤶 After all, he's an analyst in the Dept. of Criminology, Law & Society. 🔍
#HolidayFun
#CampusLife
#WhiteElephantGift
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23 days ago
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✨🌍 We're celebrating #HumanRightsDay by pointing you to a recent Stockholm University post. 🎉💪 It's about
UC Irvine
myth-busting Professor Charis Kubrin co-winning the 2026 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, "the world's most prestigious award in the field." 🕊️❤️
https://ow.ly/jXbZ50XH1Tb
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Winners of The Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2026 Charis Kubrin, Ph.D. and Mark W Lipsey are awarded the prize for their myth-busting research on crime rates and measures against crimes. Charis E.… | Stockholm University
Winners of The Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2026 Charis Kubrin, Ph.D. and Mark W Lipsey are awarded the prize for their myth-busting research on crime rates and measures against crimes. Charis E. Kubrin is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the UC Irvine and also co-director of the Irvine Laboratory for Space and Crime. Her work provides unexpected findings, such as immigration leading to lower community crime rates in many cities in the US, Canada and Australia, while reporting more mixed results across Europe. Mark W. Lipsey is Research Professor and Director of the...
https://ow.ly/jXbZ50XH1Tb
23 days ago
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Jae Hong Kim, a
UC Irvine
professor of urban planning & public policy, co-authored a study of people's motivations to either buy or rent a home when they move more than 50 miles away. This research can helps cities grow, explain the economy and highlight connectedness.
https://ow.ly/OkO750XGG73
23 days ago
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Who knew
UC Irvine
Social Ecology leaders could cook? 👩🍳👨🍳 In September, we mixed strategy with stirring spoons, and now—midyear—we’re serving up a whole lot of momentum. ✨📚#SocialPieology
#BurntOfferings
#DeptOfUrbanPanning
#SpaghettiLogic
#DeptOfFrychology
#AnteaterEats
#CriminologySlawAndSociety
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23 days ago
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Heavy hitters from
UC Irvine
School of Social Ecology's Dept. of Psychology extend warm wishes for a safe, joyful and stress-free holiday season. From left: Distinguished Professor Elizabeth Loftus, Professor Pete Ditto, Professor Elizabeth Cauffman & Professor and Department Chair Nicholas Scurich.
24 days ago
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A new Winter 2026 course offered by the
UC Irvine
Labor Center and Department of Urban Planning & Public Policy allows UCI graduate students the opportunity to learn directly from Orange County labor leaders serving as guest instructors. See flier for details.
24 days ago
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When 17
UC Irvine
students walked through the gates of the California Institution for Women recently, it was not to serve time for overdue Langson Library books but to take part in a unique extracurricular activity arranged by social ecology lecturer Laceé Pappas.
https://ow.ly/lQpC50XGshx
24 days ago
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People who engage in "doomscrolling" - excessive scrolling on social media - "are at greater risk for experiencing what are called acute stress symptoms, which are early post traumatic stress symptoms" - Roxane Cohen Silver
UC Irvine
Distinguished Professor of psychology.
https://ow.ly/YFVK50XFYKu
24 days ago
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Important new research published in
Nature
and led by
UC Irvine
Associate Professor of psychology and Teen Resilience Lab Director Kate Kuhlman shows support should be prioritized for girls and kids with past trauma to ward off serious depression over time.
https://ow.ly/883n50XFVoV
25 days ago
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“We know what bad looks like. We don’t yet know what good looks like. ... Don’t let ‘perfect’ be the enemy of ‘pretty good’ — AI can help us move the field forward” -
Stephen Schueller
, professor of psychology at
UC Irvine
.
https://ow.ly/oI8550XFQF6
25 days ago
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