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University of California, Irvine School of Social Ecology
Halloween brought treats, not tricks, to Orange County Young Adult Court's six newest graduates, who are shown with program co-creators Superior Court Judge and UC Irvine School of Social Ecology alum Maria D. Hernandez ('86) and psychology Professor Elizabeth Cauffman. https://ow.ly/fvPC50XyqkS
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Halloween brought treats, not tricks, to Orange County Young Adult Court's six newest graduates, who are shown with program co-creators Superior Court Judge and UC Irvine School of Social Ecology alum Maria D. Hernandez ('86) and psychology Professor Elizabeth Cauffman. https://ow.ly/fvPC50XyqkS
The man who named the podcast, Mike Madrid: “Orange County is a look into the future. What we’ve learned through this podcast series is that the future is neither a red county, blue county or an orange county. It’s truly a purple county.” https://ow.ly/54Ku50Xymvh
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The man who named the podcast, Mike Madrid: “Orange County is a look into the future. What we’ve learned through this podcast series is that the future is neither a red county, blue county or an orange county. It’s truly a purple county.” https://ow.ly/54Ku50Xymvh
Thayer: “It’s a great honor to be recognized by such an important international organization. It speaks to the high regard that the work of my collaborators and trainees are held in as none of the work could have been done without them.” https://ow.ly/La0Y50Xylk6
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thayer: “It’s a great honor to be recognized by such an important international organization. It speaks to the high regard that the work of my collaborators and trainees are held in as none of the work could have been done without them.” https://ow.ly/La0Y50Xylk6
Méndez: "The late Professor Edward Blakely embodied the virtues of pursuing equitable planning approaches for the most marginalized communities. I am honored to be given an award named after him." https://ow.ly/S8sP50XykRr
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Méndez: "The late Professor Edward Blakely embodied the virtues of pursuing equitable planning approaches for the most marginalized communities. I am honored to be given an award named after him." https://ow.ly/S8sP50XykRr
Odgers: “Children are growing up in a rapidly changing and increasingly unequal world. Advancing science to support their success is foundational to our work, and it is encouraging to learn that our research is having an impact on the larger field.” https://ow.ly/MNrC50Xykf4
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Odgers: “Children are growing up in a rapidly changing and increasingly unequal world. Advancing science to support their success is foundational to our work, and it is encouraging to learn that our research is having an impact on the larger field.” https://ow.ly/MNrC50Xykf4
🍂🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Today, we gather around tables filled with love, laughter, and our favorite dishes. There will be no more social posts today because, like you, we are cherishing moments together with friends and family. 🥧💛 #Gratitude
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🍂🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Today, we gather around tables filled with love, laughter, and our favorite dishes. There will be no more social posts today because, like you, we are cherishing moments together with friends and family. 🥧💛 #Gratitude
The Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology Peer Advisory Committee hosts UC Irvine psychology Associate Professor Alyson Zalta for the next WISE Wednesday presentation Dec. 3. She'll talk about how sleep connects to wellness and mental health. WISE Wednesday Zoom link: https://ow.ly/nNRg50XxTKM
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology Peer Advisory Committee hosts UC Irvine psychology Associate Professor Alyson Zalta for the next WISE Wednesday presentation Dec. 3. She'll talk about how sleep connects to wellness and mental health. WISE Wednesday Zoom link: https://ow.ly/nNRg50XxTKM
Rendón: “I know that engaging with these [Center for Liberation, Anti-Racism and Belonging] scholars' important work will enrich my own.” Learn more: https://ow.ly/okve50XxTzh
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Rendón: “I know that engaging with these [Center for Liberation, Anti-Racism and Belonging] scholars' important work will enrich my own.” Learn more: https://ow.ly/okve50XxTzh
Kubrin will travel to Stockholm in June – along with co-winner Mark Lipsey of the Peabody Research Institute at Vanderbilt University – for the official ceremony, where the two will share the 1.5 million Swedish kronor prize (about $159,000 USD). https://ow.ly/bR5k50XxTmX
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Kubrin will travel to Stockholm in June – along with co-winner Mark Lipsey of the Peabody Research Institute at Vanderbilt University – for the official ceremony, where the two will share the 1.5 million Swedish kronor prize (about $159,000 USD). https://ow.ly/bR5k50XxTmX
Psychology and informatics Chancellor's Professor @candiceodgers.bsky.social is the @ucirvine.bsky.social Drury Depression Institute's monthly seminar speaker 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, in Gross Hall's Thorp Conference Center. ow.ly/L19K50XxeNv
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Psychology and informatics Chancellor's Professor @candiceodgers.bsky.social is the @ucirvine.bsky.social Drury Depression Institute's monthly seminar speaker 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, in Gross Hall's Thorp Conference Center. ow.ly/L19K50XxeNv
Support from the VOICE Initiative helps fund dos Santos' UC Irvine project "The Voices of Democracy: A Festival for Ten-minute Monologues," a first-of-its-kind event in the University of California system. https://ow.ly/5RC950XxT95
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Support from the VOICE Initiative helps fund dos Santos' UC Irvine project "The Voices of Democracy: A Festival for Ten-minute Monologues," a first-of-its-kind event in the University of California system. https://ow.ly/5RC950XxT95
The Urban History Assn 11th Biennial Conference Latino New Urbanism Revisited panel had a UC Irvine Dept of Urban Planning & Public Policy professor (Dr. Michael Méndez) and two PhD alums (Michigan State University's Deyanira Nevárez Martínez & @csufofficial.bsky.social's Erualdo González, Ph.D).
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Urban History Assn 11th Biennial Conference Latino New Urbanism Revisited panel had a UC Irvine Dept of Urban Planning & Public Policy professor (Dr. Michael Méndez) and two PhD alums (Michigan State University's Deyanira Nevárez Martínez & @csufofficial.bsky.social's Erualdo González, Ph.D).
Andrés Peñalosa Reyna dropped out 3 times before his younger brother convinced him to give college another try. Now a UC Irvine urban planning & public policy PhD student, Reyna won the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers President’s Award for Outstanding Paper. https://ow.ly/wXKs50XxfwH
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Andrés Peñalosa Reyna dropped out 3 times before his younger brother convinced him to give college another try. Now a UC Irvine urban planning & public policy PhD student, Reyna won the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers President’s Award for Outstanding Paper. https://ow.ly/wXKs50XxfwH
🌍 UC Irvine School of Social Ecology marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Our disciplines (psychology; criminology, law & society; urban planning & public policy; and social ecology) study the complex root causes and social responses to violence against women. 💜
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🌍 UC Irvine School of Social Ecology marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Our disciplines (psychology; criminology, law & society; urban planning & public policy; and social ecology) study the complex root causes and social responses to violence against women. 💜
Congratulations to UC Irvine urban planning & public policy PhD candidate Carlo Chunga Pizarro for being elected to chair the 2025–2026 @baffellows.bsky.social Student Council Executive Committee. Carlo writes about how he first got connected to BAF and his new role here: https://ow.ly/MM8u50XwASX
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Congratulations to UC Irvine urban planning & public policy PhD candidate Carlo Chunga Pizarro for being elected to chair the 2025–2026 @baffellows.bsky.social Student Council Executive Committee. Carlo writes about how he first got connected to BAF and his new role here: https://ow.ly/MM8u50XwASX
The UC Irvine Urban Studies Student Association welcomes as a guest speaker TODAY a 2022 alum of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program, Eddie Scandura of the City of Montebello's Transportation Dept. Learn how Eddie uses what he's learned about land-use planning in public transportation.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The UC Irvine Urban Studies Student Association welcomes as a guest speaker TODAY a 2022 alum of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program, Eddie Scandura of the City of Montebello's Transportation Dept. Learn how Eddie uses what he's learned about land-use planning in public transportation.
Congratulations to UC Irvine urban planning & public policy Assistant Professor Alejandra Reyes for having articles published in two recent books from Routledge and the Journal of the American Planning Association. Follow the links to all three here: https://ow.ly/Crfj50Xw5st
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Congratulations to UC Irvine urban planning & public policy Assistant Professor Alejandra Reyes for having articles published in two recent books from Routledge and the Journal of the American Planning Association. Follow the links to all three here: https://ow.ly/Crfj50Xw5st
“AI platforms ... can either reinforce the delusional beliefs of an individual or perhaps start to reinforce beliefs that can create delusions” - Stephen Schueller, UC Irvine psychology professor. https://ow.ly/ylfp50Xw1NV
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“AI platforms ... can either reinforce the delusional beliefs of an individual or perhaps start to reinforce beliefs that can create delusions” - Stephen Schueller, UC Irvine psychology professor. https://ow.ly/ylfp50Xw1NV
“I tend to adopt the view that we always want to be ahead of the curve in technology, because we just never know what future needs will be” - David Feldman, director of the Water UCI institute and professor emeritus of urban planning & public policy. https://ow.ly/w1pl50Xw18G
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I tend to adopt the view that we always want to be ahead of the curve in technology, because we just never know what future needs will be” - David Feldman, director of the Water UCI institute and professor emeritus of urban planning & public policy. https://ow.ly/w1pl50Xw18G
The UC Irvine Climate Collaboration is looking for one student per school or department to serve on its inaugural Student Climate Council. Interested? Email [email protected] or apply by Dec. 1 at https://ow.ly/gJhJ50XvbcE
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The UC Irvine Climate Collaboration is looking for one student per school or department to serve on its inaugural Student Climate Council. Interested? Email [email protected] or apply by Dec. 1 at https://ow.ly/gJhJ50XvbcE
“Are like 95% of these people arrested the worst of the worst? I don’t think so. So the net keeps widening for who is being caught up in these practices and policies” - Charis E. Kubrin, a UC Irvine professor of criminology, law & society. https://ow.ly/vR4Q50Xvazt
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“Are like 95% of these people arrested the worst of the worst? I don’t think so. So the net keeps widening for who is being caught up in these practices and policies” - Charis E. Kubrin, a UC Irvine professor of criminology, law & society. https://ow.ly/vR4Q50Xvazt
Congrats to co-author Henry Pontell for publication of the EIGHTH edition of his book 'Profit Without Honor: White-Collar Crime and the Looting of America'. He is a UC Irvine professor emeritus of criminology, law & society. https://ow.ly/Lb5550Xv9Si
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Congrats to co-author Henry Pontell for publication of the EIGHTH edition of his book 'Profit Without Honor: White-Collar Crime and the Looting of America'. He is a UC Irvine professor emeritus of criminology, law & society. https://ow.ly/Lb5550Xv9Si
Congratulations to UC Irvine psychology doctoral student Precious J. Araujo for co-authoring "The Protective Role of Culture: Familism, Depressive Symptoms, and Stress Among U.S. and Foreign-born Latina Mothers," which the Journal of Latinx Psychology just published. https://ow.ly/NR5250XuW6Q
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Congratulations to UC Irvine psychology doctoral student Precious J. Araujo for co-authoring "The Protective Role of Culture: Familism, Depressive Symptoms, and Stress Among U.S. and Foreign-born Latina Mothers," which the Journal of Latinx Psychology just published. https://ow.ly/NR5250XuW6Q
Four of five UC Irvine PhD students named 2025-26 Initiative to End Family Violence Graduate Student Fellows hail from the School of Social Ecology. They are (clockwise from top left): Gabriel Alvarez, Frances Li, Emma Simpson & Isabel Patten. More on their projects here:
https://ow.ly/8eQY50XuTtg
https://ow.ly/8eQY50XuTtg
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Four of five UC Irvine PhD students named 2025-26 Initiative to End Family Violence Graduate Student Fellows hail from the School of Social Ecology. They are (clockwise from top left): Gabriel Alvarez, Frances Li, Emma Simpson & Isabel Patten. More on their projects here:
https://ow.ly/8eQY50XuTtg
https://ow.ly/8eQY50XuTtg
As we head into the holiday season, it's time to take stock of great things that happened in 2025 - such as all the impactful articles published in research journals by UC Irvine School of Social Ecology faculty members, postdoctoral scholars and students: https://ow.ly/UlXS50XuSnE
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As we head into the holiday season, it's time to take stock of great things that happened in 2025 - such as all the impactful articles published in research journals by UC Irvine School of Social Ecology faculty members, postdoctoral scholars and students: https://ow.ly/UlXS50XuSnE