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University of California, Irvine School of Social Ecology
Did you know UC Irvine School of Social Ecology scholars and community partners team up to produce cutting-edge research? Example: data from psychology Associate Professor Kate Kuhlman and Project Youth OC on barriers to mental health services among at-risk adolescents.
https://ow.ly/959m50XqKiM
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Who better than UC Irvine clinical psychology doctoral students to create a video for those thinking of applying to clinical psychology Ph.D. programs? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkPgCtxlFUk&ab_channel=UCIClinicalPsychPhDMentors
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🎉🥳 Congrats to UC Irvine urban planning & public policy PhD candidate Jes Torres Behravesh for having her book review of Natalia Molina's A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community published in Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies.📚✨

https://ow.ly/NAEL50XqIFN
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎉✨ Happy World Kindness Day! 🌍💖 The 2025-26 UC Irvine Course Catalog includes the four-unit class The Science and Practice of Compassion. 🌟 Enrollees discover how cutting-edge research is yielding insights into kindness, empathy, altruism and compassion. 💕🎈https://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/psci/
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Read @mikemendezphd.bsky.social's reaction to the UC Irvine Chancellor’s Fellow and associate professor of urban planning and public policy being honored with the Edward Blakely Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. https://ow.ly/fuPN50XpK7j
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology Peer Advisory Committee (WISE PAC) hosts UC Irvine School of Social Ecology Dean Jon Gould for the next WISE Wednesday presentation Nov. 19. Zoom link:
https://uci.zoom.us/j/96514460007

More info on WISE PAC:
https://uciwise.wixsite.com/wisepac
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The UC Irvine School of Social Ecology’s inaugural Community-Engaged Fellows bridge research and action, working alongside organizations to transform lives across Orange County. Watch the presentations here: https://youtu.be/xtWQ-JrS3aQ
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Urban planning & public policy faculty members Doug Houston, Jessica Garrison and Richard Matthew are among the scholars on UC Irvine Climate Collaboration project grant teams. Matthew's involves wildfires while Houston & Garrison's team examines neighborhood green spaces. https://ow.ly/VXjV50XpL2B
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Parents or legal guardians going through or have gone through permanency proceedings (i.e. court proceedings to determine the long-term, stable living situation for a child in foster care) can take part in a study led by @ucirvine.bsky.social psychology Professor Jessica Borelli. See flier for more.
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Charis Kubrin, UC Irvine professor of criminology, law & society, wins criminology’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize —
the prestigious Stockholm Prize —for her groundbreaking research on immigration and crime. Congratulations Dr. Kubrin! https://ow.ly/UJ1W50Xqh5u
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Congratulations to Neyda Herrera (’25, BAs psychological science and criminology, law & society) for enrolling in @ucirvine.bsky.social alum ’s accelerated paralegal program. Psychology teaching Professor Joanne Zinger’s former research assistant begins the certificate program Jan. 5, 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Violent incidents where the offenders and the victims are of different races “is extremely uncommon.” It is “the exception rather than the rule” - Charis Kubrin, professor of criminology, law & society at @ucirvine.bsky.social.
A train stabbing in North Carolina becomes fuel for old racial tropes in politics and media
After a Ukrainian woman who fled war in her homeland was stabbed to death on a commuter train in North Carolina, the alarming act of violence has ignited bitter racial and political rhetoric about crime victims and perpetrators in America.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🎉 Happy Veterans Day! 🇺🇸 🌟 Among the UC Irvine psychologists and faculty members who study the mental health of veterans we salute today are Distinguished Professor Roxane Cohen Silver and Associate Professor Alyson Zalta. 💖 #VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Criminology, law & society/anthropology Professor Susan Bibler Coutin of UC Irvine has been a member of the Law & Society Association for 32 years, but as you'll read, that's not the only reason she deserves a special LSA Member Spotlight: https://ow.ly/u9z250XpAJP
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It only took 16 years for Col. Gustavo Arellano to return to UC Irvine to teach an Orange County history class. Read all about the Los Angeles Times columnist/past School of Social Ecology commencement speaker/"new" urban planning & public policy instructor here: https://ow.ly/XKWe50XpAfO
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Attention, UC Irvine urban studies students: professors Doug Houston and Jessica Garrison host a listening session with the Urban Studies Student Association at 5:30 p.m. TODAY in Room 340 of SE1. The aim is to build a stronger urban studies program. No RSVP is required.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Has it already been a week? School of Social Ecology Director of Communications Mimi Ko Cruz says @ucirvine.bsky.social's third annual Día de los Muertos on Nov. 3 was much more than just another event. Read why (and ogle great photos) here: https://ow.ly/Jw3E50Xo6Tk
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"My advice to first generation students is to have self-advocacy. Take the time to reflect on your needs and seek out the assistance that ensures that you succeed in educational spaces” - Esmeralda "Esme" Coeto-Medina, UC Irvine psychological science major. https://www.instagram.com/p/DQXrpS_EsWD/
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Third year psychological science and criminology, law & society double major Aaliyah Adams and political science Associate Professor Davin Phoenix swap stories about the #firstyearcollegestudent experience at UC Irvine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgPhuWJC9I&t=3s
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Check out this talk about #firstgenerationcollegestudent experiences between UC Irvine second-year psychological science and criminology, law & society (CLS) double major Sophia Ma and Associate Professor of teaching CLS Brandon Golob. https://ow.ly/73Y250Xoahx
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Today's UC Irvine School of Social Ecology social media posts recognize tomorrow being National #firstgenerationcollegestudent Celebration Day. We start with a snippet from Wednesday's First Gen Celebration talk by Angela Lukowski, associate professor of psychology, who was a first-gen student.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Under Fire. Career Summit. Día de los Muertos. Building Sustainable Communities. Tackling the Nation’s Identity Crisis. Conversations for California’s Future. Recap these events, awards, media mentions and more in UC Irvine School of Social Ecology's newsletter Advocate: https://ow.ly/WcQv50Xoaa1
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
At 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in UC Irvine SE2 Room 3384, criminology, law & society Assistant Professor Eraldo Souza dos Santos hosts USC sociology Assistant Professor Daniela Urbina speaking about "The Spread of High Speed Internet and Gender Based Violence within Families in Mexico."
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
For School of Social Ecology Director of Communications @mimikocruz.bsky.social, @ucirvine.bsky.social's third annual Día de los Muertos on Nov. 3 was much more than just another event.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
With a $452,985 National Institutes of Health grant, UC Irvine psychology Professor Jessica Borelli is launching a groundbreaking project designed to strengthen parent-child relationships as a cornerstone of addiction recovery. https://ow.ly/yEAo50Xo4uq
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM