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The UC Irvine Wellness Student Well-Being Summit on Wed., Feb. 4, at Newkirk Alumni Center includes a special 1 p.m. panel discussion on happiness with psychology professors Sarah Pressman, Stephen Schueller & @ucriverside.bsky.social Distinguished Prof Sonja Lyubomirsky . https://ow.ly/2jM550Y1Wk9

Are you a UC Irvine psychology student interested in learning more about your future career? Then you should attend the career panel 12:30-1:50pm Thursday, Feb. 12, in SBSG 3260. It's hosted by Professor Joanne Zinger and features brilliant Dept. of Psychology minds. RSVP: https://ow.ly/qfu250Y1v0K

Congrats to alum Jira Trinetkamol ('23, BAs economics, political science & urban studies) for being UC Irvine’s first-ever Schwarzman Scholar & first Thai recipient in over a decade. Read what urban planning & public policy Asst. Professor Hun Kim says about his mentee: https://ow.ly/HO0850Y1uvn

Congratulations to UC Irvine's Isabel Patten and Diego Rochow for their respective criminology, law & society doctoral dissertations receiving National Science Foundation-funded Law Science Dissertation Grant Program awards from @arizonastateuni.bsky.social.

Business leaders listen Jan. 21 to (from left) UC Irvine Social Ecology Dean Jon Gould, OC Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, the Social Impact Hub's Raiven Greenberg and Associate Professor T. William Lester present findings from a survey on immigration and tariff policies. https://ow.ly/qS6W50Y1sHT

In an opinion piece, Orange County Business Council President and CEO Lucy Dunn cites crime reduction and tax savings data in a 2022 study led by UC Irvine Livable Cities Lab Director and criminology, law & society Professor George Tita. https://ow.ly/ox9y50Y0rcN

Assistant Professor Daniel Cohen of UC Berkeley ended today’s UC Irvine Climate Justice Lecture on a hopeful note for young Anteaters: “If you are here, you are developing skills and capabilities and knowledge that will be useful. I don’t know exactly how, but it will be useful.”

Congrats to UC Irvine student-athletes on the Fall Quarter '25 Dean's List for academic achievement, especially those with School of Social Ecology majors like sophomore golfer HaYoung Lee (criminology, law & society-CLS) & tennis playing junior Quin Brady (psychology) & sophomore Maily Huynh (CLS).

The 2023 prison drama 'Sing Sing' not only earned Colman Domingo a Best Actor Oscar nomination, it has earned a special 6 p.m. Mon., Feb. 2, screening from the UC Irvine School go Social Ecology. Special guest is actor/advocate Sean "Dino" Johnson. RSVP: https://ow.ly/9ZfQ50Y0otG

Nicholas Marantz, a UC Irvine associate professor of urban planning & public policy and member of the Advisory Committee for the Center for Land, Environment and Natural Resources (CLEANR), talks about his research into housing affordability & environmental sustainability. https://ow.ly/tb8A50XXI4s

Congratulations to the women volleyball players who made the UC Irvine Dean's List for academic achievement in Fall 2025, especially sophomore Jessica Bates, who majors in criminology, law & society.

“That’s really why this issue has come to the forefront. Because regulators & water providers are trying to be as vigilant as possible to protect the public’s health & well-being” - UC Irvine urban planning & public policy Professor Emeritus/Water UCI Director Dave Feldman. https://ow.ly/tYcb50XYhCj

New UC Irvine Asst. Professor Tao Jiang’s work bridges social & health psychology, examining how our closest relationships—with romantic partners, family members & friends—can profoundly influence our physical health, right down to the inflammatory responses in our bodies. https://ow.ly/7hvZ50XYfrh

“Juvenile violence is not a mystery — it is a mirror. It reflects what we have chosen not to fund, not to prioritize, and not to imagine as possible” - Ryan Flaco Rising, a UC Irvine criminology, law & society doctoral student and youth offender arts program founder. https://ow.ly/RJle50XYgMz

Next week, UC Irvine's Climate and Urban Sustainability Program (CUSP), the UC Irvine Alec-Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change and the School of Social Ecology launch the Climate Justice Lecture Series. RSVP via ZotSpot: https://ow.ly/8GRg50XYkSn

Congratulations to the UC Irvine women's water polo players who made the Fall 2025 Dean's List for academic achievement, especially social ecology majors like redshirt junior Charley Birdsall and junior Mary Hassett, as well as junior psychological science major Ella Walker.

Find a virtual bookshelf with books and media related to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at https://ow.ly/QbJ850XXHtq. More resources are at https://ow.ly/IxGR50XXHtv. Please note the School of Social Ecology will be closed Monday for MLK Day.

Social Ecology alumna Lynda Halligan Olsen alerts UC Irvine filmmakers to discounted student rates for short films entered in Balboa Del Mar Film Festival on July 11-12 at Lido Theatre in Newport Beach. For all festival info, scan the QR code or visit https://ow.ly/I3uw50XXuEj.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS to see and hear Holocaust survivors Zorica Zorkin and Jenny Unterman-Leijdesdorff on Tuesday, Jan. 27, starting at 6:30 p.m. This special Holocaust Remembrance Day event is in the UC Irvine Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, 100. RSVP: https://ow.ly/1h9s50XXtqR

ANTEATERS, MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Social Ecology Senators from the Associated Students at UC Irvine serve "Donuts with the Dean" on Friday, Feb. 6, from 2-3 p.m. in SBSG 1517. Cop a cruller and strike up a convo with @jongould.bsky.social, who routinely drops sprinkles of sage wisdom.

Congrats to UC Irvine alum Dalsan Alves (’25, master of public health) for joining Professor Steve Schuller's Technology & Mental Health (TEAM) Lab. As an asst. specialist/program & project manager, Dalsan helps develop & evaluate digital micro-interventions to support adolescent well being online.

Congratulations to UC Irvine women's soccer Anteaters who made the Fall 2025 Dean's List for academic achievement, especially forwards studying in the School of Social Ecology like senior Jenika Davis (criminology, law & society) and redshirt sophomore Kelsey Swyney (psychological science).

Congrats to UC Irvine psychology alum Deborah Kamliot ('21 post-baccalaureate, '25 MA) for becoming a full-time graduate engineer/data collection moderator at global consulting & AI firm Qualitest. While at UCI, Deborah worked in the labs of professors Judith Kroll, Zoe Klemfuss and Angela Lukowski.

Congrats to UC Irvine women track and field Anteaters on the Fall '25 Dean's List, especially Samantha Bartz (psychology); Elisabeth Driscoll (psychology); Faith McLeary (criminology, law & society-CLS); Giselle Rodriguez, (psychology); Pinkie Schnayer (CLS); and Zharia Taylor (urban studies).

Congrats to UC Irvine criminology, law & society alum ('23 BA) and Social Ecology's 2023 student commencement speaker Natalya Wynter Muro for joining Chaffee College as a multimedia journalism adjunct professor and the California Institution for Men in Chino as a Rising Scholars Program lecturer.

The Water UCI Speaking of Water series presents Emily Parker, senior marine scientist with Heal the Bay, leading "Plastic Pollution 101: History, Impacts, and Solutions for Change," at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, via Zoom. RSVP: https://ow.ly/Ci9x50XWuJh

Read about the amazing life journey of UC Irvine School of Social Ecology alumna ('22, BA criminology, law & society), Sage Scholar and Orangewood Foundation Young Adult Court lead care coordinator in UC Irvine Magazine: https://ow.ly/GgHr50XWoR6

"They [AI chatbots] shift and evolve all the time. You could approve something, but do you really know what you're approving?" - Stephen Schueller, professor at UC Irvine and president of the Society for Digital Mental Health. https://ow.ly/pQt350XVSRX

Learn how tariff & immigration policies impact Orange County businesses as UC Irvine School of Social Ecology & the Office of 2nd District County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento present Economic Impact Survey Results 2-3pm Wed, Jan. 21, at 630 N. Broadway St., Santa Ana. RSVP: https://ow.ly/VR5r50XVRXB

Congrats to UC Irvine alum Apphia Freeman ('11, BA literary journalism; '21, post-baccalaureate psychology) for co-authoring a study on obsessive-compulsive personality disorder symptoms that was recently published in the Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders.