Well-Educated Global Citizen
Our research, teaching and outreach programs impact tomorrow’s leaders today. By providing students hands-on opportunities to investigate global issues, our programs teach effective communication, organization, mediation and negotiation skills. With these tools, our graduates go on to be innovators as top corporate, political and community leaders, and they can be found making a difference everyday in boardrooms, classrooms, law offices and non-profit organizations across the globe.
Centers, departments and student programs involved in accomplishing these goals include:
- Center for Asian Studies
- Center for Demographic and Social Analysis
- Center for Ethnography
- Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy
- Center for Research on International and Global Studies
- Center for Research on Latinos In A Global Society
- Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies
- Center for the Study of Democracy
- UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality
- Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Chicano/Latino Studies
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Sociology
- Global Connect
- HABLA
- Law Forum
- Middle East Studies Student Initiative
- Mock Trial
- Olive Tree Initiative
Read on to learn how our programs and efforts create well-educated global citizens:
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Leading by example Economics undergrad Sarah Bana serves her campus and community with a singular purpose: making the world a better place |
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Obama pushes rights with Chinese students Dorothy Solinger, political science professor, is quoted in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette November 16, 2009 |
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A veteran's message David Curry, sociology/economics undergrad and vice president of UCI's Veterans Student Union |
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Debate over illegal immigration is still raging A study by Ruben Rumbaut, sociologist, is featured in the Herald News November 12, 2009 |
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Ana Pesic receives 2009 Sheen T. Kassouf Fellowship Award named in honor of pioneering economics professor and academician |
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Social Sciences standout scholar Elizabeth McDowell 2009 recipient of the Reza Zarif and Rufina Paniego School of Social Sciences Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Anthropology |
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Kathy Rim is named 2009-10 Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellow Award recognizes academic excellence and carries $20,100 prize |
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Freemasonry: fact vs. fiction UCI's Lilith Mahmud discusses the society's portrayal in a hit novel and reveals its 'best-kept secret' |
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Social Sciences standout scholar Sarah Michiko Barber 2009 recipient of the Carole Creek Bailey Social Sciences Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Sociology |
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UCI researcher receives grant to study U.S. immigrant health Funding provided by National Institutes of Health “GO” program |