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Next up in our grad spotlight series is Clara Bradley, logic & philosophy of science Ph.D. ’24. The universe presents physicists with enough problems of its own; Clara studies the ones physicists create for themselves. ...
ALT Clara Bradley hiking in Lugano, Switzerland.
The field steps back from scientific discoveries themselves to examine the processes that produce them. It asks how theories are developed, how evidence functions and what scientists mean when they claim to know something about the world. ...
Yet these questions touch on how human beings make sense of reality. For Clara, they have been a lifelong fascination.
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UC Irvine Department of Economics establishes Jan K. Brueckner Medal for Distinction in Economic Research | Inaugural recipient assistant professor Miguel Zerecero recognized for novel, influential work on why people choose the places in which they live
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ALT Former department chair Bill Branch, 2026 inaugural medal recipient Miguel Zerecero, and current department chair Matthew Freedman.
An affinity for administration | @UCIrvine psychology major Natalie Fu turns a natural gift for management, systems and communications into a future in healthcare administration
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ALT Natalie Fu
Our next grad spotlight features Temitope Famodu, global studies Ph.D. ’26. After receiving their undergrad degree, Temi worked in nonprofits serving refugees and students in Chicago. The work was meaningful, but they found themself preoccupied by larger structural questions. ...
ALT Temi in Budapest.
Temi successfully defended their dissertation in May & graduated in June. They plan to pursue academic positions while transforming their dissertation into a book-length manuscript. The foundation & expertise they gained at @UCIrvine are unlikely to lose their urgency. ...
"My skill set will always be relevant, no matter what industry or place I end up in. I think we will always need to examine how power operates on a global scale by centering the lived-experiences of people who have been structurally dispossessed."
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AI and local democracy | Policy Innovation Day at @UCIrvine brings together researchers and practitioners to share civic chatbot expertise, lessons learned
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ALT Policy Innovation Day participants stand together in the Beckman Center lobby.
Our next grad spotlight features Derek Tran, economics M.S. ’21, Ph.D. ’24. When Derek started graduate school at @UCIrvine, he expected to become a professor. ...
ALT Derek Tran in his cap and gown at commencement.
Along the way, he discovered something he hadn’t expected: an economics Ph.D. can take you anywhere. “Eighty percent of what I use day-to-day in a job like this comes from the knowledge gained from the Ph.D. program, whether it’s causal, Bayesian or structural economics.” ...
“Personally, I think economics is the best degree to get. You could argue for computer science or AI, but econ gives you an understanding of the world you can’t get anywhere else.”
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