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NRE Senior Researcher Maurice Possley was an invited presenter last week in Ireland at SARMAC -- the annual conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. He presented on NRE's work documenting mistaken witness identification and false accusation cases.

Pro tip for aspiring deans and associate deans: prepare to shake A LOT of hands on commencement days, as the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology's Jon B. Gould and Susan Charles proved Monday. #Anteaters #zotzotzot #AnteaterPride #UCIgrad #UCIpride #UCIcommencement #Classof2025

Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce members save this date: Aug. 8, 2025. That's when @ucirvine School of UCI Social Ecology Dean Jon Gould presents findings in the UCI-OC Poll during the 2025 State of the County Luncheon. Full details at tinyurl.com/JBGstateofOC #AllinforAll

Commencement ceremonies are, of course, big news to @ucirvine and our School of UCI Social Ecology. But the school's two ceremonies Monday also made big news because of the keynote addresses by California Rob Bonta. Watch KTLA's coverage here: youtu.be/Q8rrNZ3wd6Q

Congratulations to @ucirvine's Liam Matthew for receiving his bachelor's degree in history on Monday - and making his father proud. That's him next to Liam, Richard Matthew, professor in UCI Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy and director of UCI Blum Center and Center for the Power of Music. #Classof2025

That’s right, UCI Social Ecology won top prize tonight from OC Press Club for our podcast, Red County, Blue County, Orange County. Congratulations to Mike Madrid, its host, and Mimi Ko Cruz, Han Parker, and Matt Coker, who tirelessly produced it.

Teamwork makes the dream work💕

🌟✨ Happy #Juneteenth! 🎉 Check out this podcast where history Associate Professor Jessica Millward explains the importance of #FreedomDay. 🌍💖As @ucirvine is closed today, we will have no other posts until tomorrow. ✊🏾❤️ tinyurl.com/25Juneteenth #AllinforAll

Federal recommendations would also help California enforce its rules, said Mendez. eenews.net/articles/when-…

Psychologists (including my former advisor Pete Ditto) have long been interested in this question. Conservatives’ great self- reported happiness may be reducible to their greater tendency to self-enhance in self-report data. See the Science paper linked in the next post.

Congratulations to new @ucirvine grads Tanner Phillips (BA in psychological science) and Danielle Shariff (magna cum laude in criminology, law & society and summa cum laude in education sciences) for being selected the School of UCI Social Ecology Dean's Scholars. #AnteaterPride

Congrats to (from left) @ucirvine School of UCI Social Ecology's Han Parker, Mimi Ko Cruz, Jon Gould and Matt Coker (as well as Mike Madrid) for winning Best Audio Storytelling/Podcast from OC Press Club for "Red County, Blue County, Orange County." Listen at socialecology.uci.edu/news/podcast-r…

Sixteen @ucirvine Anteaters were awarded B.A.s in sociology at the 2nd LIFTED (Leveraging Inspiring Futures Through Educational Degrees) graduation June 18 inside Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. Ten of the grads also earned minors in English. tinyurl.com/LIFTED2025

Congrats to Angelica Gavia ('25, BA psychological science and criminology, law & society; social ecology minor) for winning @ucirvine UCI Social Ecology's Exceptional Achievement in Undergraduate Research award. She joins our Master in Legal & Forensic Psychology program this Fall.

Missing your UCI Social Ecology graduation photo fix? Wait no more. A couple other pictures from this past week's festivities, including the multiple deans' selfie with my colleague Tyrus Miller.

In 1999, Antonio McDowell was sentenced to 103 years in prison for a murder in Chicago, Illinois. He was #exonerated in 2025 based on evidence that corrupt Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara had framed him. Read more: exonerationregistry.org/cases/14337

The 2025 Lauds & Laurels ceremony in November will honor 15 distinguished alumni for exceptional achievements and contributions, each representing a different UC Irvine school. Read more about the School of UCI Social Ecology's distinguished alum Les McCabe: tinyurl.com/LesMcCabe

The Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition conference recently took @Exonerationlist Senior Researcher @MauricePossley to Ireland, where the invitee detailed NRE’s work documenting mistaken witness I.D. and false accusation cases. The NRE is a project of UC Irvine Newkirk Center, Michigan Law School & MSU College of Law.

"The past two years have been full of growth, challenge, and inspiration, and I’m incredibly grateful for the journey."

Which two Anteaters won the 2024-25 Dean’s Scholar Award, UC Irvine School of UCI Social Ecology’s top student honor? And who were the dozens & dozens of other students from the school recognized at the recent Social Ecology Honors and Awards event? Go here: tinyurl.com/SEawards25