Name better reflects the broad range of research and training specializations in the department.
The School of Social Ecology's highly-ranked psychology department has been renamed the Department of Psychological Science (PS).
The more contemporary name marks a new era for the department, which has grown substantially in the last few years, hiring a significant number of new faculty.
It is meant to better reflect the broad range of research and training specializations within the department, and will create a more inclusive intellectual home for current and future faculty, students and alumni, while better accommodating future growth and more closely matching trends in the psychology field.
The name change took effect July 1 after a lengthy vetting process within the School of Social Ecology and across the UCI campus.