To the Anteater community: The dramatic increase nationwide in threats of violence against Jewish schools, community centers and other organizations – 90 bomb threats since the start of the year and 20 just yesterday – hit close to home Monday afternoon when our neighboring Merage Jewish Community Center received a bomb threat and [...]
LA Times: UC President Janet Napolitano blasts Trump immigration crackdown as a backward step University of California President Janet Napolitano blasted the Trump administration's immigration crackdown on Wednesday, calling it a step backward that would make communities less safe. Napolitano, who served as U.S. Homeland Security secretary under President Obama, said the vast expansion of [...]
OFFICE OF THE VICE PROVOST AND GRADUATE DEAN Graduate Division 120 Aldrich Hall Irvine, CA 92697-3180 Phone: (949) 824-6763 Fax: (949) 824-9096 www.grad.uci.edu February 7, 2017 Dear Colleagues, I have received many inquiries from both students and faculty about the impact of Presidential Executive order 13769 on foreign nationals from Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, [...]