Hope Through Strengthening Community Dear Campus Community, The mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday morning is a stark reminder of the presence and persistence of anti-Semitism in the United States. In 2017, anti-Semitic incidents surged nearly 60% over the previous year, the largest single-year increase on record, and the second-highest [...]
A message from Chancellor Howard Gillman The grotesque shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, during Shabbat services, has shocked and outraged our nation, even if it is felt most pointedly by our Jewish community. On behalf of the entire UCI family I extend our support and solidarity to our Jewish students, [...]
UCI Receives US Dept. of Ed HSI Title V Part A Grant: The UCI School of Education has been awarded a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand and enhance its teacher preparation programs. “The goal of our Master of Arts in Teaching and undergraduate CalTeach credentials is to help [...]
The topic of the first installment of our Spotlight Series is Islamophobia, or fear of Islam and Muslim people. Dr. Douglas Haynes, Vice Provost for Academic Equity, Inclusion and Diversity, explores this topic with UCI student Aya Hallak, an international major and participate in the Olive Tree Initiative.
<< Back to Perspectives on Bias, Prejudice, and Bigotry Lecture Series Date: November 1, 2018 Location: Doheny Beach BCD, UCI Student Center Speaker: Anita DeFrantz Title: Race and Gender in Sports in an Age of Me Too
Dear Physics & Astronomy Community: This letter is in response to a uniformed talk given last week by Professor Alessadro Strumia at CERN. If you are not aware of the incident you can see a summary here [1, https://tinyurl.com/y7eyg82r]. The talk has received such coverage that the undersigned departmental leadership felt compelled to address the [...]
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 3, 2018 – The University of California, Irvine is one of nine UC and 15 California State University campuses to share in an expanded five-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation for scholarships through the Cal-Bridge program, which helps promising students from underserved backgrounds earn advanced degrees in physics [...]
UCI graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows are invited to participate in the Fall 2018 “Foundations of Graduate Health and Wellness Certificate Program.” The program will begin Wednesday, October 10th from 10am-12pm at the Graduate Resource Center. The six week program aims to help graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows build an understanding of the connection [...]