Recent News
Below you'll find our post category archive. Note that many titles will have , , and at the end of the text. These help identify pages, posts, and events representing our three core values: Community, Thriving, and Wellness. To learn more about this, read about our Action Plan. These also all help support our #ActForInclusion.
Research grants for UC faculty and grad students studying undocumented students or mixed-status families
Dear colleagues, I am writing to let you know about the newly-established UC Collaborative to Promote Immigrant and Student Equity (UC PromISE) I am leading which aims to promote policy-relevant research on how immigration policies have exacerbated vulnerabilities among undocumented students and expanded collateral consequences to citizen students with undocumented parents. Funded by a two-year UC multicampus research program and initiatives grant, we will be launching a UC-wide research study and a series of programs and conferences to support scholars and stakeholders doing research in this area. UC PromISE is currently soliciting applications for UC faculty research grants (up to…
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON UCI MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTION FELLOWSHIP
Dear colleagues, In a follow up to Provost Lavernia’s email in which he committed an additional $3M in one time funds for graduate enrollment growth, Vice Provost Haynes and I are delighted to provide additional information on the new UCI Minority Serving Institution (MSI) fellowship to advance inclusive excellence in graduate education at UCI. This fellowship provides a $10,000 top-off for newly admitted domestic doctoral and MFA students who have graduated from a federally designated Minority Serving Institution two-year college or four-year institution of higher education. The top-off is disbursed over a two-year period, in $5,000 increments. The purpose of…
Diversifying our faculty
Dear colleagues, Our commitment to advancing faculty diversity is paramount, and the time to innovate and make progress toward this strategic goal is now. Adding faculty from diverse backgrounds and perspectives not only is reflective of our students, the state of California and the increasingly global landscape, but serves to propel the university’s strength and future growth. Inclusive excellence is a strategic goal for UCI and a priority for every academic department. Each of you is empowered to embrace these aspirations and transform this commitment into action. At a recent meeting organized by Vice Provost Diane O’Dowd, Chancellor Gillman and…
University of California – Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative | Deadline: March 15, 2019
University of California – Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative | Deadline: March 15, 2019 Dear Colleagues, The Call for Proposals for the University of California-Historically Black Colleges and Universities (UC-HBCU) Initiative for 2018-2019 has been released. I want to urge you to consider this funding opportunity. The purpose of the initiative is to increase the participation of graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the wide array of distinguished doctoral and MFA programs throughout the UC system. The competition provides for two types of funding: Summer Research Internship Support Grant and Summer Research and Graduate Admission Pathways Grant….
NSF Issues New Award Term and Condition to Address Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault and Other Forms of Harassment
Dear Colleagues: The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently published a new award term and condition aimed at improving awardee accountability by requiring that institutions notify NSF of: Any findings or determinations that demonstrate a violation of University policy or codes of conduct by a principal investigator or co-principal investigator relating to discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment and sexual assault. The placement of the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on administrative leave relating to discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment and sexual assault. Any administrative action taken by UCI related to a discriminatory harassment, sexual harassment or sexual assault finding or investigation…
Hope Through Strengthening Community
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 number reported since the Anti-Defamation League started tracking anti-Semitic incidents in 1979 (anti-Semitic incidents report). More generally, hate crimes in the nation’s ten largest cities increased by 12% in 2017, reaching their highest level in more than a decade (Report to the Nation Hate Crimes Rise…
