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Below you'll find our post archive. These results will come in the forms of Pages, Posts, and Events. Also 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.
UCI Hosts 50 HBCU Undergraduates in a Range of Disciplines
UC Irvine Office of Inclusive Excellence (OIE) partnered with faculty across campus to welcome 50 undergraduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to campus for a summer research experience. Supported by OIE and the Graduate Division, the students attended a welcome event where they had the opportunity to meet faculty, staff and fellows students as well as community members. The groups of students, some of whom were funded by the UC-HBCU initiative, worked in Nursing, the Merage School of Business, the Summer Institute in Neuroscience, ACES and BRIGHT, and the School of Medicine. Dr. Tonya Bradford, who ran…
Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy
Dear campus community, In an effort to promote an inclusive environment, the University of California published the Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy so that all university-issued identification documents and displays of personal identification information will show the accurate gender identity and lived name for UC community members. Implementation of this policy must be complete by Dec. 31, 2023. The GRLN Policy requires all UC campuses to provide: At least three equally recognized gender options in university forms and information systems – woman, man and nonbinary. Any individual entering into an academic or professional relationship with the university may be…
Native American Heritage Month
Dear colleagues, President Joseph R. Biden recently proclaimed November as National Native American Heritage Month and November 25, 2022, as National Native American Heritage Day. These designations give us an opportunity to reflect on the many Indigenous cultures that continue to thrive throughout the United States (US) despite hundreds of years of war, forced displacement, and settler colonialism. As noted by the President, in the face of intergenerational trauma, many Indigenous communities continue to build community structures, Tribal governmental entities, and language revitalization programs. I encourage UCI students, faculty, and staff – as well as our alumni and community partners – to…
Statement on Iran
Dear Campus Community, We want to express our deepest support for students, faculty, and staff – and those in our broader community – who have been affected by events in Iran following the untimely death of Mahsa Amini. In recent weeks many Iranians have been killed and many others detained following protests that unsettled Iran. Our hearts go out to our Iranian and Iranian American communities and all who have been affected. In recent days a group of faculty from across the UC system prepared a statement in support of Iranian students, affirming the students’ right to protest and calling…
SOCIAL SCIENCES | Model Machines
In his book, Model Machines: A History of the Asian as Automaton, published June 22, UCI associate professor of global and international studies Long Bui takes a deep dive into historical stereotypes and representations of Asians and Asian Americans, exploring how centuries of dehumanizing descriptions and treatment have marginalized an entire race. He recently spoke about the roles that globalization, racism and colonialism have played in creating and feeding this narrative and how its effects continue to harm the lives and well-being of people of color today.