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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.
In Observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day ♥ ★
Dear campus community, Today, we observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Recognized by U.S. President Joe Biden last Friday, this day honors Native peoples for their many contributions to American society while acknowledging the history of federal policies that “sought to assimilate and displace Native people and eradicate Native cultures.” This federal observance builds on the adoption of Indigenous Peoples’ Day by other states and jurisdictions, including California on October 14, 2019. As a campus committed to inclusive excellence, Native peoples form an integral part of our community. They include undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, alumni and communities served by…
UCI is Part of a New National Consortium on Latino Humanities Studies
Dear campus community, I’m pleased to share that UC Irvine is part of a new consortium presenting a national initiative in Latino humanities studies called “Crossing Latinidades: Emerging Scholars and New Comparative Directions.” This is made possible through a three-year, $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The consortium includes all 16 Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or HSIs, in the country, that have the R1 designation — top tier doctoral universities with very high research activity — in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The consortium focuses its efforts on increasing the number of Latino students pursuing terminal…
The Reionization of Katy Rodriguez Wimberly
Rodriguez Wimberly lived along into her dream of motherhood — and, as she’ll soon be graduating with her Ph.D. in physics from the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy after working with Professor Michael Cooper and moving on to a position as a postdoctoral researcher at UC Riverside supported by a first-of-its-kind National Science Foundation Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, she’s now also another thing she dreamed of becoming long ago: an astrophysicist, one who now studies what may be the oldest known galaxies in the Universe.
