Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Tracy K. Smith, former Poet Laureate of the United States Humanities Center Oct 21 2021 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Zoom Register HERE Please join us for a stirring evening of poetry by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy K. Smith, former Poet Laureate of the United States. This event supports our year-long theme, “For a [...]
Fall Harvest 2021 MUSIC | GAMES | FELLOWSHIP The time has come again for Fall Harvest: Welcome Back Celebration. For those who do not know, Fall Harvest is a chance for the Black Faculty and Staff Association of UC Irvine and Black Alumni Chapter Association to partner with the Center for Black Cultures, Resources [...]
Sue Padernacht: Vice Chancellor Douglas M. Haynes, PhD Leading Black Thriving in Higher Education Ncline Leadership Strategies | September 1, 2021 Through the Black Thriving Initiative (BTI), University of California Irvine (UCI) intends to become the nation’s foremost destination for Black people to thrive. Black Thriving recognizes and responds to anti-Blackness as [...]
The Black Panther Oakland Community School: Community Archives, Activism, and Storytelling Invites you to its Summer Fellows ShowcaseThursday, August 26 | 12-1 p.m. Over the summer of 2021, ten UCI students have researched the Oakland Community School (OCS), the longest-running community project organized by the Black Panthers. The summer fellows have been documenting the school's [...]
UCI receives grant to support 30 HBCU students in Summer Institute in Neuroscience Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory to partner with Delaware State U. Manuella Yassa and Dr. Autumn Ivy Irvine, Calif., July 28, 2021 — The UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory has been awarded a UC-HBCU [...]
Seven faculty members named 2021-22 Hellman Fellows June 23, 2021 L to R: Adriana Villavicencio, Adeyemi Adeleye, Vibhuti Ramachandran, Celia Symons, Judit Romhanyi, Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, Christopher Seeds Seven assistant professors at UCI will receive $50,000 Hellman Fellowships, which are bestowed annually to support research by junior faculty. They join an elite group [...]
Dear colleagues, I am delighted to announce the recipients of the inaugural UCI Inclusive Excellence Term Chairs. As was noted in the call for nominations last winter, the purpose of the Inclusive Excellence Term Chair program is to leverage the research and creative capacity of the campus to deepen understanding about and responses to designated [...]
UCI Researchers awarded Spencer Foundation grant to improve recruitment of Black teacher education candidates 6/21/2021 Brandy Gatlin-Nash. Photo courtesy of School of Education The Spencer Foundation awarded a team of UCI School of Education researchers a Racial Equity Special Research Grant to identify existing teacher recruitment practices of two university-based teacher preparation programs in Southern [...]
Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the outcome of the inaugural call for proposals for the UCI Black Thriving Initiative Faculty Cluster Hiring Program. As announced last fall, the program is a competitive multi-year effort to recruit faculty who interrogate structural racism in its myriad forms. As part of the UCI Black Thriving Initiative, [...]
X Black Womxn Daily, AAPI Womxn in Leadership, and Academic & Professional Women at UCI would like to invite you to Best First Friday (BFF): Black & Asian Feminist Solidarities 1st Reading Group Friday, June 4 12:00 – 1:30pm RSVP HERE We hope that in an effort to build community, attendees prepare for the event [...]