Viewers at a watch party listened to Michelle Deutchman of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement during the live Year of Free Speech kickoff event.

UCI Year of Free Speech kicks off with virtual event

First amendment, academic freedom and free speech discussed

UC Irvine to host ‘conversations across the divide’ during its Year of Free Speech

Events, speakers and coursework will explore critical importance of free speech and academic freedom

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UCI Podcast: Elon Musk, Twitter and free speech

David Kaye discusses Musk’s buyout of the social media giant and human rights issues of online speech

UCI Law launches Fair Elections and Free Speech Center

Center will be a driving force to ensure fair elections, vibrant and free debate, and the rule of law in the digital age

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UCI Podcast: Michelle Deutchman on the pandemic’s effect on campus free speech

The free speech movement was born on college campuses in the 1960s as students protested the Vietnam War and voiced their support for civil rights. But what will happen as the COVID-19 pandemic suppresses in-person campus gatherings, and as discourse increasingly moves online? The University of California’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement […]

Henry Glitz

A fresh look at free speech

UC conference on topical issue inspires students, such as UCI’s Henry Glitz

UC’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement selects executive director

Civil rights advocate and scholar Michelle Deutchman to oversee advancement of innovative center

UC’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement selects inaugural class of fellows, expands board

UCI chancellor to oversee center’s administration, begin search for executive director

Assemblyman honors UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman for campus free speech advocacy

Free speech was the subject of the day in Sacramento, as UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman met with Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) to discuss the hot-button campus topic and to receive a framed copy of Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 21. Passed unanimously July 17, it urges all state colleges and universities to adopt free speech statements […]

Focus on free speech

Chancellor Gillman’s new book provides important guidance on the contentious campus topic