Tyrus Miller (left), dean of the School of Humanities, and Austen Parrish, dean of the School of Law.

UCI Law and School of Humanities offer new pathways from humanities into law

In new program, students can earn their B.A. and J.D. degrees in six years

Council of Graduate Schools funding supports career development for humanities scholars

UCI joins The Humanities Coalition to foster diverse career opportunities

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Stressing the Humanity in Medical Humanities

UCI center offers compassionate perspectives on health and disease

School of Humanities launches 3 new centers for interdisciplinary research, programming

The School of Humanities has announced the creation of the Center for Armenian Studies; the Center for Knowledge, Technology, and Society; and the Center for Storytelling. “The three new centers will serve as a nexus for interdisciplinary research and programming,” said Dean Tyrus Miller. “All have particular resonance and value at this very moment in […]

Humanities dean Tyrus Miller establishes endowment for distinguished lecture series

Tyrus Miller, dean of the School of Humanities, has pledged $60,000 to establish a new endowment for a distinguished lecture series. The school regularly hosts conversations around today’s grand challenges, ranging from environmental change to advances in medicine and biology and the evolution of powerful new technologies. The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series will feature events […]

School of Humanities receives $1.5 million grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The UCI School of Humanities has received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to introduce graduate students to a broad range of possible careers that employ their expertise. The grant will fund 19 community-based summer internships for Ph.D. students, three graduate student researchers who will work with a STEM faculty […]

UCI to host celebration of new Center for Medical Humanities – with a Halloween twist

EVENT: UCI will mark the launch of the newly formed Center for Medical Humanities, a formal partnership among the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, the School of Humanities and the School of Medicine to fortify a model of healthcare organized around the individual, reflective of cultural identities and responsive to the needs of the community. […]

Former dean of the School of Humanities is named president of The Huntington Library

Karen Lawrence, UCI professor emerita of English and former dean of the School of Humanities (1998-2007), has been named president of The Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens in San Marino, effective Sept. 1. “We are thrilled that Karen has received this appointment,” said Tyrus Miller, current dean of the School of Humanities. “Her […]

Tyrus Miller is named dean of UCI School of Humanities

Accomplished literary scholar currently heads graduate division at UC Santa Cruz

UC receives $10 million Mellon Foundation grant to support advanced humanities research

Gift provides initial endowment funding to sustain core activities on all UC campuses