The ANTrepreneur Center at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has announced a special three-part event titled the Hacking Student Success: Mental Health Innovation Challenge. Centered on the theme of supporting student success by addressing mental health challenges, the event will invite UCI students to form teams, develop original business ideas, and compete for funding […]
Deseret News, Sept. 2, 2020
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of comparative literature and English, has been awarded the 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize for Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature, about language and its constructive role in national culture, history and identity. The collection of essays advocates for linguistic decolonization and is one […]
EVENT: Leymah Gbowee, women’s rights advocate and co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, will talk about the power of education, collaboration and hope in overthrowing Charles Taylor, one of the most brutal warlords in the history of Africa. She also will share her insights about the vital role that ordinary citizens can play in […]
Corey Feinstein, assistant director of UC Irvine’s Olive Tree Initiative, recently participated in a private roundtable gathering (pictured) at the White House to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian negotiation process with senior White House and State Department officials and other organizations representing diverse constituencies.
UCI professor’s new book explores life lessons gleaned from unorthodox class on death
Series of events organized by new Dalai Lama Scholars will promote conflict resolution, nonviolence and compassion
Renowned interfaith activist is seventh guest in Living Peace Series
EVENT: Eboo Patel, founder and president of the Interfaith Youth Core, will talk about the importance of religious pluralism in strengthening our democracy. Patel challenges and inspires people of all faiths to work together to make our world a place where diverse traditions can thrive side by side. WHEN/WHERE: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, (doors open at […]
Stergios Skaperdas, economics professor, has been appointed to a five-year term as the Clifford S. Heinz Chair. Established in 1988 by the UC Regents, the honor recognizes an outstanding UC Irvine scholar who studies the economics of peace. Skaperdas specializes in political economics research, and he has published groundbreaking work on the role the absence […]