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Reuters, May 21, 2013

Case to watch: California case to test compulsory union dues

. That decision “suggests the court now thinks that the longstanding legal rule that employees who are represented by unions can be compelled to pay for the services they receive involves elements of coerced speech,” said Catherine Fisk, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.

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Orange County Register, May 21, 2013

UCI hires ex-USC dean as provost

UC Irvine has hired a USC political science professor and former dean as its university provost and executive vice chancellor, rejecting an 11th-hour appeal by a group of UCI faculty to reconsider the candidate’s appointment to the second-most powerful campus administrative post.

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Orange County Register, May 21, 2013

UCI Medical Center staff to walk off jobs

Nearly 1,700 health care workers at UCI Medical Center in Orange plan to walk off their jobs early today in a protest over pensions and what they claim is hospital understaffing that compromises the quality of patient care.

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Time Magazine, May 21, 2013

Marijuana: The Next Diabetes Drug?

Orange County Business Journal, May 20, 2013

Will ICU have a ball with sale talk? Mike makes $5M statement

OC’s position as a center of eye devices and research is multifaceted and now has Jennifer Simpson, clinical professor of ophthalmology at UC Irvine, leading the development of a new potential treatment to save the eyesight of patients with cystinosis.

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The Orange County Register, May 20, 2013

UC Irvine School of Law graduates second class

85 students graduated from UCI’s School of Law on May 11. The class of 2013 was the second class from one of the most high-profile law schools in the country.

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The Orange County Register, May 18, 2013

UCI union plans 48-hour strike

UC Irvine Medical Center has canceled about 70 elective surgeries to prepare for a strike next week by patient care employees who make up 40 percent of hospital staff.

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CNN.com International, May 18, 2013

Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn’t

Red Tape Chronicles - MSNBC, May 18, 2013

Students can’t resist distraction for two minutes … and neither can you

The New York Times, May 17, 2013

Making a word meme

“It’s short, digestible, easily interpretable and easily mis-interpretable,” said David S. Meyer, a University of California, Irvine, sociology professor.

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Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2013

Enron’s Jeff Skilling doesn’t deserve a break

The Sacramento Bee, May 17, 2013

The Buzz: Lawmakers don’t make the grade with UC students