Day: May 14, 2012

Students to participate in Butterworth Project Development Competition

Contest sponsored by UCI alumnus Paul Butterworth highlights innovation in Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences.

Jeff Greenberg

Role model

When Jeff Greenberg, casting director for “Modern Family,” first tried to sell the network on actor Ty Burrell for the part of Phil Dunphy, the doofus dad on the hit television show, the executives balked. “We had to keep bringing him back” for auditions, Greenberg recalls. “They didn’t see it at first.” The suits eventually adopted his choice for […]

Allison Jacobs

Renowned cop turns to UCI for online degree

Officer who cracked Jaycee Dugard case enrolls in first-of-its-kind program, now 10 years old.