Year: 2018

Chancellor Howard Gillman’s 2018 Convocation address to new Anteater students

EVENT: Leonardo Padura, an award-winning Cuban novelist and investigative journalist whose stories are the basis for the Netflix miniseries “Four Seasons in Havana,” will be a UCI professor-in-residence in October. A free, public reception with Padura and screening of a documentary about his work, “Living and Writing in Havana,” will kick off his monthlong stay, which […]

Even mild physical activity immediately improves memory function, UCI-led study finds

Few incorporate evidence-based features that align with best practices for teaching

EVENT: Scholars, policymakers and industry professionals from around the world will convene at the University of California, Irvine to explore the future of the “fintech” sector in the U.S. and China at the two-day California-Shanghai Innovation Dialogue conference. The focus will be the rise of China’s middle class, shifts in the U.S. labor market, and evolving […]

Fun facts about freshmen, food and this week’s flurry of activities

UCI shares the public’s concern for the welfare of laboratory animals and we do everything possible to ensure the responsible and humane treatment of animals within our care.  Board-certified veterinarians are on call continuously and play an active role in reviewing research and care. We are committed to reducing the number of animals used, consistently […]

First ‘active learning’ building in California to open at UCI

UCI faculty members Andrew Penner, associate professor of sociology; Emily Penner, assistant professor of education; and Paul Hanselman, assistant professor of sociology, are co-principal investigators on a study examining the relationship between education and childrens’ healthy transitions to adulthood. “This project assesses how exposure to different courses and teachers shapes students’ futures: their labor market […]

EVENT:  For the first time, the University of California, Irvine will host the Armenian Studies Chairs and Directors Workshop. Representatives from the campus’s Armenian studies program will welcome leading scholars, program chairs and directors from across the nation to discuss the field’s existing challenges and future prospects. The first to be held in more than a […]