It’s really astonishing to think I started attending UCI back in 2009. How long ago that was! I was such a different person back then. I was so unaware of my own person and completely stunned by the culture shock of being away from home. I remember sitting in my dorm listening to Michael Buble’s […]
Recently, I worked on creating my long-awaited library in my newly built custom home. As I unpacked boxes, many of which had been untouched for 10 years, I came across two great pieces of UCI memorabilia: my 1989 yearbook and a small binder. The yearbook brought back so many wonderful memories – the hairstyles, the […]
In the spring of 1968, the School of Social Sciences experimented with short immersion classes. Students could take a series of these classes all day long for a couple of weeks each instead of taking courses concurrently throughout the quarter. This was never repeated, at least while I was at UCI. For that quarter, we […]
Brain inflammation caused by chronic nerve pain alters activity in regions that regulate mood and motivation, suggesting for the first time that a direct biophysical link exists between long-term pain and the depression, anxiety and substance abuse seen in more than half of these patients, UC Irvine and UCLA researchers report.
I had already received a bachelor’s degree and secondary credential in math from UCLA and had been teaching for a few years when I got hooked on programming personal computers to create simulations for the classroom. Personal computing was an exciting new concept in the 1970s, and I decided to go to UC Irvine to […]
This year’s commencement for UCI’s 50th graduating class will stretch over four days in the Bren Events Center, and 7,057 Anteaters will participate. Ten school-based events will be held, featuring addresses by renowned leaders in business, technology, athletics and law.
Alum Kevin Kwan Loucks and his wife make beautiful music together in chamber duo and trio
I am 84 years old now, but I can still remember UC Irvine’s campus dedication. The bleachers were set up on the hills with a barbed wire fence all around them. Among the many notables in attendance were Joan Irvine and Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown. Before long, a helicopter landed on the hill: It […]
Alumnus Ian Daelucian launches The Heart of Delight to nurture those in need
Alumna Maria Ortega Kummer ’81 and Kevin Kummer share their experiences at UCI as a young, married couple in 1979, and their recent campus visit. MARIA: The very first time I visited the UC Irvine campus, I felt a sense of “home” and that God was providing a special place for me to go to […]