UCI’s critical theory program is No. 1 in U.S. News’ graduate school rankings
11other fields of study place in top 25 among public universities in annual list
11other fields of study place in top 25 among public universities in annual list
UCI faculty bring hidden figures into the light for Black History Month
UCI’s renowned M.F.A. program in creative writing continues to churn out heavyweight talent
It was a year of firsts … and a year of records
With a $1.5 million grant to UCI from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the UC Humanities Research Institute will explore new methods to understand rapidly evolving contemporary social and technological developments that defy traditional research approaches in the humanities. The Inquiry & Its Infrastructures: Horizons of the Humanities initiative will analyze four major themes: the interface between technology […]
Grant allows UCI historian to add intra-American voyages to trans-Atlantic database
UCI writer takes a nostalgic look at how the Sony Walkman changed the world – and uncovers lessons about fear of technology
Heidi Tinsman, history professor and affiliated faculty in gender & sexuality studies at UCI, has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in the humanities category and field of European and Latin American history. The award is one of 175 granted by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s board of trustees from among nearly 3,000 applicants. […]
English professor Amy Gerstler is a finalist for the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, which bestows $100,000 on a midcareer poet. Gerstler, who teaches in UCI’s M.F.A. Programs in Writing, is one of five contenders for the prize. Her works of poetry, nonfiction and journalism have appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review and The American Poetry Review. Gerstler’s most recent book, Scattered at Sea, was longlisted for […]
A change in leadership and a golden anniversary mark the start of a new era – and vision – for the university