Event

UCI to host Annual Literary Conference for Teachers

More than 500 educators from Southern California are registered to attend the 17th Annual Literacy Conference for Teachers, hosted by the UCI Writing Project, on Dec. 13. This year’s theme is “Teaching Better by Design: Helping Students to Dive Deep as Readers and Writers.” The event features two keynote addresses and a variety of workshops. “We created […]

UCI vice chancellor speaks at Compton High School on higher ed opportunities

Visit is part of continuing effort to further increase diversity among UC undergrads

UCI vice chancellor to speak at Compton High School on higher ed opportunities

Visit is part of continuing effort to further increase diversity among UC undergrads

UCI to host Conference on Poverty & Inequality in California

EVENT:  University of California, Irvine faculty members and community leaders from across the state will gather on campus for the Conference on Poverty & Inequality in California. They’ll discuss some of today’s most compelling issues: the persistence of childhood poverty, the growing inequality gap, and the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs. WHEN/WHERE:  8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, […]

UCI’s ‘Documenting War’ series features scholars, journalists, photographers, soldiers

EVENT: How do we find meaning in destruction and chaos? UCI’s series “Documenting War” brings together scholars, military personnel, artists and journalists to explore the genres, rhetoric and real effects of wartime documentation and postwar reflections. WHEN/WHERE: Oct. 20 and Nov. 9-30 at Humanities Gateway 1030 (bldg. 611, grid E7 on campus map: https://communications.uci.edu/documents/pdf/UCI_15_map_campus_core.pdf) and the Student Center’s […]

Biannual faculty writing retreat launched

“Writing is hard – not only for students but also for faculty!” says Ilona Yim, associate professor of psychology & social behavior. She and Elizabeth van Es, associate professor of education, teamed up to create the U See I Write community of faculty members to provide support, promote effective writing habits and improve their writing practice. A […]

Let the gaming begin!

UCI’s groundbreaking eSports arena opens with much fanfare

UCI students to vie for world record in four-quadrant dodgeball

EVENT: Students at the University of California, Irvine will attempt to clinch their seventh Guinness world record by fielding the largest game of four-quadrant dodgeball. The event is part of Welcome Week, the annual back-to-school slate of student activities. WHEN/WHERE: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Anteater Recreation Center sports fields (grid D11 on campus map: https://communications.uci.edu/documents/pdf/UCI_15_map_campus.pdf) […]

UCI professor to receive honorary doctorate from Finland’s Jyvaskyla University

Jacquelynne Eccles will be recognized for pioneering work in developmental psychology

2016 Orange County Infrastructure Report Card to be released

EVENT:  The Orange County branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers will release the 2016 Orange County Infrastructure Report Card. Now in its fourth issuance, the report card provides an overall grade for the county’s infrastructure as well as breakdown evaluations in aviation, electrical power, flood control, ground transportation, natural gas, oil, parks, recreation & […]