EVENT: UC Irvine’s School of Social Ecology, Social Impact Hub and Climate Collaboration are hosting Martha Guzman Aceves, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 9, and Justin Ángel Knighten, former associate administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for a fireside chat titled “Under Fire: Protecting Climate Science in an Age of Political […]
EVENT: Is American pluralism our greatest strength – or the force tearing us apart? As shifting demographics reshape the nation and political polarization reaches historic highs, UC Irvine’s School of Social Ecology and the Aspen Institute present “Tackling the Nation’s Identity Crisis,” the first in a new speaker series on how to manage in America […]
EVENT: Antonio Villaraigosa, former Los Angeles mayor and state Assembly speaker, is the first candidate for governor to participate in the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology’s “Conversations for California’s Future” series featuring gubernatorial candidates and leaders. School of Social Ecology Dean Jon Gould will converse with Villaraigosa for this inaugural event. WHEN/WHERE: 5-6:30 p.m. […]
EVENT: UC Irvine will host a ribbon cutting and tours of its latest student housing complex, Oso Tower. WHEN/WHERE: 1-3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, Parking Lot 5 (grid C4 on this campus map: https://web.communications.uci.edu/assets/email/dfa-tds/TDS-Website/maps/Main_UCIrvine-Map.pdf) INFORMATION: This event is by invitation only. Attendance and parking are complimentary for media who RSVP in advance. Media planning to […]
EVENT: Car crashes remain the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, especially in their first years on the road. As students return to school this fall, UC Irvine emergency physician Dr. Federico Vaca is teaming up with Ford Philanthropy, Santa Ana’s GREEN-MPNA organization and the Governors Highway […]
EVENT: Rob Bonta, California’s 34th attorney general, will deliver keynote addresses at two UC Irvine commencement ceremonies on June 16. The first, at 8:30 a.m., is for graduates of the School of Social Ecology, and the second, at 12:45 p.m., is for graduates of the School of Social Ecology and the School of Humanities. WHEN/WHERE: […]
EVENT: The Climate & Urban Sustainability Program and the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine will present “Igniting Solutions,” a half-day symposium featuring experts discussing the lessons learned from the recent wildfires in Los Angeles and focusing on what other California communities, like Orange County, can do to prepare. WHEN/WHERE: 9:30 […]
EVENT: The theme for the 2025 conference held by the UC Irvine Forum for the Academy and the Public is “Facts Under Fire: Reporting in Impossible Times.” Experts from a diverse range of contexts will explore various serious threats to journalism and journalists due to extreme technological shifts and autocratic trends that menace democracy and […]
UC Irvine School of Education, Santa Ana to unveil playful learning installations at park EVENT: UC Irvine’s School of Education, in partnership with the city of Santa Ana’s Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency and the Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative, is holding a community celebration to unveil four interactive learning installations at Madison Park […]
EVENT: UC Irvine will honor a decade of tradition and celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year – heralding the Year of the Snake – with cultural games, hands-on arts and crafts, food, musical and dance performances, a dragon parade, a lion dance, and more. WHEN/WHERE: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, with activities and performances […]