Media Advisories

UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business hosts annual Latinx Initiative (LXi) conference

EVENT: UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business annual Latinx Initiative (LXi) conference will provide an in-person learning and networking opportunity for 2022. This year’s theme is “Excelencia: Leadership that Thrives.” Speakers and panelists who are Latino leaders throughout the region across business sectors will explore and define leadership excellence for the Latino community. Attendees can […]

UCI kicks off fall quarter with move-in, Welcome Week and convocation

EVENTS:  Fall-quarter activities begin Sept. 13, when incoming students arrive for move-in week. Welcome Week commences Sept. 18 and continues through the 24th with a series of events and open houses to help students familiarize themselves with the campus and resources. The New Student Convocation takes place at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, in the […]

UCI’s School of Education relaunches the Environmental and Climate Change and Literacy Projects

EVENT:  The School of Education at the University of California, Irvine, will host a relaunch event for the Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects, a partnership between the University of California and California State University systems. The ECCLPs are focused on advancing pre-kindergarten to 12th grade environmental and climate change literacy, justice and action. Stakeholders […]

UCI’s Center for Jewish Studies and Office of Inclusive Excellence join Jewish Federation of Orange County to host “Driving Out Darkness,” a summit focused on combating antisemitism

EVENT:  UCI’s Center for Jewish Studies and Office of Inclusive Excellence join Jewish Federation of Orange County to host “Driving Out Darkness,” a one-day immersive learning experience for leaders across all sectors of the Orange County community, including civic, government, non-profit, faith-based, education, media and law enforcement. WHEN/WHERE:  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 in […]

Yusef Salaam – one of the Exonerated Five wrongly convicted in the “Central Park jogger case” – to be featured speaker at UCI commencement ceremony at Angel Stadium June 15

EVENT:  Yusef Salaam – one of the Exonerated Five young men wrongly convicted in the 1989 “Central Park jogger case” – will be the featured speaker at the UCI all-campus commencement ceremony at Angel Stadium of Anaheim to honor the class of 2022. The Exonerated Five spent between seven to 13 years behind bars for crimes […]

UCI to hold commencement ceremony at Angel Stadium on June 15

EVENT:  UCI will hold an all-campus commencement ceremony at Angel Stadium of Anaheim to honor the class of 2022 … and members of the classes of 2020 and 2021 who could not attend their commencement ceremonies. WHEN/WHERE:  Wednesday, June 15, 3:30 p.m. at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Parking is free. Enter the parking lot from […]

OCHCA Director Clayton Chau to be Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences commencement celebration keynote speaker

EVENT:  The UCI Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences commencement services for its sixth graduating class will be held in the Bren Events Center on Monday, June 13. Steve A.N. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, UCI vice chancellor for health affairs, will preside over the ceremony. Clayton Chau, M.D., Ph.D., MASL, the Orange County […]

OC Affordable Housing Impact Study public release presented by UCI Livable Cities Lab and UCI School of Social Ecology

EVENT:  Livable Cities Lab researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have collected and analyzed years of data to help people separate fact from fiction and pave an informed path to housing solutions. The team will host a public release of its groundbreaking study that explores the real effect on home values and rates of […]

UCI’s School of Education hosts “Teaching for Justice,” a two-day conference that spotlights teaching Asian American studies

EVENT:  UCI’s Center for Educational Partnerships and the UCI Teacher Academy in partnership with the UCI Humanities Center and UCI Libraries Southeast Asian Archive will host a two-day conference intended for K-12 educators and all community members interested in integrating the principles of Asian American studies into their professional work. WHEN/WHERE:  9 a.m.-4 p.m. on […]

UCI’s Forum for the Academy and the Public brings together multidisciplinary scholars for two-day symposium on growing global impact of People’s Republic of China

EVENT:  UCI’s Forum for the Academy and the Public will host a two-day symposium on “Global China in an Anxious Age.” More than 30 speakers from a variety of academic and non-academic backgrounds (including law, humanities, glaciology, pharmacology, journalism, tech, public policy and more) will discuss the complicated relationship between the People’s Republic of China […]