Media Advisories

UCI to host two-day conference on artificial intelligence

EVENT: The UCI Forum for the Academy and the Public will host a two-day conference on “The Future of the Future: The Ethics and Implications of AI.” Keynote speaker Bruce Sterling, an award-winning science fiction author, and an interdisciplinary and international panel of writers, academics and communicators will tackle an advance in technology that touches […]

UCI to host public seminar on coronavirus

EVENT:  The “2019 Novel Coronavirus: Current State of Knowledge and Public Health Response” seminar will feature a panel of experts from UCI, as well as Dr. Matt Zahn, medical director for the Orange County Health Care Agency’s Division of Epidemiology & Assessment. WHEN/WHERE:  6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in the Doheny Beach meeting rooms at […]

UCI to celebrate Lunar New Year

EVENT: UCI will celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year – heralding the Year of the Rat – with an academic discussion, multicultural entertainment, artistic demonstrations, interactive workshops, a Disney-sponsored raffle, lion and dragon parades, food, a laser light show and more. WHEN/WHERE: 2-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the Multipurpose Academic & Administrative Building (bldg. […]

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists to debate anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism at UCI

EVENT:  UCI’s Office of Inclusive Excellence will host a debate on anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times op-ed columnists Michelle Goldberg and Bret Stephens. Known for tackling sensitive topics, Goldberg is a MSNBC contributor, author and former senior writer at The Nation. Stephens, a former deputy editor at The Wall Street Journal […]

UCI to present mock trial of Shylock from ‘The Merchant of Venice’

EVENT: In the wake of last year’s successful mock trial of Hamlet, the UCI Shakespeare Center and UCI School of Law will host a mock trial of Shylock from “The Merchant of Venice.” In Shakespeare’s controversial play, the Jewish moneylender takes the Christian merchant Antonio to court but is ruled against. In this staged appeal, […]

UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies to present Korean hip-hop conference, concert

EVENT:  Presented by the UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies and Hyundai Motor America, the Korean Hip-Hop and New Explorations of Afro-Asian Identity Conference will bring together the world’s foremost Korean, Korean American and African American studies scholars working on hip-hop. Enriching academic talks on campus will be accompanied by the first Afro-Korean Hip-Hop Festival, […]

UCI move-in weekend starts Friday, Sept. 20

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UCI commencement ceremonies to take place June 14-17

EVENT: UCI will host commencement services for its 54th graduating class over four days in the Bren Events Center. Between Friday, June 14, and Monday, June 17, 11 ceremonies will take place – with UCI awarding 10,323 undergraduate degrees to 9,403 Anteaters – featuring addresses by renowned leaders in business, technology and science. WHEN/WHERE: June […]

UCI student film festival to celebrate 20th anniversary with special production June 3

EVENT: Celebrating its 20th anniversary, UCI’s student-run film festival, Zotfest, will screen 10 student films, award prizes in eight categories, and host a panel discussion with several entertainment industry insiders from UCI on the changing landscape of film/television creation and distribution. Speakers will include Desha Dauchan, a filmmaker/writer and UCI assistant professor of teaching in […]

Director of Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism to speak at UCI

EVENT: Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, will speak at UCI on “The State of Hate” as part of the campus’s Confronting Extremism Initiative. WHEN/WHERE: 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, in the Pacific Ballroom at the UCI Student Center (bldg. 113, grid D5 on campus map: https://www.parking.uci.edu/maps/documents/UCI-CampusCore_2018.pdf) INFORMATION: The event is free […]