Media Advisories

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 […]

Art exhibit commemorating Stonewall tells of mid-20th century LGBTQ experience

EVENT: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, one of the most important events leading to the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States, UCI presents the art exhibit “Burning Time: A Graphic Book Collaboration.” Jointly produced by Jonathan Alexander, Chancellor’s Professor of English, and Professor Antoinette LaFarge of the Department of […]

UCI to host College Signing Day rally May 1, with livestream of Michelle Obama

EVENT: UCI will welcome 1,100 local high school students at the Bren Events Center for the 2019 College Signing Day rally. May 1 is the deadline for high school seniors to accept college admission offers for fall. Former first lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher initiative is hosting a College Signing Day event across the entire University of […]

#MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke to speak at UCI

EVENT: Tarana Burke, a civil rights activist who founded the #MeToo movement to raise awareness of sexual harassment and assault, will speak at UCI on the campaign’s history and future plans. Currently the senior director of programs at Girls for Gender Equity in Brooklyn, New York, she has dedicated more than 25 years to social […]