Immigrants’ impact on OC
“Immigrant Lives in ‘The O.C.’ and Beyond,” a new exhibit at UC Irvine’s Langson Library, traces the history of immigration, showing how the county arrived at where it is today.
Browsing: Society & Community
Global business conference
Globalization has arrived, and companies are looking for ways to retool growth strategies in the expanded business world.
Poet, pollster highlight lecture series
UC Irvine’s 10th annual Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellows Series begins this month with political pollster John Zogby revealing why Americans voted as they did. Leading intellectuals in science and literature will round out the series in 2009.
Shake, shake, shake … participate
UC Irvine is part of the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history – the Great Southern California ShakeOut – which takes place throughout the southland Thursday, Nov. 13.
UCI votes
All over the country, record numbers of voters are standing in lines to cast their votes in what many are calling the most historic election of our time.
Politicalspeak decoded
Presidential candidates and political bloggers typically have a lot to say, but the subtext to their messages isn’t always clear.
Political maverick paradox
Republican Sen. John McCain has staked his bid for the U.S. presidency on his reputation as a “political maverick,” a politician who is unafraid to cross party lines to “vote his conscience” on important policy issues.
Insights from Middle East
In 2007, UC Irvine student leaders from Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Druze and unaffiliated backgrounds set a goal to take a fact-finding trip to Israel and Palestine to better understand the nature of ongoing conflicts in the region.
The future of money: A glossary
Digital money or currency – a broad term describing any technology providing access to or even replacing traditional functions of money – is not limited to developing countries.
Money in the digital age
Are those crisp green bills wilting in your wallet? Coins collecting dust? As face-to-face transfers of money grow rarer in an increasingly digital world, cash is no longer king.