At Corona del Mar State Beach on Wednesday, a Tibetan monk releases into the ocean sand from a mandala created at UCI

Sand mandala dissolved but not forgotten

Artwork blessed by the XIV Dalai Lama during the Global Compassion Summit is swept away

The Dalai Lama celebrating his 80th birthday

Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday party draws 18,000 guests united behind compassion

On Monday, the spiritual leader will continue the Global Compassion Summit with discussions at the Bren Events Center on healing a suffering planet and wise leadership

Police Chief Paul Henisey

Campus police chief retiring

Paul Henisey, who has won accolades and earned admiration during his 10-year tenure at UCI, steps down April 17

Tickets on sale for the official world celebration of the 14th Dalai Lama’s landmark 80th birthday and Global Compassion Summit

Three-day summit presented by Friends of the Dalai Lama in partnership with UC Irvine and Center for Living Peace to take place Sunday, July 5 through Tuesday, July 7 at Anaheim’s Honda Center and UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center

Dalai Lama

14th Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday to be celebrated with a Global Compassion Summit July 5-7

Three-day summit is presented by Friends of the Dalai Lama in partnership with UCI and Center for Living Peace, with a special world birthday event at Anaheim’s Honda Center

Dalai Lama Scholars: Then and now

Current and former honorees discuss their service projects and subsequent accomplishments – and the award’s lasting influence.

We check in with Kathy Dong, Jasmine Fang and Armaan Rowther in advance of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s summer visit to campus.

Making the most of life

Feeling blue? Anxious? Fatigued? Dr. Roger Walsh offers ‘Eight Ways to Wellbeing’

Moon launch

With Lunar New Year on the horizon, a UCI expert explains the origins and customs of the Asian holiday

Leymah Gbowee

‘Victories out of victimhood’

Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee discusses women and war in Living Peace Series appearance

UCI professor edits book offering solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Mark LeVine, professor of history at UC Irvine, has edited a book proposing an entirely new, out-of-the-box approach to resolving the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One Land, Two States: Israel & Palestine as Parallel States (University of California Press) features almost a dozen leading scholars, policymakers and activists from Israel, Palestine, Europe and the U.S. exploring […]