New School of Thought

California’s first active learning building opens at UCI, giving tech-savvy students a hands-on role in their education

Confronting climate change

Interdisciplinary experts convened on campus for two-day public conference on looming existential threat

UCI-led study finds Harry Potter fan fiction challenges cultural stereotypes of autism

Digital media platforms enable marginalized groups to offer alternative representations

Literary journalism at UCI: The backstory

The who, what, where, when and why of the only such major in the nation

International panel of scientists, writers, academics and communicators to speak at two-day UCI conference on climate change

 EVENT:                  The UCI Forum for the Academy and the Public presents, “Fire & Ice: The Shifting Narrative of Climate Change,” a two-day conference that will tackle the most serious threat to humanity today: climate change. It will feature an interdisciplinary and international panel of scientists, writers, academics and communicators – including Pulitzer Prize winner […]

Italian professor wins translation prize from Society for the Study of Early Modern Women

Deanna Shemek, UCI professor of Italian, has won the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women’s prize for best translation of a woman’s work. Her edition of Isabella d’Este: Selected Letters (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Publications, 2017) is the first translation into English of more than 16,000 letters written by the […]

UCI awarded a $2.6 million grant to expand and enhance teacher preparation programs

The UCI School of Education has been awarded a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand and enhance its teacher preparation programs. “The goal of our Master of Arts in Teaching and undergraduate CalTeach credentials is to help meet the state’s need for effective educators,” says Richard Arum, dean of […]

UCI receives $14.7 million grant to expand its successful literacy outreach project

Secondary school intervention program will spread from California to six other states

Food for thought

UCI’s Virtuous Table series of themed meals provides physical, intellectual and spiritual sustenance

UCI to host celebration of new Center for Medical Humanities - with a Halloween twist

EVENT: UCI will mark the launch of the newly formed Center for Medical Humanities, a formal partnership among the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, the School of Humanities and the School of Medicine to fortify a model of healthcare organized around the individual, reflective of cultural identities and responsive to the needs of the community. […]