Political science professor Etel Solingen, the Thomas T. & Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Global Peace & Conflict Studies, has received a $718,350 grant for her project entitled “The Role of Design & Production Networks in East Asia Peace & Security.” As part of a $3.7 million research/training award from the UC Laboratory Fees Research […]
The UCI Go Club defeated its rivals from UCLA to win the 2017-18 Collegiate Go League tournament final on April 28. UCI took two out of three games in the three-hour match, which was watched by more than 17,500 online spectators at Twitch.TV. On the first board, Shengjie Zhou, a UCI junior majoring in psychology, […]
Social sciences scholars awarded for work on human cognition, nuclear proliferation
EVENT: Having recently joined Scholars at Risk, UCI is hosting a celebration dedicated to Turkish and Syrian academics and their students. Renowned Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of comparative literature and English, will deliver a keynote address after a themed luncheon and Middle Eastern music. WHEN/WHERE: Noon-4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, Humanities […]
UCI opens improved food bank – the UC’s largest – for students in need
EVENT: “Charlottesville: A Defining Moment in America: A Conversation with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.” will feature a “fireside-style” discussion between the prominent civil rights leader and Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of law at UCI, as part of the 2017 Chancellor’s Distinguished Speakers Series. WHEN/WHERE: Noon-1:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at the Irvine Barclay Theatre […]
(For Mũmbi W Ngũgĩ, Christmas 2015, Irvine. Translated from Gĩkũyũ by the author.)
When the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1325 in October of 2000, its aim was the integration of women into every phase of conflict resolution while also combating gender-based violence. Although the resolution’s passage was a watershed moment, said UCI assistant professor of political science Heidi Hardt, more action is needed to address women’s underrepresentation in […]
Dalai Lama Scholar Andrew Hallak leads project to leverage UCI sustainability efforts
EVENT: Mohamed El-Erian, former PIMCO CEO and author of the newly released The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability & Avoiding the Next Collapse, will talk politics, policies and markets in a three-person panel at UCI. El-Erian is a frequent commentator on the post-2008 financial crisis, the sovereign debt and eurozone crisis, and political upheavals […]