Homecoming festival will feature special Anteater Ale in celebration of campus’s 50th anniversary
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Hazy road to Mecca
Dangerously high levels of air pollutants are being released in Mecca during the hajj, the annual holy pilgrimage in which millions of Muslims on foot and in vehicles converge on the Saudi Arabian city, according to findings reported today at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
UCI rallies around volunteerism to celebrate 50th
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UC Irvine students, faculty and staff aren’t content with simply throwing a party to celebrate the university’s 50th anniversary. Instead, hundreds of Anteaters are rallying together to donate 50,000 service hours back into the community to honor UCI’s founding mission. “When this campus was dedicated 50 years ago, the vision was to create one of […]
Ahead of the curve
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President Obama’s commencement appearance highlights pivotal year for UC Irvine
West Antarctic melt rate has tripled: UC Irvine-NASA
A comprehensive, 21-year analysis of the fastest-melting region of Antarctica has found that the melt rate of glaciers there has tripled during the last decade.
Keep calm and Zot on
Campus highlights Mental Health Awareness Week Oct. 5-11
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New app created by ICS students helps users navigate UCI campus
All about fall’s new faces
Accomplished, diverse group of students arrives on campus
On the right track
Community college students get a taste of university life in 10-day program
Walkabout for water
Twelve UC undergrads go Down Under to study Aussie approaches to drought, conservation and resource management