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Fowler School of Law Names Inaugural Wylie A. Aitken Professor of Law, Race, and Social Justice

Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Janine Young Kim has been selected as the inaugural Wylie A. Aitken Professor of Law, Race, and Social Justice. Nationally recognized Top 100 trial lawyer and Chair Emeritus of Chapman University’s Board of Trustees Wylie A. Aitken established the new professorship to support a faculty member whose teaching, scholarship, and/or service furthers Chapman University’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. “Law and justice are the foundation of this country, which recognizes that social justice gives equal recognition to all without regard to race, country of origin, or economic status,” said Aitken. “This professorship an...

UCI’s Brilliant Future Campaign Surpasses $1 Billion in Gifts

Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Alumni and friends of the University of California, Irvine have raised more than $1 billion to support scholarships, groundbreaking research, top-notch patient care, and world-class educational facilities, among other initiatives. The $1 billion total pushes UCI across the halfway mark in its $2 billion philanthropic effort, Brilliant Future: The Campaign for UCI, which has also engaged 44,000 alumni so far – more than half the goal of 75,000 by 2024. The Brilliant Future campaign publicly launched in October 2019. It is the most ambitious fundraising and alumni engagement effort in UCI’s history. To date, more than 68,000 supporters have given to th...

Irvine HS Students to Exhibit Ethics Presentations During Greater Irvine Chamber Virtual April 20 Business & Workforce Development Meeting

Tuesday, April 06, 2021

Five teams of Irvine High School students have completed a semester-long Ethics Forum program created by the Greater Irvine Chamber Business and Workforce Development Committee (BWD) in partnership with Irvine Unified School District and Vital Link. The students will showcase their work during the BWD virtual meeting on Tuesday, April 20, 4–5:30 p.m. Parents and the public are invited to attend. Join the Zoom meeting here. Student presentations will cover: Drug Regulation Government Intervention in the Financial Industry Government Subsidy of Dollar Tree/99 Cent Stores Ethics of Electronic Tracing with COVID-19 Racial Bias in Healthcare The Ethics Forum program, led by Dr. Brian Dozer, president of Vital Link, is designed to teach students by introducing, instructing...

Robotics Research Leader Magnus Egerstedt Named Dean of UCI Engineering School

Friday, April 02, 2021

Highly respected robotics and control systems researcher Magnus Egerstedt will become the new dean of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, following a nationwide search. Egerstedt will take up his new post in July at a time when UCI will be preparing to resume in-person classroom and laboratory instruction and increase in-person research after more than a year emphasizing remote operations due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Our amazing and impactful Samueli School of Engineering is central to our ability to fulfill our public mission of improving lives and solving the great challenges of our time, an...

UCI’s Graduate Programs Shine in US News & World Report Rankings

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

The University of California, Irvine’s Ph.D. program in criminology, law & society placed second in the nation overall in U.S. News & World Report’s annual graduate school rankings – published online today – with 10 other fields of advanced study in the top 10 among public universities. Overall, 31 programs landed in the top 25 among publics, marking UCI as one of the leading locations in the country for students to pursue graduate degrees. “UCI has established itself as a world-class public research university in a wide range of fields,” said Gillian Hayes, vice provost for graduate education and dean of th...

Internationally Known Scholar Norma Bouchard Named New Provost of Chapman University

Monday, March 29, 2021

Norma Bouchard, an internationally recognized scholar and innovator with extensive experience leading diverse academic programs, has been selected as the new provost at Chapman University. The announcement by Chapman President Daniele C. Struppa follows a nationwide search to replace Glenn Pfeiffer, who is retiring in July after five highly effective years as provost. Following a sabbatical, Pfeiffer will return to his previous position as a professor of accounting in Argyros School of Business and Economics. Bouchard, Ph.D., will begin July 28, taking on the role of Chapman’s chief academic officer after serving most recently as dean of the College of Arts and Science...

Irvine Public Schools Foundation Awards $200,000 in Innovative Grants to Irvine Schools

Tuesday, March 09, 2021

Each year, Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF) offers teachers, staff, and students in the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) the opportunity to apply for funds through the Innovative Grants Program. Given the challenging economic and educational environment created by the global pandemic, IPSF’s Board of Trustees pledged to maintain total grant funding at the 2019 level. This year’s program in total will award 25 projects and over $200,000 in grant monies to support innovative teaching and counseling methods in schools. The purpose of this grant program is to support innovation in schools by awarding funds to launch new curriculum or projects to improv...

Irvine Public Schools Foundation Honors Top Companies That Helped Raise $1.75 Million for Irvine Schools

Thursday, March 04, 2021

Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF), a leading educational nonprofit organization focused on enriching the educational experience of each child in every school, has announced its annual list of Top Companies Supporting Educational Excellence. These socially responsible companies are investing in Orange County's future by ensuring local youth have access to educational resources that will enhance their academic and future success. “We are proud to live in a professionally-diverse community that allows us to build rich partnerships with companies across many industries. With their support, we are able to fulfill our vision of providing students with opportunities that prepare them for th...

UC Irvine Makes Top Ten Public Colleges in the West List

Thursday, March 04, 2021

(Wall Street Journal) The University of California system has the four highest-ranked public schools in the West in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. In all, it has six of the top 10 public schools in the region, with University of California, Irvine ranked seventh. The University of California, Santa Barbara ranked sixth. Among private schools, two of the country’s top 10 colleges of any kind are located in California—Stanford University, ranked No. 4 overall nationwide, and the California Institute of Technology, No. 7 overall. The WSJ/THE ranking is based on 15 factors across four main categories: Forty percent of each school’s overal...

Chapman President Daniele Struppa Delivers Virtual State of the University Address

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

It’s become a familiar sight for the Chapman community: President Daniele Struppa standing on stage at the Musco Center, addressing a combined audience of university faculty, staff, and university supporters. What was different this year — as has been the case for most events this year — was that everyone in the audience was viewing the address from home. “I have to tell you it’s a little weird,” said Struppa in his opening remarks to the empty theatre. “I like the State of University day… it’s exciting to see the hall filled with people, with friends, with colleagues. Today, it’s empty...

Award-Winning Career Edge Program Goes Virtual with Record Attendance

Monday, March 01, 2021

As the Greater Irvine Chamber’s award-winning Career Edge program adapted to Coronavirus safety measures, it was delivered virtually, with a record attendance of 62 students from 20 colleges, universities, high schools, and academies in Orange County and a larger part of California. The digitally formatted February 2021 session, Successful Business Etiquette & Workplace Behaviors, received positive feedback. Out of 41 student survey respondents, 76% indicated they registered for the workshop because they wanted to learn more about the work world, and 80% indicated the session was interesting and kept their attention. Survey respondents ranked the skills covered during the workshop in order o...

IVC Names Performing Arts Center Main Stage for Irvine Resident

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Irvine Valley College (IVC) and the Irvine Valley College Foundation are proud to announce the first-ever naming gift for the IVC Performing Arts Center. Masoud Rezanoor, an Irvine resident, pledged $250,000 to provide enrichment opportunities for the music department at IVC. To acknowledge Rezanoor’s generosity, the Main Stage of the Performing Arts Center will be renamed the Rezanoor Stage. Rezanoor is a longtime Irvine resident and retired CPA who loves the community he lives in. His connection with IVC first started when his daughter attended and graduated with her Associate in Arts degree in 2000. When the COVID-19 stay-at-home mandate wa...

UCI Researchers Join Forces to Tackle Challenges in Human Health and the Environment

Monday, February 22, 2021

The newly opened Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building at the University of California, Irvine was conceived with one goal in mind: providing a place where researchers in disparate academic fields could work together to address grand challenges, principally in human health and the planet’s climate crisis. Faculty, students and staff are now moving into the facility after three and a half years of construction. Made possible by seed financing from Susan and Henry Samueli, through the Samueli Foundation, combined with resources from the UC Office of the President and UCI, the gleaming, six-story edifice of glass, steel and concrete adds mor...

CBRE Ranks Irvine's Tech Talent Pool as Top in Growth Potential

Monday, February 08, 2021

(Site Selection Magazine) CBRE has identified Irvine as a growing market for tech workers. Home to the University of California, Irvine, the city is one of the CBRE’s 2020 Scoring Tech Talent report's top gainers, having climbed five ranking spots to No. 21. Download the report. Baltimore (No. 11) and Columbus, Ohio, (No. 24), both of which rose three ranking spots, enjoy the presence of major universities and research labs, as do Madison, Wisconsin (No. 27) and Pittsburgh (No. 30). Does tech investment follow tech talent or the other way around? It’s actually some of both. The question going forward, said Colin Yasukochi, executive directo...

Irvine Unified Receives $2 Million From Irvine Company for Art, Music, Science Programs

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

(Orange County Register) The Irvine Unified School District on Jan. 19, received some much-needed financial assistance from one of its partners. A $2 million donation from the Irvine Company will help the district provide art, music, and science programs for students in grades fourth through sixth. The contribution is part of an ongoing 20-year, $45 million commitment by the Irvine Company’s Excellence in Education Enrichment program. Established in 2006, the program has helped Irvine Unified navigate declining state and local budgets and is now offering aid amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. “This commitment is essential in helping IUSD address the challenges brought o...

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