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Fall 2021 Newsletter |
Dear colleagues,
I hope that you are enjoying the return of our students to campus this Fall. Our ability to welcome students back required a tremendous effort on the part of faculty, staff and the students themselves. By now, you know that 96% of our students are vaccinated and 93% of our faculty and staff are vaccinated. Thank you all for the work that went into preparing for the Fall quarter.
Fall is off to a great start. There are many reasons to celebrate including staff appreciation week, the new Pharm.D. program white coat ceremony, numerous faculty recognitions and the grand opening of the Student Excellence Center in the science library.
Please read on for more, and stay safe and healthy.
Hal Stern
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Chancellor's Professor, Statistics |
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People
Inclusive Excellence
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Academic Excellence
Student Success
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Errol Arkilic Appointed Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director at UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Errol Arkilic has joined UCI as chief innovation officer and executive director at UCI Beall Applied Innovation. An expert on technology transfer and entrepreneurship, Errol is co-founder of the private investment company M34 Capital. He previously served as an advisor and instructor at UC Berkeley and, at the National Science Foundation, he was the founding and lead program director for the NSF I-Corps program.
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Roxane Cohen Silver Appointed Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Institutional Research
Distinguished Professor Roxane Cohen Silver has been named vice provost for Academic Planning and Institutional Research. Vice Provost Silver joined UCI in 1989 and is in the Department of Psychological Science with joint appointments in the Department of Medicine and the Program in Public Health. In addition to her scholarship on the psychological and physical reactions to stressful life events, she has held a number of administrative and Academic Senate roles, including since 2016, associate director of the UCI ADVANCE Program in the Office of Inclusive Excellence.
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Faculty Awards and Accolades |
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Join in the celebration and recognition events and take this opportunity to thank staff during staff appreciation week.
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Research Highlights |
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Update One Year Later
Doug Haynes, vice chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, recently released a podcast describing the achievements in the year since the UCI Black Thriving Initiative was launched and the plans for what's ahead in year two and beyond. Also, the second year of the UCI Black Thriving Initiative Faculty Cluster Hiring Program has been announced.
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UCI Recognizes 10 Chancellor's Inclusive Excellence Awardee Appointments This Year
Recognizing incoming faculty for their exceptional scholarship and demonstrated accomplishments in promoting inclusion and creating more equitable learning environments, the awardees received $50,000 each to support their diversity efforts that extend UCI capacities across several disciplines. A public forum with the awardees will be held in April 2022. Visit the inclusion website for more information about the awards program.
Cindy Archer
Law |
Dawn Bounds Nursing |
Gustavo Carlo Education |
Naomi Chesler Engineering |
Alexandra Florea Physical Sciences |
Jamelia Morgan
Law |
Tiara Na'puti
Social Sciences |
Anne Marie Piper
Information and Computer Sciences |
Carolina Valdivia
Social Ecology |
Julie Washington
Education |
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Awards Announced for "Building Community to Confront Extremism" Program
The latest Confronting Extremism program generated proposals totaling more than $150,000. The selected projects reflect nuanced approaches to discussing and aiding others to understand extreme ideologies and practices in order to overcome the obstacles they present and strengthen social justice. All award recipients will present at a public forum in spring 2022. View more information on the Confronting Extremism webpage.
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UCI is celebrating the grand opening of the Student Excellence Center on the 5th floor of the Science Library. The project includes major upgrades that provide student study spaces as well as access to essential programs such as the Campuswide Honors Collegium, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, and the Scholarship Opportunities Program in one easily accessible location.
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UCI's Inaugural Class of Pharm.D. Students Make History at White Coat Ceremony
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