Dear colleagues,
The arrival of the new school year offers an opportunity to welcome new and returning students to campus. The students have been through Welcome Week and are now into classes.
This quarter's newsletter celebrates some notable summer achievements. UC Irvine received approval from the UC Board of Regents to create the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health. Also this summer, Qing Nie, Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Mathematics and Developmental and Cell Biology, was selected as the University of California Presidential Chair for the Irvine campus and Christine Gall, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, was appointed as the Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Endowed Chair.
As we close the book on the 2023-24 academic year, there are two noteworthy year-long achievements to report. UCI faculty once again received the most research funding in campus history: $668 million in grants and contracts. Congratulations to everyone on the outstanding work. UC Irvine also had its best fundraising year ever, receiving commitments totaling more than $340 million.
Thank you for your hard work to prepare our campus for the start of the 2024-25 academic year. I wish you all a productive fall quarter.
Hal Stern
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics
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Qing Nie Appointed UC Presidential Chair
Qing Nie, Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Mathematics and Developmental and Cell Biology, was selected as the University of California Presidential Chair at UCI. The chair holder is expected to encourage new or interdisciplinary program development and enhance existing academic programs. A global expert in computational and systems biology, Professor Nie is the Director of the National Science Foundation-Simons Foundation Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research, which is one of four national centers on the mathematics of complex biological systems.
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Christine Gall Appointed Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Endowed Chair
Christine Gall, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, was appointed as the Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Endowed Chair. The Aldrich Chair recognizes an outstanding scholar and teacher of the highest distinction whose research has been widely and internationally acclaimed. Professor Gall is being recognized for her seminal contributions to the field of neuroscience. Her research has described the basic mechanisms used by the brain to encode new memories and studied how these processes are disturbed by diverse conditions and cognitive disorders. A long-time Anteater, Professor Gall earned a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at UC Irvine before joining the UCI faculty in 1981.
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10 Faculty Members Named 2024-25 Hellman Fellows
UCI's 2024-25 Hellman Fellows are (clockwise from upper left): Abigail Lapin Dardashti, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Fangyuan Ding, Pablo Lara-Gonzalez, Katherine Trieste Rhodes, Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo, Irene Vega, Xian Shi, Ji Seon Song and Travis Wiles.
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UCI Opens First School of Public Health in Orange County
UCI received approval from the UC Board of Regents to transition its highly rated Program in Public Health into the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health. The Wen School is the first school of public health in Orange County and the fourth in the 10-campus UC system.
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Campus Hosts 50 HBCU Undergraduates in a Range of Disciplines
UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence partnered with faculty across campus to welcome 50 undergraduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) for a summer research experience.
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UCI Leaders Visit Mexico to Foster Research and Academic Collaboration
UCI Office of Educational and Community Partnerships led a delegation of UC Irvine deans and faculty to foster educational partnerships for students and researchers with Mexican universities and non-profits.
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Faculty Advisor Program Aims to Boost Undergraduate Entrepreneurship
Continuing a tradition of pioneering educational advancements, the Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation has created an Entrepreneurial Faculty Advisor Program. Developed in collaboration with the ANTrepreneur Center, the program is designed to bolster the entrepreneurial ecosystem by nuturing a culture of creativity and entrepreneurship among undergraduate students.
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