• The Counseling Center hosts "Peace of Mind Workshop Series" for Graduate Students every Thursday, from February 21 to March 14. More Details
• The UCI CARE Office invites participants and supporters for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, a philanthropic event to spread awareness about the high frequency of sexual violence. More Details
• Graduate Division is proud to announce the call for the DECADE Mentor Graduate Diversity Award Competition. In order to provide appropriate support to students from groups that have been historically underrepresented in graduate education, the UC Irvine Graduate Division will provide annual funding to support graduate program diversity efforts. One year grants of up to $30,000 each will be awarded to support activities that improve recruitment, climate, academic progress and career success for a diverse student population in Ph.D. or M.F.A. programs. More Details
• The Academic Senate Council on Research, Computing, and Libraries (CORCL) invites proposals for research grants to conduct cultural diversity studies. CORCL anticipates awarding 2-3 grants to UCI Senate members in amounts up to $5,000. A total of $18,000 will be awarded. More Details
• ADVANCE Equity Advisor Zuzanna Siwy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, receives Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research. More Details
• UCI Professors Ann Sakai and Rozanne Sandri-Goldin named 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows. Ann Sakai, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology is recognized for her work on the evolution of plant breeding systems, mentoring undergraduates and promoting the involvement of underrepresented groups in biology. Rozanne Sandri-Goldin, professor and chair of microbiology & molecular genetics, is recognized her contributions to molecular virology, particularly for shedding light on how multifunctional viral proteins commandeer host cell pathways to benefit viral replication. More Details
• Please see the funding opportunities page for newly posted opportunities.
• UC Irvine hosts one-day Roundtable which convened UC faculty and academic administrators who play key roles in recruitment and retention of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and SBS (social and behavioral sciences) faculty. Keynote speaker, Dr. Cecilia Conrad, and UC faculty and administrators presented research and practice in building a stronger UC faculty. More Details
• Susan V. Bryant, internationally acclaimed biologist with a 40-year history serving the campus, has been named interim executive vice chancellor & provost for UC Irvine, effective July 9. More Details
• Congratulations to Assistant Professor Eric Knowles (Psychology & Social Behavior) and Professors Belinda Robnett and Katherine Tate (Political Science) for receiving a 2012 UC HBCU Initiative award. In the upcoming year, Dr. Knowles and Drs. Robnett and Tate will initiate the Summer Research Program in Social Ecology and UCI-HBCU Outlook Study Summer Research Opportunity 2013, respectively.
  
  During the UCI-HBCU Outlook Study Summer Research Opportunity 2013, co-PI’d by Professors Robnett and Tate, two HBCU undergraduate research scholars will master the skills of working independently through a mentored accelerated research process. The 9-week program will address critical questions that will encourage the students to pursue a doctorate in political science or sociology.
  
  Together with North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Professor Knowles will host The Summer Research Program in Social Ecology. During the 8-week internship program, six recipients of UC-HBCU Summer Research and Graduate Admission Pathways Grants will engage in an intensive educational and mentoring experience to acquire skills crucial for their success as doctoral students at the University of California.
  
  

• Congratulations to the dean of the School of Humanities and professor of history and Chicano Latino studies, Vicki L. Ruiz, on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Selected through a highly competitive process that recognizes those who have made preeminent contributions to their disciplines, she is among 220 new fellows and 17 new foreign honorary members who will be inducted at a ceremony at the Academy's headquarters in Cambridge Massachusetts. Ruiz will be joining one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research, where she will contribute to academy study of the humanities. Vicki Ruiz helped establish the field of Chicano/Latino history with her research on Mexican-American women in the U.S. Southwest. She is also a major contributor to labor studies, women's history and immigration history, and history of the American West. More Details

• The National Science Foundation awarded Professor Katherine Tate (Political Science) and Belinda Robnett (Sociology), a $260,000 grant to assess the role of optimism and pessimism in shaping the political beliefs and behavior through survey research. The "UCI Outlook on Life and Political Engagement Study" will provide insight regarding the ways in which expectations, beliefs, political engagement, and personal goals differ by demographic group, notably Black women. More Details

 

• UC partners with historically black colleges to diversify graduate student pool. UC-HBCU featured in the November Our University, UC's systemwide newsletter for faculty and staff. Full Details
• The Office of the President is very pleased to announce the 2012-13 Request for Proposals for the UC-HBCU Initiative. This initiative is designed to assist UC faculty interested in developing and encouraging efforts to achieve a more inclusive educational environment of excellence. The goal of the UC-HBCU Initiative is to increase the number of scholars from Historically Black Colleges and Universities enrolling in UC academic doctoral programs. UC faculty grants are available to support HBCU students conducting summer research with UC faculty at a UC campus. Funds are also available to support departmental efforts to facilitate increased applications from HBCU scholars to UC graduate programs. Full Details
• UC Provost and Executive Vice President Lawrence Pitts announces the launch of the UC Business/Management Schools' new Summer Institute on Emerging Managers and Leaders (SIEML). It will hold a competition seeking 25 undergraduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) for an all paid two-week course at one of our business schools (starting at Haas at UCB), introducing them to practical courses by UC professors, industry participants, etc., along with some 'field trips' to local businesses. Full Details

• The National Science Foundation announced New Workplace Flexibility Policies. As part of major 1- year initiative to support America's scientists and their families, the NSF announced new best practice across the foundation. Among these include allowing scientists to delay or suspend their grants for up to one year in order to care for a newborn or newly adopted child or fulfill other family obligations. — maximizing current policy to facilitate scientists’ reentry into their professions with minimal loss of momentum. For more information, visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/09/26/white-house-and-national-science-foundation-announce-new-workplace-flexi.

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