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UC regents approve fee increase

19 Nov 2009 09:44:00 PST

Written by By CLAUDIA KOERNER
As University of California regents approved a 32 percent fee increase today, UC Irvine students began to describe the impact the fee will have on their education. "It means I need to take out a lot more loans,” said Sonia Mehta, a junior from San...

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Public worried about cost, access to college

12 Nov 2009 05:00:39 PST

Written by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
More than 60 percent of the public thinks that California’s public colleges and universities are doing well at educating students, but they’re worried about the affordability of higher education and the effect of recent budget cuts, says a new survey by the Public Policy Institute of C...

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UCI sets enrollment record despite money woes

28 Oct 2009 12:37:46 PDT

Written by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
“We have been enrolling about 300 or so new transfers in previous Winter Quarters, so this Fall’s increase is essentially the 100 students called for in the new (University of California Office of the President) enrollment plan plus 300 students who would ordinarily have enrolled in Wi...

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Opinion: UCI plunges in world university rankings

11 Oct 2009 08:17:09 PDT

Written by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
Times Higher Education in London annually produces a list of what it regards as the world's top 200 colleges and universities. “These universities have also stressed the importance of their professors publishing in international journals, which has no doubt increased the visibility...

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Few UCI students join in fee protest

24 Sep 2009 14:18:09 PDT

Written by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
Arden Glende of Sacramento, an international studies student, said the increases will mean more financial aid for her. Students, teachers and University of California workers, protest over furloughs imposed throughout the system to save money and help the state balance its budget. Mi...

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UCI engineering grad to compete of CBS’ “Survivor”

17 Sep 2009 19:09:14 PDT

Written by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
UCI grad John Fincher. Image courtesy of CBS. Updated: 8:52 p.m. The latest season of CBS’s venerable show Survivor is underway on Samoa, and this year’s cast features John Fincher, who earned his degree in engineering at UC Irvine in 2006. (So far, it hasn’t helped him, so far as we can see.)

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University of California, Irvine news and blogs - November 25, 2009

25 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit University of California, Irvine news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• UCI students to protest fee hikes -- by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor from College Life OC
• Chapman president earns more than U.S. president -- by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor from College Life OC
• UCI ranked among 25 best public research schools -- by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor from College Life OC
• Forecast predicts 9.5% house-price gain -- from Lansner on Real Estate
• UCI can’t find jobs governor says stimulus created -- by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor from College Life OC
• Can O.C. home prices jump 16% next year? -- from Lansner on Real Estate
• Chief Justice Myron Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court to Participate in a Mergers & Acquisitions Roundtable Hosted by .. -- from PR-inside.com News
• SemantiG Stirs up Search by Including Users in the Loop SemantiG Includes User Opinions in Web Search for Better Precision and .. -- from PR-inside.com News
• UCI law dean Chemerinsky to represent teacher sued by student -- from The Orange County Register - Education
• Chapman shoots up list of nation’s costliest schools -- by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor from College Life OC

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Opinion: Western State law school finally gets ABA accreditation

06 Aug 2009 18:13:54 PDT

Written by Ben Young Landis
Western State University is located next to Cal State Fullerton. (Image courtesy of Western State University) The Whittier Law School and the Chapman University School of Law are the only other ABA-accredited law schools in Orange County.

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Chapman to auction premium parking to appease the lazy

04 Aug 2009 18:03:51 PDT

Written by Ben Young Landis
This is one of those “only in California” stories … Chapman University will auction off permits to a premium parking lot to students and faculty who are too lazy to walk 5 minutes from a nearby lot on the small Orange campus. The new “cash for convenience” plan was the idea of Chapman Presiden...

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Facing $813 million in cuts, UC president presents budget details

10 Jul 2009 13:28:57 PDT

Written by Ben Young Landis
University of California President Mark G. Yudof outlined the details of his budget proposal and future collaboration plans at a press conference this morning, ahead of next week’s UC Regents meeting. The UC Regents also announced this morning the creation of a UC “Commission on the Fut...

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Opinion: UCI chief angers alumni in midst of fundraising campaign

28 May 2009 07:00:48 PDT

Written by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
UCI Chancellor Michael Drake (right) poses with Larry J. Shapiro, dean of the Washington University School of Medicine, on May 15. Image courtesy of Robert Boston. Drake chose instead to travel to St. Louis earlier this month to give a commencement talk at the Washington University School o...

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Opinion: Controversial figure wins UCI’s highest honor

27 May 2009 06:00:02 PDT

Written by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
Former UCI Chancellor Laurel Wilkening. Image courtesy of UCI. UC Irvine Further, Wilkening was at UCI when Frederick Reines and F. Sherwood Rowland won separate Nobel Prizes in 1995. But she played no role in the seminal work that earned them the highest prize in science.

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Opinion: UCI has state’s second highest “biosci” enrollment

26 May 2009 07:00:18 PDT

Written by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
UC Irvine had 4,489 students majoring in the biological sciences in the fall of 2008, the second highest number of any UC or Cal State University campus, according to figures compiled by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Irvine was second only to UC San Diego, with 5,25...

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UCI's biggest feeder schools not in OC

16 May 2009 20:14:59 PDT

CA UC Irvine is located almost in the middle of Orange County. But a review of data by the California Postsecondary Education Commission reveals that two high schools from outside the county provided the most freshman to UCI from 1994-2008, ...

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The Gentleman Doth Protest Too Much

22 Nov 2008 22:38:31 PST

Written by Jeff Fecke
Four years ago, the governor signed Assembly Bill 1825 into law, requiring all California employers with more than 50 people to provide sexual harassment training for each of their employees. The University of California raised no objection and submitted to its authority.

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Heads-up -- check us out at schools all across the US

04 Nov 2008 14:57:40 PST

Written by steven_sinofsky
Duke University University of California - Berkeley University of California - Davis University of California - Irvine University of California - Los Angeles University of California - San Diego University of Washington Washington University in St. Louis

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Search for new chancellor launched

17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Faculty representatives Mary Croughan, chair of the universitywide Academic Senate and UC San Francisco professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences; Robert Powell, chair of the UC Davis Academic Senate, and chair and professor of chemical engineering and mater...

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Who Deserves Freedom of Speech?

25 Sep 2007 06:02:23 PDT

Subsequently, scholars at UC Irvine and from around the country blasted Drake’s actions as an insult and threat to academic freedom. Shortly after facing this new firestorm, Drake decided to reverse course again and reinstate his offer to Chemerinsky to be the inaugural Dean of UC Irvin...

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Podcast: Freeman Thomas - Ford never planned to build the Interceptor

12 Jul 2007 00:22:00 PDT

Written by Sam Abuelsamid
During the concept car ride that Ford held at their Dearborn proving ground this week, some of Ford's top designers including Peter Horbury and Freeman Thomas were on hand to answer questions from the gathered journalists. Thomas currently leads Ford's Advanced Design Studio in Irvine...

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Podcast: Irvine ousts Fullerton in marathon

19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Bryan Petersen ended the longest game in College World Series history with a runscoring single in the bottom of the 13th inning, giving UC Irvine a 54 victory over Cal State Fullerton in an elimination game Monday.

Original story at AZ Central.com .

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ARB Distributes $25 Million for Advancing Alternative Fuel Usage in California

25 May 2007 00:27:53 PDT

Written by Mike Millikin
Category C: Hybrid electric vehicle demonstration projects ($5 million). Seven projects will received funding. Within this category, $1.1 million goes to the California Clean Mobility Partnership at the University of California, Berkeley and Irvine to provide a technical assessmen...

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Opinion: Stem cell ruling could bring UCI millions in grants

16 May 2007 18:25:34 PDT

The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was already using loans to fund researchers. But the court ruling allows the agency to massively expand its funding of institutions like UC Irvine, which is becoming a Mecca for stem cell research. UCI has obtained $13.5 million in...

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Podcast: UC Irvine claims 1st volleyball title

06 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT

UC Irvines Anteaters blended their power game with great defense to beat Indiana PurdueFort Wayne 31 Saturday and win their first volleyball national championship.

Original story at AZ Central.com .

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Opinion: UCI profs to explain the science of Spider-Man 3 on History Channel

03 May 2007 14:00:00 PDT

THE DARK SIDE UC Irvine neurobiologist Jim Fallon and physicist Michael Dennin will appear on the History Channel at 8 p.m. tonight to discuss the science of Spider-Man, a show that comes on the eve of the nationwide release of Spider-Man 3, which cost at least $270 million to make.

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Podcast: Beckman Center books top speakers for spring lectures

26 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PDT

The National Academy of Sciences will cover a lot of hot topics during its spring lecture series at Beckman Center in Irvine, as intern Cathy Tran tells us here. We've included the full lineup of speakers below. Make plans now; the lectures are free. But reservations go fast. The series runs fr...

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Podcast: iLounge Week In Review 10|13|05

13 Oct 2005 05:00:00 PDT

Is the first video iPod any good? A big mistake? iLounge editors Jeremy Horwitz (in Irvine, California) and Bob Levens (in Cambridge, U.K.) started out with markedly different opinions on iPod video features before Apple Computer's announcement of the fifth-generation iPod yesterday...

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