May | 2005 | New University | UC Irvine

DVD Vault Bids a Fond Farewell

Welcome back, versatile disc lovers, to this very last installment of The DVD Vault. As this school year draws to a close, I find myself more and mor

Street Drum Corps – Drum Tips from the Professional

Among the various historic sites and neon contraptions along the famous Sunset Boulevard lies the Chateau Marmont, a white castle-esque hotel whose Ho

UCI Engineers Take the Stage

A fact frequently forgotten, but unalterably true, is that everything had to be invented. This copy of the New U in your hand is made possible by the

Wiener Shares His Research on Lennon

In 1981, history professor Jon Wiener began a legal battle against the FBI which ended up lasting over 20 years.

Professor John Hollowell Says Goodbye

Senior lecturer John Hollowell's literary journalism travel-writing class is always full of life. As a well-experienced professor who has been teachin

ICS Students Design ‘XAR’ Car

Once upon a time, there was a blue fiberglass car that was computer-programmed to drive all by itself. With a limited budget this car, which can trave

A Distinct Effort

The New University presents an eclectic group of 2005 UC Irvine scholarship recipients: What do they have in common? They are intelligent undergraduat

News in Brief

Condoleezza Rice Honors UCI Professor Michael Prather, a professor at the University of California, Irvine and an internationally recognized expert o

Fellow Warns of Global Warming

Robert Corell, a senior research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, spoke at the final event of

UC Patents Generate Millions Annually

Research under the University of California system is able to generate significant amounts of revenue as a result of the UC's ownership of patents, es

UC Technical Employees Strike

Following the successful strike by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 on April 14, the University Professiona

Professor Reports Gender Bias in UC

Martha West, a professor of law at the University of California, Davis, recently released a report revealing possible gender discrimination in UC hiri

Michael Drake Named UCI’s Fifth Chancellor

Ever since news broke last June confirming that Chancellor Ralph Cicerone would leave the University of California, Irvine at the end of the 2004-2005

BLAC Offers More and More

Growing up in the San Francisco private school system, diversity meant having a few Asian, Latino, and African-American kids in my class, respectively. But...

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