Author Archive for Veronica Lewis
UCI Medals of Honor Given
HONORS: The 2007 honorees will be recognized in October at the Bren Events Center.
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UC Irvine Receives $1 Million Gift for New Law School’s Library
Joan Irvine Smith and the Athalie R. Clarke Foundation donated $1 million to the new law school. This monetary gift, which is the school’s first leadership donation, will be used for the law library. Smith has been a long-time supporter for the establishment of a [...]
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Jimmy Carter Will Visit the Bren to Discuss Israel Palestine Conflict This Week
Former President Jimmy Carter will be speaking about the conflict between Israel and Palestine at the UC Irvine Bren Events Center this Thursday, May 3, and will answer questions from the audience accordingly.
His address will begin at 10:30 a.m. and students are encouraged [...]
Faculty and Students Fight for Cage-Free Eggs
PROTEST: Campus activists attack the administration for financially supporting the use of hen cages.
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UC Irvine Sociologist Warns Against Impending Demographic Crisis in China
Sociology Professor Wang Feng has found that 63 percent of Chinese couples are heeding the government’s one-child-per-couple policy. His study also shows that actual birth rates have decreased nearly to the government’s mandated levels.
The study, which involved researchers from both China and the United States, is [...]
Ngugi Wins Fiction Prize
Literature: Ngugi Wa Thiong’o's ‘Wizard of the Crow’ honored for his satire of modern Africa.
Candidates Discuss Campus Issues
ASUCI: The major platforms at this year’s candidate forum revolve around housing and school fees.
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Samueli School of Engineering Rises in U.S. News and World Report. Biological Sciences Drops
In the latest ranking of doctoral programs by the U.S. News and World Report, UC Irvine’s Samueli School of Engineering rose four spots, tying with Yale and the University of Virginia for 37th place.
The UCI Medical School, which has had trouble [...]
Med School Claims Mission Hospital Has Lost the School Millions
MEDICAL: Med School decides to end its contract with Mission Viejo private practice five months early.
Obese Woman Has Surprise Pregnancy
MEDICAL: A woman found out that she was pregnant just 24 hours before giving birth to a healthy baby boy.
