UCI Black Thriving Initiative Faculty Cluster Hiring Program Second Call for Proposals

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the second and final call for proposals for the UCI Black Thriving Initiative Faculty Cluster Hiring Program. UCI’s Black Thriving Initiative is an unprecedented and transformational campus response to the persistence of systemic anti-Blackness in America. As part of this bold campuswide initiative and our ongoing commitment to…

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Inaugural Cohort of Inclusive Excellence Term Chairs

Dear colleagues, I am delighted to announce the recipients of the inaugural UCI Inclusive Excellence Term Chairs. As was noted in the call for nominations last winter, the purpose of the Inclusive Excellence Term Chair program is to leverage the research and creative capacity of the campus to deepen understanding about and responses to designated…

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UCI Black Thriving Initiative Faculty Cluster Hiring Program First Call for Proposals Outcome

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the outcome of the inaugural call for proposals for the UCI Black Thriving Initiative Faculty Cluster Hiring Program. As announced last fall, the program is a competitive multi-year effort to recruit faculty who interrogate structural racism in its myriad forms. As part of the UCI Black Thriving Initiative, the program…

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Announcing Inclusive Excellence Professors

Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce the appointment of the inaugural cohort of five outstanding faculty members to serve as Inclusive Excellence Professors, supported by a grant for Advancing Faculty Diversity from the UC Office of the President (PIs: Professors Ilona Yim and Nina Bandelj). The Inclusive Excellence Professors will work as advisors to…

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Adria L. Imada Named 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Dear colleagues, On behalf of Chancellor Gillman, we are pleased to announce that Adria L. Imada, professor of history, has been named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Her project will examine diverse survivors of 20th-century epidemics in the United States and its territories. Professor Imada joins a group of 26 fellows nationwide selected from more…

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Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Dear campus community, The UC Office of the President issued the Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Interim Policy on July 24, 2020 to clarify the process by which all UC campuses will implement the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and California NAGPRA (CalNAGPRA). NAGPRA protects Native American graves and requires repatriation of…

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