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Inside the office: Professor Charis E. Kubrin transforming criminology

UC Irvine Professor of criminology, law and society Charis E. Kubrin is known for her groundbreaking research on immigration and criminal justice reform. Kubrin initially pursued a different career path and only turned to academia in graduate school.  Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kubrin attended Montclair...

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Building History: UCI’s Anteater Learning Pavilion encourages active learning

Located on the northwestern end of the UC Irvine campus, the Anteater Learning Pavilion (ALP), holds classrooms and collaborative learning spaces for students and staff, and opened in the fall of 2018. The three-story building is 77,000 square feet and utilizes flexible spaces to promote active learning. The pavilion is comprised of three floors: the first holds a 400-seat lecture hall, along with classrooms and study spaces. The second floor features a 250-seat lecture hall, classrooms, meeting spaces and computer labs, while the third contains computer labs and spaces reserved for the Learning and Academic Resource Center (LARC). LMN Architects, a Seattle-based urban design and architectural firm, designed the ALP. The...

Building History: UCI’s Anteater Learning Pavilion encourages active learning

Located on the northwestern end of the UC Irvine campus, the Anteater Learning Pavilion (ALP), holds classrooms and collaborative learning spaces for students and staff, and opened in the...

UCI alum delivering color and artistry behind the stage 

UCI alumna Danielle Nieves serves as a costume designer for the upcoming “Go, Dog. Go! — Ve Perro ¡Ve!” performance by the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, scheduled Jan....

Star Wars voice actress Ashley Eckstein captivates Anteaters

As part of its “Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts & Culture Initiative” series, the UCI School of Education,l hosted an event in the Crystal Cove Auditorium with Ashley Eckstein on...

Opinion

Rerouting the trans rights movement 

Transgender rights activists have often put empathy, understanding and unquestioned affirmation at the forefront of their political efforts. These approaches have seldom been effective strategies — and frankly, it’s not hard to see why.  Especially...

The GOP: It’s common sense, just believe me

It’s common sense: nearly every political comment that President Donald Trump makes— along with most remarks made by Republican representatives — is evidently true because of their innate, superior intuition regarding public policy. Who...

Why is Gen Z struggling so much?

Time and again, Generation Z (Gen Z) has been criticized for being overly sensitive and lazier than previous generations, namely Gen X or the Baby Boomer generations. However, these generations had an easier time...

No kings, no fear

Yellow T-shirts and various protest signs were everywhere at Irvine Newport Beach on Oct. 18. There was a No Kings protest – a nationwide grassroots campaign that supports democracy and rejects authoritarianism. The honking...

Border protection agents are the public safety threat, not immigrants 

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown is not what the majority of people want. A Gallup poll conducted in June of this year revealed that the number of Americans who wanted...

The rural-urban divide can be reconciled

According to the rhetoric of Generation Z, America has always been politically bisected into two distinct regions and two distinct ideologies: rural conservatism and urban liberalism. The binary story of such political polarity is...

Entertainment

‘Les Misérables’ visits Hollywood

As part of “Les Misérables” national tour, its U.S. cast brought the spirit of love, revenge and revolution to the Hollywood Pantages Theatre from Oct. 14–19. On the penultimate day...

Katseye’s rising stardom: ‘The Beautiful Chaos Tour’

The Grammy-nominated global girl group KATSEYE has reshaped a new chapter of pop-group history, drawing heavily on KPOP development methodologies. The group will arrive at the Hollywood Palladium on...

‘Zootopia 2’ is redundant yet heartwarming

Beloved anthropomorphic bunny and fox cop duo Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde returned to theaters with the release of “Zootopia 2” on Nov. 26. For the first time in...

Tate McRae releases deluxe tracks with ‘SO CLOSE TO...

Concluding her Miss Possessive world tour on Nov. 8, pop-princess Tate McRae closed this chapter with the release of her deluxe album “SO CLOSE TO WHAT???” on Nov. 20.  Joining...

Sports

UCI Women’s Cross Country Finishes Season Second in Conference

UC Irvine’s Women’s Cross Country team finished strong at the Big West Cross Country Championships in Hawaii on October...

Men’s Cross Country team places eighth at Big West Championships

The UC Irvine Men’s Cross Country team finished in eighth place at the Big West Championships at Queen Kapi’olani...

Both UCI’s Cross Country teams take first at Vanguard Invitational

UC Irvine’s Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams placed first in their respective events at Mason Regional Park on...

UC Irvine Women’s Soccer shuts out Sacramento State, 4-0

The UC Irvine Women’s Soccer team (2-1-3) defeated the California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) Hornets (2-2), 4-0 in Sacramento...

Chase Call drafted by Houston Astros in 16th round

UC Irvine senior outfielder Chase Call was selected with the 486th pick by the Houston Astros in the 2025...

UCI Women’s Soccer suffers narrow defeat against Arizona, 1-0

UC Irvine Women’s Soccer (1-1) fell 1-0 to the University of Arizona (2-0) Wildcats in a close match at...

UCI Women’s Soccer dominates in season opener against GCU, 4-1

UC Irvine’s Women’s Soccer (1-0) took their first win, 4-1, in their 2025 season opener against Grand Canyon University...

UCI women’s soccer wins final exhibition game against Trinity Western

In UC Irvine women's soccer's second and final exhibition match of the 2025 season, the Anteaters took down Trinity...