Urban Outfitters and Barnes & Noble College collaborated to provide a pop up section of Urban Outfitters inside UCI’s bookstore The Hill. This collaboration is a company wide affiliation of Urban Outfitters; UCI is only one of ten universities to be apart of this.
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) announced renewed support for the Digital Filmmaking minor on Oct. 30. This support comes after initially announcing that the minor would no longer be supported by the Art Department — a move that sparked protest and petition.
ASUCI Senate voted to create a Social Ecology Dean’s Ambassador Council through legislation R55-08 at their meeting on Oct. 29. They also voted to appoint Public Health Senator Alexis Artounian to Rules Committee and Social Ecology Senator Saad Iqbal to Advocacy Committee as part of legislation R55-10 at their meeting on Oct. 24.
The UCI literary journalism department held a “Telling Stories That Matter” Summit to aid the wider community in their pursuit of becoming better storytellers in the Humanities Hallway on Oct. 26.
UCI’s International Center for Writing and Translation reopened at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. As part of its relaunch, the center introduced three new initiatives for the future: “Writing and Injustice,” Writing in the Expanded Field” and “Untranslating Theory.”
La Comunidad Resistiendo y Existiendo hosted UC Irvine’s annual Day of the Dead celebration at the Student Center for the local community on Nov. 1. The night included student art, face painting, a photo booth, an arts and crafts table, musical performances and food.
ASUCI hosted its first UCI Vendor Fair of the year from Oct. 7 to Oct. 11. Spanning across Ring Road, the fair consisted of items geared towards student needs at an affordable price. Brands that participated include: Seoul Street Korean-American cuisine, Green Turtle’s reusable straws and Angry Little Girls merchandise.
The “What Matters to Me and Why” Alumni Series started Fall Quarter with a talk featuring alumnus Omead Afshar on Oct. 17. Since graduating from UCI as a biomedical engineer, Afshar has had many roles including being the current project director for the Office of the CEO at Tesla Motors.
The UCI Wellness Center hosted their second Wellness Workshop with a focus on ‘time,’ on Oct. 24 in the Writing Center. The Wellness Workshop series runs over the course of the quarter wherein every other Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Writing Specialist Lindsey Allgood and Wellness & Peer Education Programs Manager Natalie D’Azzo host workshops that encourage students to be mindful of their overall wellness. This includes their mental and physical health.
A UCI student who was stranded in the university sewer system was rescued by the UCI Police Department and Irvine firefighters on Nov. 1 at around 10:37 p.m.
UCI hosted its second annual Esports Conference that took place on Oct. 10 and 11. The event was a celebration of the players and administrators who have focused their efforts on sharing what makes their community unique and special.
UCI welcomed a new addition to on-campus housing with the opening of the Middle Earth Towers at the beginning of Fall Quarter 2019. Located directly across the Social Science Plaza, the seven-story building with a glass exterior stands apart from its surrounding stone building neighbors. It holds two towers, connected on each floor by a row of common rooms for 480 residents.
