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Welcome to the August 2007 edition of Anteater e-News.

   

 

 

 

 

How we know where our lost keys are Scientific American

UCI launches ZotWire Today@UCI

Chancellor Drake posts videos to YouTube YouTube

Anger, depression much higher among jailed teen girls than boys Today@UCI
Two UC schools to test drive plug-in Toyotas Associated Press
Paula Smith named interim athletic director UCI Athletics


A summary of recent UCI media releases can be found on Today@UCI. A two-week archive and today’s issue of "UCI in the News" is also available at http://today.uci.edu/news/uciinthenews.asp. Web links in this mailing are time sensitive, so stories may not be available after the day the mailing is distributed.

 

ALUMNI ALERT

2007 UC Irvine Alumni

Directory Information

 
In our ongoing commitment to provide valuable services to alumni, UCIAA has partnered with Harris Connect to publish the 2007 UC Irvine Alumni Directory that will help alumni stay in touch with one another and the university.

Harris Connect will contact alumni now through November via e-mail, postcard and telephone to gather alumni contact information for the directory. MORE>


UC Alumni Regional Event
Minor League Baseball Game

St. Paul Saints vs. Fort Worth Cats
Saturday, August 11
Saint Paul, Minn
.
Tailgate 5 p.m. / First pitch 7:05 p.m.

$13 per ticket
 

Click here for more information or to purchase tickets.

UC alumni are invited to an all UC summer gathering to watch the St. Paul Saints take on the Fort Worth Cats. Tailgating food and refreshments and one general admission ticket are included in the price.

Annual Summer Send-Off Events
Alumni Volunteers Needed

Saturday, August 25
Cities:

Sacramento 10 a.m. - Noon

San Diego 10 a.m. - Noon

San Francisco 2 - 4 p.m.
FREE

 

The UCI Alumni Association invites alumni to a welcome reception for incoming freshman and transfer students and their families. Alumni are encouraged to share their knowledge and experiences of the university with incoming students from their local area. For more information or to register for this event, please click the appropriate city.

Your Opinion Wanted
UC Irvine's Office of Communications is seeking alumni opinions in its survey of UCi Magazine MORE>




Home Sweet Home:
UCI Alumni Association hosted its annual meeting in June at the Santa Ana Zoo where more than 80 alumni and their families were treated to a private behind-the-scenes tour of the zoo and a sneak peek of its future Giant Anteater exhibit.

During the meeting, alumna Jenny Doh '91 was named president of UCIAA for 2007-09. 

View photo gallery.  Learn more about the Giant Anteater exhibit.




UCI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
www.alumni.uci.edu

Not a member? Join today.

 

For a comprehensive listing of UCI events, visit: http://www.today.uci.edu/calendar/ 

Friday, August 3
UCI Observatory. Visitor Night. Come and see the planet Jupiter and star clusters with the 24-inch telescope located in the Observatory and other smaller telescopes set up around the courtyard. Night sky maps will be available.  Free. No R.S.V.P. required. MORE>



Saturday, August 4
Merage School of Business. Fully Employed MBA Information Session. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., School of Business, Room 112. Free.  MORE>


 

Thursday, August 9
Summer Session Free Film Series. Blow-Up. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. 7 p.m., Humanities Instructional Building, Lucille Kuehn Auditorium (Room 100). Free. MORE>


 

Friday, August 10
Irvine Barclay Theatre. New World Flamenco Festival: Compañía Maria José Franco – De Grana y Oro (Scarlet and Gold). 8 p.m., Irvine Barclay Theatre. $33-$100. Also August 11-12. MORE>



Tuesday, August 14
UC Irvine and Orange County Maccabi for Youth Games. A Maccabiah for the Mind: Sports, Ethnicity, Gender and the Struggle for Human Rights. 5 p.m. dinner with speakers, 6:30-8:30 p.m. symposium, University Club. Free symposium; $25 dinner. Reservations required. MORE>

Irvine Barclay Theatre. New World Flamenco Festival: Andrés Peña and Pilar Ogalla – A Fuego Lento (At a Slow Fire). 8 p.m., Irvine Barclay Theatre. $33-$100. Also August 15. MORE>



Thursday, August 16
Summer Session Free Film Series. Memento. Directed by Christopher Nolan. 7 p.m., Humanities Instructional Building, Lucille Kuehn Auditorium (Room 100). MORE>



Friday, August 17
Irvine Barclay Theatre. New World Flamenco Festival: Compañía Juan Ogalla – Cosas de Cai (Things from Cadiz). 8 p.m., Irvine Barclay Theatre. $33-$100. Also August 18-19. More: 949-854-4646.  MORE>



Thursday, August 23
Summer Session Free Film Series. La Jetée & Vertigo. Directed by Chris Marker and Alfred Hitchcock. 7 p.m., Humanities Instructional Building, Lucille Kuehn Auditorium (Room 100). MORE>


 

Thursday, August 30
Summer Session Free Film Series. Mulholland Dr. Directed by David Lynch. 7 p.m., Humanities Instructional Building, Lucille Kuehn Auditorium (Room 100). Free.  MORE>