June 20, 2023
UCI Digest
A health sciences grad is all smiles at commencement 2023. Scroll down for more photos. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)
A health sciences grad is all smiles at commencement 2023. Scroll down for more photos. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)

UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

Merage School joins Irvine Juneteenth festival

Dean Ian Williamson and Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan appeared at the Great Park on Sunday for the city’s second annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, which featured music, dance, poetry, art and a cultural marketplace. Williamson spoke at the free festival about the history and legacy of Juneteenth.
Dean Ian Williamson and Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan appeared at the Great Park on Sunday for the city’s second annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, which featured music, dance, poetry, art and a cultural marketplace. Williamson spoke at the free festival about the history and legacy of Juneteenth.

Artist alum spotlighted in New York Times

“Unexploded Resonance” (left), made from a bomb dropped by a B52 during the Vietnam War, is part of an upcoming exhibition by fine arts alumnus Tuan Andrew Nguyen ’99.
“Unexploded Resonance” (left), made from a bomb dropped by a B52 during the Vietnam War, is part of an upcoming exhibition by fine arts alumnus Tuan Andrew Nguyen ’99. Last Friday, The New York Times spotlighted Nguyen and his work with photos, videos and an intriguing article. Born in Ho Chi Minh City in 1976, Nguyen was 2 when his parents escaped Vietnam as “boat people.” He grew up in Oklahoma, Texas and Southern California, where he discovered art as a pre-med student at UCI. His  first major solo exhibition in the U.S. is set to open at the New Museum in New York on June 29 — less than a month after he was awarded the 2023 Joan Miro Prize in Barcelona, Spain.

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More commencement photos

An engineering graduate greets a classmate at commencement 2023. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)
An engineering graduate greets a classmate at commencement 2023. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)
A Rockette-style move at 2023’s graduate hooding ceremony. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)
A Rockette-style move at 2023’s graduate hooding ceremony. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)
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Thousands celebrate earning degrees from UCI

The Orange County Register, June 17
Cited: UCI commencement ceremonies

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Chatbots may soon be requesting informed consent

Reuters, June 20
Cited: Dr. Eric Vilain, professor of pediatrics

San Francisco Chronicle

This is how San Franciscans spend their money today

San Francisco Chronicle, June 20
Cited: Jack Liebersohn, assistant professor of economics

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