April 3, 2025

Anteater Time Machine: Circa 1966, cheerleaders and spectators root for the Anteaters at a basketball game. (Photo courtesy of UC Irvine Libraries Archives)

UC IRVINE NEWS

Bren Events Center to host NIT championship basketball watch party today

The history-making UC Irvine men’s basketball team has advanced to the National Invitation Tournament finals today in Indianapolis against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This is the first time in program history that the Anteaters will be in the NIT final. Join your fellow Anteaters at the Bren Events Center alongside Peter the Anteater, the band and Spirit Squad for a viewing party. Admission is free. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at the Bren Events Center Entrance 3; the game starts at 6. (It will also be shown on ESPN.) The first 100 fans to arrive will receive a t-shirt or a ZOT Foam Finger. During the watch party, concessions will be available, and fans can enter to win raffle items during commercial breaks.

Study predicts American Indian/Alaska Native dementia risk

Machine learning algorithms utilizing electronic health records can effectively predict two-year dementia risk among American Indian/Alaska Native adults aged 65 years and older, according to a study led by Luohua Jiang, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics. Up until now, no other study has used machine learning models to help predict dementia risk among the historically understudied population.

On display in Langson Library through September, “Anteater Experience: 60th Anniversary of UC Irvine” traces six decades of campus history, spotlighting key developments that have shaped the university from its opening in 1965 to today. The exhibit focuses on three main pillars of progress: landscape, sustainability and student life.

Interprofessional Community Health Action Project launches

Advancing its commitment to comprehensive community health, the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences has launched the Interprofessional Community Health Action Project, bringing together students from its four schools to identify pressing health issues affecting vulnerable populations and design community engagement projects to address them. Co-sponsored by the Interprofessional Education and Practice Collaborative and the Health Equity Collaborative, the project engaged 329 students from the schools of pharmacy, nursing, medicine and public health, forming 57 interprofessional groups.

UC NEWS

International sustainability award finalist

UC’s Central Travel Office has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 Business Travel Sustainability Awards in the “Achievement in Sustainability – Managed Travel Program” category. The awards recognize advancements in sustainability and climate action policy adoption, and actions taken by companies to align their business travel program with corporate objectives and strategies to advance sustainability practices. The University of California is the only nonprofit or higher education institution among the finalists, and one of six U.S. organizations nominated.

SAVE THE DATE

Spring Honors Concert

Sunday, 3 p.m. (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts)

National Public Health Week

From April 7 to 11, join the Joe. C. Wen School of Population & Public Health to hear from UC Irvine experts and a special keynote speaker for critical conversations about your health and the policies that may affect it (either Zoom or in-person). All in-person talks will take place at the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. Advance registration required.

Shakespeare Trial 2025: Much Ado About Nothing?

April 7, 5 p.m. (sponsored by Illuminations: The Chancellor’s Arts & Culture Initiative)

#SpeechMatters “Truth, Trust and Transformation” Conference

April 10, 8:30 a.m. (sponsored by National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement)

For more events, visit UC Irvine Today.

#IamUCI

Cecelia Lynch, political science professor, has been named the 2025 Distinguished Scholar of the Religion and International Relations Section of the International Studies Association for her contributions to the field. Lynch’s work focuses on interrelated themes of religion/secularisms, humanitarianism, ethics and international relations, including its racial and gendered character.

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