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C h a n c e l l o r ’s M e s s a g e This is my inaugural column for “Your UCI,” our newsletter for UC Irvine alumni. I’m pleased to have this opportunity to communicate regularly with you, and I look forward to your feedback. This fall, UCI welcomed thousands of new and more than 30,000 returning or continuing students, faculty and staff. Traditionally, this is a time of preparation for a new academic year and reflection and celebration about recent growth and achievements. But this year is different. Challenges posed to the University of California by the state’s budget issues have reached unprecedented proportion, with cuts to UCI surpassing $70 million for 2008-09 and 2009-10. We have initiated a variety of measures to deal with this new reality, including staff furloughs/pay cuts, operating budget cuts and student fee increases. Although these measures have been routinely disruptive, at times painful, and always undesirable, we remain committed to our overarching goal of sustaining and advancing excellence in teaching and research. That’s the downside. The upside is that our new and continuing students are filled with the enthusiasm, brilliance and vigor that give our campus its spirit. They are terrific. Our faculty is teaching, conducting research and creating art and literature, and our dedicated staff continues to make it all work. “Everyone’s sleeves are rolled up an extra notch, and we are pressing forward. Our overarching focus is maintaining the quality we have worked so hard to build over these few short decades.” In the coming weeks and months, the university will continue to impress upon the governor and legislature that our students’ education is key to a healthy economic future for our state and nation. I encourage you, as alumni of this unparalleled institution, to advocate whenever possible for restoration of state funding to UC. We will be defined – now, and even more so in the future – by how we respond to today’s challenges. We can lament the fact that our glass is not overflowing as it has been or we would like it to be, we can wait for someone or something else to fill it, or we can redouble our efforts to close the gap and move forward, even through uncertainty. Thank you for your continued interest and support. Both are appreciated. Fiat Lux.
Chancellor Michael Drake www.chancellor.uci.edu
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Fall / Winter 2009 Issue
10 Quantum Leap
Professor gets once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
14 Meet Madiha
UCIAA Scholar fulfilling her dream
17 Leaders Wanted
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on the cover ADVOCACY GETS PERSONAL WITH HAND-WRITTEN LETTERS
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The state’s contributions to UC dropped by more than $600 million in one year. Your UCI sat down with Ed Raskin ‘02, vice president for advocacy on the UCI Alumni Association’s Board of Directors, to talk about the increased need for alumni advocacy efforts.
UC Irvine to select next UC Alumni Regent
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PUBLISHER’S LETTER UCI NEWS ATHLETICS Publisher Jorge E. Ancona Editor Michelle Williams Contributing writers Curt Brown, Cathy Lawhon, Michael Reza, Blake Stone and Heather Wuebker Graphic Design Intern Jennifer Tan
MAKING AN ART OF LEADERSHIP Former CSU Northridge chair named dean of UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts.
Your UCI is published three-times a year for members of the UCI Alumni Association and friends of the University of California, Irvine. You can reach the association by phone: 949-UCI-ALUM (824-2586) or toll free 888-824-2466; by fax: 949-824-7383 or by e-mail: alumni@uci.edu.
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CLASS NOTES UCIAA MEMBERS UCI CALENDAR UCI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STAFF
Jorge E. Ancona Executive Director Allison Dolan Associate Executive Director Michelle Williams Associate Executive Director Kristie Kee Director of Programs and Chapters Helen Little Director of Finance and Administration Michael Reza Director of Membership and Marketing
Jeff Minhas ‘04 Programs Coordinator Blake Stone ‘05 Alumni Relations Coordinator www.alumni.uci.edu | page 3
UCI Alumni Association BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Salvador Sarmiento ’73 Immediate Past President Jenny Doh ’91 Secretary Catherine Stites ’92 VP Advocacy Ed Raskin ’02 VP Development Anne Rosse, M.A. ’90 VP Finance Steve Capps ’69 VP Membership Kent Yamaguchi ’83, ’84 VP Programs Neil Sahota ’97, ’00, M.B.A. ’03 VP Scholarship Johanna Wilson ’98 VP Volunteer Relations Rameen Talesh ’89 DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE Michael Adams ’04 Libby Hope ’90 Rebecca Kanter ’00 Christine R. Lee ’90 Dennis Nguyen ’94 Serafina Raskin ’02 Maurice Sanchez ’78 Rita Santangelo ’86 CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES ICS Chapter Farshad Farhand ’94 Santa Ana Alumni Chapter Charles Dobson ’70, M.S. ’79 EX-OFFICIO Chancellor’s Designate Ramona Agrela, Associate Chancellor UCIAA Executive Director Jorge E. Ancona, Assistant Vice Chancellor ASUCI Representative Megan Braun, President AGS Representative Carrie Carmody, President
letter from the publisher Happy Holidays from UCIAA. It’s hard to believe another year has gone by. And, to be honest, 2009 has brought many of the state’s — and the country’s — problems into clearer focus. Over the last 12 months, many of us have had to re-assess priorities and needs, both personally and professionally. As Chancellor Drake shares on page 2, that also has been the case for the University of California system. The UC Office of the President, UC Regents and each campus are looking to find solutions to the state’s deinvestment in higher education. It’s a problem that needs solving. And, UC needs everyone’s help to do so. One way alumni are helping is by reminding legislators in Sacramento of the community and state-wide positive impact a UC education and UC research has on the state. On page 12, Your UCI talks to alumnus Ed Raskin ’02 about UCI’s first letter-writing campaign hosted in December. Meanwhile, the UCI Alumni Association team remains committed to serving our members and the entire 117,000-member alumni family. Despite budget cuts, hiring freezes and the like, we remain steadfast in our mission to provide you with opportunities and programs that foster an ongoing relationship between you and UC Irvine. We have several events planned for 2010. Our Homecoming Street Festival is making its return in February (see page 16 for details). And, new this year, is a wine tasting event scheduled for February in Corona del Mar. Watch your e-mail inboxes for details. We’ve again partnered with UCI Athletics to offer members free tickets to select men’s basketball games (see page 20 for those dates). Additional “member night” events are being planned for men’s volleyball, baseball and women’s basketball. Be sure UCIAA has your e-mail address on file so you can receive these free offers. Finally, as UCI students struggle to overcome the 32% increase in fees, I want to take a moment to thank each of you for your support of our scholarship program. UCIAA continues to focus on finding ways to bolster its student support initiatives in these trying times. On page 14, you can meet Madiha Shahabuddin, one of several students helped by the UCIAA scholarship program. Alumni volunteers have been supporting these efforts for nearly four decades; reading scholarship applications, generously supporting the endowment and creating new scholarships. To each of you, I pass along my sincerest appreciation. Your involvement matters. If you’d like more information on our scholarship program, please send me an e-mail. May 2010 bring each of you peace and prosperity. Best from campus,
Student Alumni Association Kendra Hansen, President
Jorge E. Ancona Executive Director, UCI Alumni Association alumni@uci.edu
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the wire: news from the community reformers.
ARC expansion receives LEED Gold certification UC Irvine’s Anteater Recreation Center expansion has earned LEED NC Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of
high-performance green buildings. Gold certification is the second-highest rating possible, and “NC” signifies that the project met standards for new construction.
UCI awarded $2M to become “living laboratory”
effective and reliable energy infrastructure that maximizes use of renewable resources. Lessons learned at UCI will help communities establish their own flexible, secure and climate-neutral energy infrastructures.
UCI will become a living renewable energy laboratory under a statewide program designed to make electricity generation and transportation safer, cleaner and more affordable for Californians. The Advanced Power & Energy Program at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering has been awarded $2 million over three years to create a roadmap for a cost-
Expansion of the state-ofthe-art sports and fitness complex was completed
Math model helps explain how human eye sees color A. Kimball Romney, social sciences research professor, has created a mathematical model that may help bridge gap between colors seen
in September 2008, increasing the facility’s size from 89,000 square feet to 115,000 square feet, including 10,000 square feet for weight training, two additional activity rooms, a demonstration kitchen, and a wellness center with massage, exercise testing and Pilates in real-life and those reproduced on televisions, computer monitors and digital cameras Variations in colors that we see in person and how those colors appear on TV, computers and in other media formats is an on-going battle for printers, web designers and others trying to reproduce perfect life-like colors. One of the reasons for the difficulty, he says, is the absence of a precise mathematical model with the ability to cap-
“Both functionally and energy-efficient, this new space seamlessly blends with the original building. This is a great addition to student life and a wonderful way to mark the Anteater Recreation Center’s 10-year anniversary in January 2010,” said Jill Schindele, director of campus recreation. The project won LEED Gold certification for a number of green design and construction features, including: • Outperforming California’s Energy Code (Title 24) by 25 percent; • Obtaining more than 70
ture how the human eye perceives color, allowing for what we see in person to be reproduced in other formats as an exact match. In his study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, he presents a model to bridge this gap. Using the International Commission on Illumination as the standard for what a specific color should look like, his model for how the eye perceives color results in a 99.4 percent
percent of the center’s electricity from renewable sources; • Using 43 percent less water (at least 96,000 gallons annually) than a conventional facility; and • Diverting 75 percent of construction waste (more than 200 tons) from landfills. This is the fifth new construction venture at UCI to receive LEED Gold certification. Previously recognized were the Palo Verde II student apartments, the Anteater Instruction & Research Building, the Student Center and Donald Bren Hall.
match. His findings have wide ranging implications for the technology industry where advances in color matching play a vital role in creating more life-like projections. Romney’s new model also could lead to better understanding of those with different forms of color blindness by providing a means to predict how individuals actually perceive colors. Continued on page 6
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CLASS OF 2003 COMMISSIONS MASCOT BENCH Peter the Anteater has a new hang out on the UCI Student Center Terrace. Back in the day, the schedule of classes was only available in print and students would buy a copy at the UCI Bookstore each quarter. Peter’s bench was inspired by an original Michael Fernandez drawing featured on the cover of the Fall Quarter 2002 Schedule of Classes.
Rameen Talesh ’89, interim dean of students, takes a break from his busy day to relax with Peter on bench supported by the Senior Class Gift from the Class of
UCI’s class of 2003 senior gift supported the commission of this artwork. The bronze anteater was forged in Utah by sculptor Edward E. Hlavka. The bench was installed July 9 on the Student Center Terrace.
2003. Photo courtesy of Student Affairs. Continued from page 5
Cancer drug may prevent cocaine relapse behavior A drug in development to treat cancer could help prevent relapse behavior in people trying to overcome an addiction to cocaine, according to a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists. In mice conditioned to cocaine, drug-seeking
activity was inhibited faster and to a greater extent with sodium butyrate than without it.
Compounds tested previously to aid this therapy have had limited success.
People addicted to cocaine usually receive behavioral extinction therapy, in which they learn over time and without medication to disassociate a drug of abuse from the contexts and cues that are associated with it, but the process is lengthy and participants often drop out.
“Our results are exciting because sodium butyrate taps into fundamental molecular mechanisms, providing a novel approach to understanding and treating drug addiction,” explained Marcelo Wood, UCI neurobiology & behavior assistant professor.
UCI establishes gaming center UC Irvine’s Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences has established the Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds to expand campuswide research activities that draw upon UCI’s strengths spanning the social and technological aspects of games and virtual worlds. UCI was among the
Alumnus featured in Moore’s new movie Bill Black, Ph.D. ‘98 is slowly becoming a household name, but he will soon grow in popularity. Featured in Michael Moore’s new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, Black discusses the impact of individuals such as Henry Paulson and Timothy Geitner on our economy. Black completed his Ph.D. in UCI’s department of criminology, law and society. He is the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One, a revised edition of his dissertation, and an associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri. page 6 | fall / winter your uci
first major research universities to establish educational and research programs in computer game culture and technology. The UCI Game Culture & Technology Lab, launched in 2001, has attracted nearly $5 million in external funding. UCI has a growing number of game-related
research projects, including game-based virtual worlds where students “play to learn” via interactive simulations, open community-based development of games and synthetic worlds where autonomous characters display emotional responses and emergent behaviors.
Parolees’ release leads to crime A recent study, conducted by UC Irvine criminologists John Hipp and Dan Yates, found that, in most cases, reports of aggravated assault, robbery and burglary go up when parolees return to their neighborhoods and that if they have violent backgrounds, murder rates increase.
standards for treating children and adults. There are just 10 such Level I trauma centers in the state. “UCI’s trauma center is the backbone of Orange County’s emergency medical system,” said Dr. Michael Lekawa, trauma surgeon and director of trauma services at UC Irvine Medical Center. “We care for nearly half of the county’s trauma cases each year and are a resource for area hospitals in dealing with the most critical and complicated cases.”
UC Irvine Medical Center re-verified as Level I
Key elements of a Level I trauma center are the immediate and aroundthe-clock availability of general surgeons and the prompt availability of specialists in orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, internal medicine and critical care.
The American College of Surgeons recently recognized UC Irvine by re-verifying that the facility is a Level I trauma center – the only one in Orange County. The designation, which UCI has held since the 1980s, means the medical center addresses every aspect of injury and meets the nation’s highest trauma care
UCI’s trauma commitment has other benefits. Lekawa says the “halo effect” of having specialists on-site or on call 24/7 is that UCI is also equipped to be a cardiac and stroke-neurology receiving center and is capable of handling more than half of the county’s burn cases at its only ACS-verified regional burn center.
Alumnus Alumnus earns North America’s Top Environmental Prize for Youth Hai Vo ’09 is among the six recipients of the 2009 Brower Youth Award. Hosted by Earth Island Institute, the Brower Youth Awards are North America’s most prestigious prize for young environmental leaders. Vo, 22, is being recognized for his efforts to change the dining system at UC Irvine and on campuses throughout the University of California system. He co-founded the UCI branch of the Real Food Challenge, a national network of college students and their allies collaborating on a campaign to shift to 20 percent purchasing on university campuses by 2020 to “real food” — food that is “ecologically-sound, community-based, humane and fair.” The UC system recently made a commitment to 20% real food procurement by 2020 as a part of the “UC Policy on Sustainable Practices.” Vo served as a student representative to the policy’s working group. The six winners were chosen from more than 125 applicants for their creative and effective work tackling problems ranging from food justice to deforestation, global warming to pollution.
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sports news
Women’s volleyball adds to UCI record book Three-time Olympian Paula Weishoff, in her first season as the head coach of the UC Irvine women’s volleyball program, led the Anteaters to a 22-8 overall season and 11-5 mark in the Big West Conference. UCI finished tied for second in the league standings. The Anteaters’ eight losses are the fewest in program history since the 1978 Anteaters went 12-5 under former coach Shar Wallander. The Anteaters’ bid for their first Big West title came down to the final conference match of the season against champion Long Beach State. Falling 3-2 in a thrilling match, UCI finished second in the conference for the third time in program history and has now
finished third or higher in the Big West three straight seasons. Weishoff led UCI to its fourth 20-win season and posted the secondhighest win total in the program records with 22. Weishoff is also the first coach since Wallander to lead the Anteaters to a winning season in her first year with the program. Wallander led the first UCI team to a 9-7 mark in 1977. Junior outside hitter, Kari Pestolesi, returned from her outstanding sophomore season where she was named All-Big West first team, to help get the team off to a fast start this year. The three-time All-Big West first team selection is scattered throughout
Junior Kari Pestolesi moved into fourth in the UCI record books for kills and attack attempts
Setter Taryn Robertson concludes her collegiate career with 4,900 assists to sit second in the UCI records. Robertson, who was named to the AllBig West first team this
season, also recorded 140 kills and hit .370 while finishing second on the team with 28 aces and third with 60 blocks and 234 digs. She had a career-high 63 assists in the Big West title match against Long Beach State and a personal-best 10 kills in the win against Cal Poly.
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The Women’s Soccer season concluded after the no. 4 seeded Anteaters (12-7-2) lost in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament. Sophomore midfielder Judy Christopher helped lead the Anteater defense to nine shutouts on the year and was selected All-Big West First Team in recognition of her outstanding play.
Men’s Soccer spent much of the season ranked in the Top 25 teams in the country. Led by senior Irving Garcia, a 2008 Soccer America MVP’s second team selection and All-Big West first team selection, the ’Eaters won the second straight Big West Conference Tournament and secured the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tourna-
Last year, the Anteaters won their first ever Big West championship with a 5-1-4 record, their first Big West Tournament title and earned their first trip to the NCAA tourney.
the UCI season and career annals. She recorded the eighth-best mark in the season record in kills and tied for ninth in aces. Pestolesi also finished sixth in digs and eighth in attack attempts (1243). In the career records, Pestolesi is fourth in kills with 1,301 and fourth in attack attempts with
3,558. With 116 career service winners, Pestolesi moves to sixth and she is fifth in digs with 1,139.
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Cross Country Men’s cross country placed sixth and the women’s squad eighth in the Big West Conference Championships this fall.
Hunt earns second MPSF coach’s award
WINTER PREVIEW Men’s Basketball Sophomore forward Eric Wise, a preseason All-Big West Conference Team selection, looks to build upon a stellar freshman season and lead this year’s team. Last year’s squad finished fourth in the Big West and are looking to improve this season.
UC Irvine’s Marc Hunt ’93 has been named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year in men’s water polo as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Hunt, in his fifth season, led UC Irvine to a 17-12 record in 2009, including a 2-1 mark in the MPSF Tournament. The Anteaters lost by just one goal (6-5) to eventual tournament finalist and third-ranked California in the quarterfinals before defeating UC Santa Barbara (12-9) and Pepperdine (14-8) to claim fifth place. This is the second time in the past three years that Hunt has been voted the MPSF’s Coach of the Year. A two-time All-American player at UCI, he was named to the MPSF’s All-15th Anniversary team in 2007. UCI junior driver Brandon Johnson was named to the All-MPSF second team after scoring 49 goals this season. Seniors Cole Bielskis and Tom Kruip were selected to the All-MPSF honorable mention squad. Bielskis netted 48 goals this year and Kruip led UCI with 50 goals.
Alumna competes in LPGA qualifier
“I think we obviously have more depth this season at all positions but more importantly, we have more seasoning than we had going into last year as far as minutes played,” 13th-year head coach Pat Douglass said. “We have seven players who started games at some point last season and played considerable minutes. You really can’t teach that game experience.”
Women’s Basketball Senior guard Rebecca Maessen returns to lead the Anteaters after earning All-Big West honorable mention distinction last season. Coach Molly Goodenbour begins her second season as head coach for the Anteaters after a successful stint as head coach at Chico State for two years, where Goodenbour led the Division II Wildcats to a 52-11 record during her tenure. With Goodenbour’s first recruiting class suiting up this season and a year of development under a new coaching staff, this year’s team continues to improve and build a foundation for success.
Men’s Volleyball Former UC Irvine AllAmerican Jane Chin ’09 shot a tournament best seven-under par 65 on the second round of the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. and finished tied for 32nd. Chin, who shot a 73 on the opening round, fired
a 65 on the Champions course to share the tournament lead with a score of 138. Chin became UCI’s first first-team All-American in 2009. She was named Big West Golfer of the Year and finished the season ranked second in the country in scoring average.
Coach John Speraw’s team enters the season as the defending national champions, yet again! Last year, the Anteaters won their second NCAA National Championship in three years with an exciting victory over USC, where UC Irvine erased an early 2-1 game deficit to win the match. This year’s squad returns sophomore Carson Clark who was named second team All-America and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Freshman of the Year last year. Junior, Kevin Wynne and junior, Jordan DuFault also garnered second team AllAmerica honors and provide a nucleus of veteran leadership. www.alumni.uci.edu | page 9
Quantum leap forward? By Heather Wuebker Social Sciences
For logic and philosophy of science professor Jeff Barrett, taking delivery of the dusty old boxes that now line the walls of his UC Irvine office marked a high point in his academic career. Their contents: pages and pages of handwritten notes, most more than 50 years old, penned by famous quantum theorist, Hugh Everett, III. With a newly awarded $160,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Barrett and a team of researchers are combing through, scanning and preserving the documents which they hope may shed light on the quantum measurement problem, one of philosophy and physics’ deepest mysteries. “Everett liked to debunk things,” says Barrett, author of The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds, a book about Everett’s work in quantum theory. “He was always
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the first to say ‘It can’t work like that’ and then he’d work to provide evidence showing that he was right.”
Everett spent most of his life working as a defense contractor for the Pentagon where he put his Princetonacquired physics training to use developing game theory simulations for government analysts and policy makers. Based on his theories, policies were developed to solve problems before they were encountered. One such example included his contributions in the 50s to the development of the theory of mutually assured destruction, the notion that if nuclear war was to break out, there would be no survivable options for retaliation. It was his work as a graduate student, however, that earned him his spot in history books. While pursuing his Ph.D. in physics, he had an idea for a new way of thinking about quantum mechan-
Everett would ever wind up publishing, proposed dumping the special rule and taking the standard rule as universal as a means for explaining all experience.
“[This] is a once in a lifetime chance to read something I care very much about but never knew existed.” Jeff Barrett, UCI Professor on investigating Hugh Everett’s notes on the quantum theory ics, the theory of how objects physically exist. “The standard formulation of quantum mechanics has two separate rules that explained how the state of a physical system changed over time: a special rule for when the system is observed and an ordinary rule for all other times,” says Barrett, explaining in the most elementary way possible a field of
study which continues to perplex and puzzle some of the most intellectual minds and serves as an on-going source of material for creative science fiction writers and others in the entertainment industry. “What Everett asked was ‘Why not just use the standard rule all of the time, even when a system is observed?’” His resulting dissertation, the only work that
He called the theory universal wave mechanics, which later came to be known as the many worlds theory. While it caught some attention when it was first published, it didn’t gain popularity until the mid 70s. By that time, says Barrett, Everett had given up on the academic world due in part to the resistance and skeptcism he met when first explaining his work. Everett passed away in 1982 and his son Mark, lead singer/songwriter of the indie rock band EELS, inherited several boxes of Everett’s papers. Fast forward to 2007. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the theory of quantum mechanics, Scientific American commissioned Peter Byrne,
Jeff Barrett, with an original Hugh Everett III paper in hand, is embarking on an adventure to better understand quantum mechanics theory involving concepts such as parallel universes. Photo by Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
UCI professor hopes late theorist’s notes will help resolve the quantum measurement problem, one of physics’ most troublesome issues journalist, to write a biography of Everett’s life. Byrne went knocking on Mark’s door and stumbled upon the treasure trove in the rock singer’s basement. After some digging, Byrne realized he had everything from Everett’s days as a college student to his personal commentaries on other physicists’ interpretations of Everett’s work. Byrne contacted Barrett to help him make sense of some of the more technical documents. “Most physicists would agree with Everett’s proposal to use the stan-
dard dynamical rule for all interactions, including measurements, but exactly how it’s supposed to work has never been clear and there remains significant disagreement in the interpretation of Everett’s theory,” Barrett says, rattling off nearly half a dozen different views including the splitting worlds, many histories, and consistent histories formulations; the many minds interpretation, and most recently, the Oxford formulation of Everett, each of which were developed by different physicists or philosophers claiming to have the best interpreta-
tion of Everett’s theory. “Everett was still alive in the 70s and early 80s when most of these interpretations were being developed. He was reading this stuff and making notes on photocopied articles that are buried in these boxes, writing things in the margins like ‘no, here’s what I meant.’” While Barrett is hesitant to say that the notes will determine once and for all how to best understand Everett’s theory, he says that it is exciting to see where the exploration might lead. The history of Everett’s theory reads
like a novel, and those interested in learning the rest of the story will soon have the opportunity to do so when Byrne’s forthcoming book with Oxford University Press is released. For Barrett, the opportunity to sift through the physicist’s notes has provided “a once in a lifetime chance to read something I care very much about but never knew existed.” “Everett proposed an exciting strategy for solving the quantum measurement problem. Our interest now is in sharing his reflections in
the hope that they might help spark further developments and discoveries in philosophy and physics.” Everett’s notes will be made available online at UC Irvine after scanning has been completed. The physical documents will be added to the American Institute of Physics’ archive on Everett. Typescripts of the most important work, together with introductory essays and interpretative notes by Byrne and Barrett, are scheduled to be published by Princeton University Press in the 2010-11 academic year.
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Passionate proponents
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The state’s contributio Your UCI sat down with Ed Raskin ‘02, vice president for advocacy on the UCI Alumni Association’s Board of Directors, to talk about the increased need for alumni advocacy efforts. “I joined the board in 2007 because I love UCI and I love the UC,” explains Raskin regarding his involvement with UCIAA. “Being on the board has given me so much and I want to give back and make UC an even stronger institution.” Raskin is passionate about helping other alumni find ways to stay involved with campus. For him, advocating on behalf of UC to state legislators is an obvious opportunity for alumni. “Aside from really having a positive impact on the UC, advocacy feels great! Speaking out for UC to our elected officials makes you feel more connected to your UC and to your community. You really get to say “I made a difference” and you meet wonderful people along the way.”
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California has so many pressing budget issues. Why should UC be a priority? There are two separate and independent arguments for prioritizing state spending on UC and higher education more broadly. The first is a pure economic argument. For example, for each dollar the state invests in research funding, the UC secures six additional dollars from federal and private sources. That’s really dollars coming into our state at a time we badly need it. Another way to look at it is that UC has a 14 billion dollar positive impact on our state economy. There are few places the legislature can spend its money and get that kind of a return. The second argument is an issue of morality. What, as a state, should we be
doing to improve our soc ety? I think few would dis agree that one of the role of society is to provide equality of opportunity to its citizens as a means of improving our communities. Equality manifests itself when everyone has access -- the chance -- to attain a quality education In other words, cuts to state funding of UC result in diminished access to societal equality.
UC has endowment funds, why should the State of California keep giving the campus so much money?
Certainly, UC is fortunate that is has some endowment money which it can and does use to accomplish its mission. The problem, of course, is that endowment money is almost always restricted by the donor for a specific use. More importantly, the entire purpose of an
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endowment is to ensure that it lasts forever so the UC is restricted to using only the interest earned on the endowment each year. Given the economic climate, the rate of return on the UC’s endowment is remarkably low. The reality is that the UC is a public institution that needs public support to succeed. How much has California support for UC dropped in the last year? Just in the last year, the state’s contribution to UC has fallen by just more than $600 million a 20% cut in state funds. Worse is that even in better economic times, the legislature has been systematically starving UC of the resources it needs to provide maximum benefit to the
state. In the 1970s, the state spent about 7% of its yearly budget on UC. Today, UC is only 3% of the total budget. What can alumni do to help? Well, there is something for everyone. First, bookmark www.ucforca. org which is the advocacy Web site for the UC system. It frequently has calls to action which include letter writing campaigns, call-ins to legislators and more information about how to help. Alumni who are in the Orange County area can join the Alumni Association’s advocacy committee which works with Community & Government Relations to continuously lobby our legislators for UC. If you live outside the Orange County area, you can contact the Com-
munity and Government Relations staff at the UC campus nearest you. I guarantee you they will be very happy to hear from you! You mentioned letterwriting campaigns. Some people feel that letter-writing doesn’t make an impact. Why do you disagree? I disagree because I have met with legislators that have personally told me how important they are. One state senator told me that a hand written letter is as powerful as 100 phone calls or e-mails which are quick and easy to send. The act of sitting down and hand writing a letter sends a message to our elected officials that we really care about UC. In turn, the person representing us also will care.
On December 1, UCIAA hosted hundreds of alumni, students and employees for its inaugural letter-writing campaign to elected officials. In partnership with the Associated Students of UCI, Association of Graduate Students and UCI’s Community & Government Relations office, more than 150 hand-written letters were delivered to local legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Meet Madiha Second-year student scholar sees her plan come to life By Curt Brown
making her impact in international affairs.
Prior to enrolling in her first class, Madiha Shahabuddin had very specific goals regarding how she wanted to spend her years at UC Irvine.
Not necessarily part of her plan, Shahabuddin was selected as a UCIAA scholar in 200809. The UCIAA Scholars program recgonizes and supports the top incoming students with four-year awards totalling $10,000 in scholarship monies.
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Interested in global affairs and international politics, Shahabuddin chose to attend UCI because of its nationally ranked political science program. Her plan included finding ways to get exposure to international issues while enhancing her writing skills by contributing to student publications such as the New University. Currently in her second year, Shahabuddin is social chair for the Campuswide Honors Student Council, and is involved with the Alkalima Magazine, the magazine of the Muslim Student Union, finding the niche she hoped would exsit for her. Majoring in political science, Shahabuddin is right on course to page 14 | fall / winter your uci
Shahabuddin was one of more than 120 applicants for the extremely competitive program funded from the generous gifts of alumni and community friends. Only 11 scholar awards are available at any time. “I truly appreciate this recognition and all the time and effort that was put in to funding this scholarship and choosing its recipients,” says Shahabuddin. As she continues her career at UC Irvine, the Walnut, Calif., native hopes to use her UCIAA scholarship funds to explore out-of-state or international internship programs focusing on global politics.
UCIAA scholarship program earns honor as best practice in alumni relations Each year, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education honors member institutions for creating programs that represent best practices in higher education. The 2009 awards, announced in October, will honor three UCIAA programs with four awards.
UCIAA 2009 CASE Awards
“Thank you for affording me the great honor and privelege of being named a UCIAA Scholar, “ says Shahabuddin. “With this scholarship, I have before me an array of exciting and challenging opportunities I can pursue throughout my college career.”
DISTINGUISHED ANTEATER AWARDS For more than four decades, UCIAA has been supporting incoming students through its scholarship programs. Under the leadership of two alumnae volunteers, UCIAA launched its Distinguished Anteater Awards to support continuing students at UC Irvine. For creating a program focused on addressing student retention issues, the DAA program earned a bronze award in the new alumni programs category. HOMECOMING UCIAA’s annual Homecoming Street Festival was honored with two awards; a gold award of excellence for alumni programs and a bronze award for campus collaborations in alumni relations, making it the fourth time the UCIAA Homecoming program has been honored by CASE since 2004. (See page 16 for information on the 2010 Homecoming Street Festival.) BOARD PARTICIPATION In 2009, the UCIAA Board of Directors instituted its first comprehensive expectations summary. UCIAA board members set an annual scholarship fundraising goal of $10,000 for itself to support UCIAA scholarship programs like the one awarded to Madiha Shahabuddin, an expectation that is a first for alumni association boards in the UC system.
Making an art of leadership Former CSU Northridge chair named dean of UCI Arts Joseph Lewis, III, former art department chair at Cal State Northridge, is returning to southern California as dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts after more than five years in New York. Since 2004, Lewis has been dean of the School of Art & Design in the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in New York, which boasts a rigorous curriculum with significant interdisciplinary partnerships between art and technology. “Being appointed dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts is one of the most energizing events in my professional career,” Lewis says. “The support and trust of the UC Irvine community is truly humbling. I look forward to working with students, faculty, alumni and friends, and staff to build upon the school’s record of achievement, creative excellence and innovation.” Lewis, 56, grew up in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood and is the son of a singer-songwriter who sang backup
for Harry Belafonte. He will join the UC Irvine community beginning in March 2010. In addition to his academic career, Lewis has worked in municipal government and the philanthropic arena. He was an administrator for the Public Art Program, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles; project manager for Jackie Robinson Foundation in New York; and co-founding director of Fashion Moda in New
York. “Joseph Lewis is both a recognized artist and a gifted administrator who has experience with strategic planning, fundraising and stewardship, curriculum and program development, budget management, and community-partnership building,” said Chancellor Michael Drake. “I am excited to welcome this dynamic and energetic leader to our university.” Lewis currently is on the
boards of the National Association of Schools of Art & Design/NASAD, the accrediting agency for art schools, and California Lawyers for the Arts. He served as chair, Department of Art, California State University, Northridge from 1995 to 2001, and as a faculty member at California Institute of the Arts from 1991 to 1995. Lewis received his M.F.A. in 1989 from Maryland Institute, College of Art and a bachelor’s in 1975
from Hamilton College, where he was a Thomas J. Watson Fellow. In 2008, he was named New York Foundation for the Arts Deutsche Bank Fellow in Photography. Concert pianist Nohema Fernandez stepped down in mid-2008 as UCI’s art school dean. Since then, Alan Terricciano, a pianist and composer who previously chaired the dance department, has been serving as acting dean. www.alumni.uci.edu | page 15
UCIAActivities Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 Ho m e c o m i n g S t re et Festival 4 p.m., Free Registration will open in January. UCI’s annual Homecoming festival welcomes back thousands of alumni for a street festival with students and campus friends before the last home UCI Men’s Basketball game of the season. The family-friendly festival is free to attend and alumni will be able to reserve a limited number of free tickets to the game beginning in January. Past highlights have included: - Greek Village - Beer Garden - Kid’s Carnival - School Booths
- Giveaways - Live Performances - DJs - BBQ (avail. for purchase)
This year’s logo was designed by Jennifer Tan, UCI senior. Tan will be presented with her $300 award for winning the annual student logo competition.
U p co m i n g Eve n t s Wednesday, Feb. 3 ANTEATER MEET-UP Wine Gallery Corona del Mar
Thursday, May 13 LAUDS & LAURELS The Fairmont Hotel Newport Beach
Saturday, April 17 WAYZGOOSE Aldrich Park
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GETTING GETTING INVOLVED INVOLVED
Help lead UC, nominate an Anteater for UC Alumni Regent Strong leadership is at the cornerstone of great universities. University leaders come from all walks of life and bring unique perspectives to campus priorities. One of the highest honors bestowed on an alumnus/a of the University of California is to be appointed as UC Alumni Regent for the University of California Board of Regents. This prestigious position rotates among each of the UC campuses, with a UC Irvine alumnus/a appointment occurring once every seven years. Currently, the UCI Alumni Association is accepting nominations and applications for the 2010 alumni regent term.
Alumni are selected to serve a two-year term. UC Irvine’s appointment begins July 1, 2010. “This is a phenomenal opportunity for an enthusiastic, engaged Anteater to make a lasting impact on the University of California,” explains Jorge E. Ancona, assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations at UC Irvine. “The Alumni Regent position carries with it the responsibility of ensuring the voices of all alumni are represented at the regents level.” A volunteer committee of UCI alumni leaders has been assembled to assist in recruiting and selecting the alumni regent. Alumni regents must
Application deadline: Friday, Feb. 12 be degree holders from UC Irvine and should be actively involved with the campus. Applicants will be required to complete a comprehensive application process that includes an application, personal statements and in-person interviews. Alumni regents attend six 2-day meetings per year in addition to committee work and a joint appointment to the Alumni Associations of the University of California. Besides the meeting schedule, it would be anticipated that the UC Alumni Regent from
Irvine would be asked to speak or appear on behalf of UC or UCI. Based on previous experience, an alumni regent can anticipate a time commitment of three to four business days per month.
Alumni interested in nominating a fellow Anteater are asked forward the nominee’s name, class year and contact information to the UCI Alumni Association. (See box belowfor address details.)
Alumni interested in applying can pick up application packets at the Phineas Banning Alumni House or request materials by phone or e-mail: Jorge E. Ancona, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations Phineas Banning Alumni House | University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-1225 | 949-824-2586 | alumni@uci.edu
UC Irvine Medical Center needs volunteers The UC Irvine Healthcare division is seeking volunteers for the UCI Medical Center and Douglas Hospital. Volunteers can commit a few hours a week or provide assistance more if their schedule allows.
Sign up for free lunch-time webinars
Volunteer opportunities are assigned based on the needs of the medical center and the interests of each volunteer.
UC Irvine Extension, the continuing education division of UC Irvine, offers a wide variety of lunch-time webinars to help you explore your educational goals.
Volunteer opportunities include: Nursing Unit Support Volunteers provide assistance in nursing units by answering phones, greeting visitors, responding to patient requests and stocking supplies.
More than 20 webinars are offered quarterly including career and certificate planning sessions that span technology, medicine, communications and more.
Hospitality Volunteers welcome patients and visitors as they enter the medical center and provide information, directions and escort service as needed.
UCIAA members also enjoy a 10% discount off UC Irvine Extension courses. More than 200 courses are offered quarterly—on campus and completely online. For information, call 949-824-5414 or visit www.extension.uci.edu/events
Administrative Assistance Volunteer prepare patient educational materials and mailings, work with computers and make deliveries and pick-ups between medical center departments. To learn more about our volunteer program, contact Volunteer Services at 714-456-6742. www.alumni.uci.edu | page 17
Submit class notes via e-mail: alumni@uci.edu
CLASSNOTES BIRTHS Tracey Rentner Glen [SocSci.’97] and husband, Ron, are pleased to announce the arrival of future Anteater, Rosalind Elisabeth June Glen, on July 14, 2009, in Walnut Creek, CA. Rosie weighed in at 8 lbs, 3oz and was 20.5 inches long. 1970s Thomas Morgan [Bio. ’75, Med. M.S. ’79, Ph.D. ’83] was promoted to captain in the United States Navy Reserve. He specializes in fleet management, supervising construction, repair and overhaul of ships. 1980s Robert A. Wascher, MD [Bio. ’84] was recently appointed as the Physician-in-Chief for surgical oncology for the Kaiser Permanente health care system in Orange County. Dr. Wascher is also a clinical associate professor of surgery at UC Irvine, and the editor of “Weekly Health Update,” a global health research information Web site.
Henry Yeh [Eng. M.S. ’80, Ph.D. ’82] was honored as a recipent of this year’s Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award at California State University, Long Beach.
1990s Lynn L. Sharp [Hum. M.A. ’91, Ph.D. ’96]is the recipient of the Robert Y. Fluno Award for Distinguished Teaching in Social Sciences from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., where she is an associate professor of history. Melodie Holden [‘95] was appointed president of Venture Strategies Innovations in June, a California-based organization that works to bring low-cost, evidence-based health solutions to low-income people in developing countries. Aimee Larson [SocSci. ’97] was promoted to market research team leader at The Orange County Register in September. She has been with the Register for the last four years. David McGlynn [Hum. ’98], assistant professor of English at Lawrence University, received Lawrence’s Award for Excellence in Creative Activity. 2000s California Lutheran
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University welcomed Kirk M. Lesh [M.B.A. ’00] to its faulty. Lesh is an economics instructor and a senior economist for the CLU Center for Economic Research and Forecasting. Kevin Nada [SocSci. ’00] recently authored a new book, Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice. Dr. K.M. Williamson [SocEco. M.A. ’00, Ph.D. ’05] has been appointed to the City of Claremont Planning Commission, having served as Architectural Commissioner since 2004. She also heads Urban Public Realm Consulting which specializes in urban design and planning for public use environments. She is a lifetime member of UCIAA. Crystal Acuna [SocEco. ’05] received her Masters in Public Health in Global Health from Loma Linda University. Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP, a statewide certified public accounting, management consulting and personnel services firm, promoted Ka Man (Zukie) Chiu [SocSci. ’06] from experienced associate to senior associate in
the firm’s Newport Beach office. Sheena Nahm [SocSci. M.A. ’07, Ph.D. ’09] is a research specialist for Hollywood, Health & Society, a program of the University of Southern California Annenberg Norman Lear Center. She conducts original research, evaluates program activities and assists in data. Brian B. Axline [PhySci. ’09] enrolled in the M.B.A. program at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. IN MEMORIAM Sean D. Baker [Eng ’93] passed away on June 8. He was 37. Arlene Boda Eichhorn [Bio. ’94] passed away July 21 at the age of 45 in Santa Rosa after a long battle with cancer. During her career in the wine industry, she worked as a wine chemist and most recently as an assistant winemaker for Rosenblum Cellars. Long Phan [PhySci. ’07] passed away on Wednesday, July 22 at the age of 24. He was a Regent’s Scholar at UCI who earned his B.S. in chemistry with honors in 2007.
TELL US YOUR NEWS Send news updates to the UCI Alumni Association to be included in the classnotes section. Classnotes include: new jobs, books, promotions, marriages/unions, awards, accolades and obituaries. Your UCI does not publish engagement announcements Classnotes, with the exception of obituary notices, must be submitted by the alumnus/a who is the subject of the note. If a class note is submitted by someone other than the subject of the note, the subject of the
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Hungry, hungry Anteaters ... Help each of the five Anteaters snag their respective ants without crossing the routes of the other four.
We’ll be calling‌ will you answer?! UC Irvine students calling the shots. The Telephone Outreach Program at UC Irvine is in full swing and its student callers hope to talk with you soon. Each year, UCI students contact alumni, parents and friends on behalf of the university. Students are especially excited to talk with alumni to hear about your college experience and how you got to where you are today. They also will share with you campus news, details on how to stay connected and to ask for your support of UC Irvine.
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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS Membership Rates
My member story. Tell us your story Let us know why you are a member or how your membership has benefited you and your story may end up profiled in a future issue. Be sure to send along a recent electronic photo: alumni@uci.edu.
I was one of those students who received their senior packets and immediately went to sign up for the lifetime membership to the UCI Alumni Association. This way, I figured I could join early and receive a cap and gown free of charge while I was at it. Although the free gifts and discounts are a pleasant reward, they were not the reason I joined the Anteater family for life.
Alumni
$50
$500
Student
$30
$400
Recent Grad*
$30
$400
Associate
$55
$600
To learn about our joint membership options and installment payment plans, contact UCIAA at: 949-824-ALUM (2586). * Recent graduate is defined as having graduated in the last two years.
I joined the Student Alumni Association as a sophomore and served on the council for three years; the last of which I was vice president of marketing. We were constantly planning events like Dinner for 12 Anteaters where alumni host undergrads for dinner in their homes or participating in several campus-wide events such as Homecoming and Wayzgoose. It was always a good time spent with the association and alumni, so I knew I would want to stay connected long after I graduated. Of course the constant networking, discounts, and friendly reminders of what’s going on with UCI are some of the benefits on paper, but the ultimate reward is staying connected with my family of Anteaters. Having only graduated in the spring I have already felt the connections as I received the welcoming package and all of the updates through e-mail. I can only expect more of this great treatment in the future and I look forward to it! Zot zot!
Monica
Monica Trigoso‘09
Member Appreciation Nights Reserve two free tickets to men’s basketball at the Bren In partnership with UC Irvine athletics, UCIAA members can receive up to two free general admission tickets, a $10 value per ticket, to watch the Anteater Men’s Basketball team at select home games this season. Bring a friend and join in the excitement of Big page 20 | fall / winter your uci
West Basketball at the Bren Events Center on Jan. 21, 2010 when UC Irvine takes on Long Beach State or on Feb. 10, 2010 vs. Cal State Fullerton. To reserve your free member tickets, complete the online registration form: www.alumni. uci.edu.
A limited number of tickets are available, so register today!
Set for Life! The following alumni became life members of the UCI Alumni Association between June 16 and October 15, 2009. UCIAA would like to thank all of our members for their continued support. Irma Acevedo ’06
Aletha Green ’74
Gene Minko ’09
Simon Aftalion ’09
Amy Guth ’80
John Mooney, Ph.D. ’96
John Augustine ’79
Timothy Guth, M.B.A. ’84
Marmot Moore ’69
Rachel Bell ’08
William Harter, Ph.D. ’67
Neysa Nankervis ’09
Ashley Butler ’09
Reshama High ’03
Jim Samuels ’82
Leah Carter ’83
Deborah Ivar ’84
Kimi Sasaki ’03
Katherine Clark, M.A. ’75
Nabil Kabbara ’82
Shaheen Sayani ’09
Michael Clark, M.A. ‘73, Ph.D. ’77
Katrin Kask ’08
Kristine Schmidt ’78
Karyn Kendall-Edens ’69
Dale Dwelle ’06
Dina Schumer ’92
Hsuan-Yao Lee ’04
Cosmos Eubany ’00
Edward Sumcad ’04
Melody Lee ’08
Carlos Feliciano ’07
Jack Yang ’08
John Maitino ’69
Frank Gonzales, M.D. ’81
Elaine Yee ’84
Peggy Maradudin, M.A. ’68
Keys to membership UCIAA updated its lifetime membership cards in 2006-07 and initiatied its ‘Never Lose Your Keys’ keytag program. The keytag program gives lifetime members the peace of mind knowing that if your keys are ever lost, anyone finding them can drop them in the mail for free and they will be returned to UCIAA. And, UCIAA will send them right to our lifetime member. If you would like to update your membership card or receive your free keytag, send an e-mail with your name, class year and member number: alumni@uci.edu. Depending on the number of requests UCIAA receives, it may take up to six weeks to receive your new card and/
IMPORTANT PRIVACY INFORMATION You have the right to control whether we share your name, address and electronic mail address with our affinity partners (companies that we partner with to offer products or services to our alumni). Please read the following information carefully before you make your choice. Your Rights You have the following rights to restrict the sharing of your name, address and electronic mail address with our affinity partners. This form does not prohibit us from sharing your information when we are required to do so by law. This includes sending you information about the alumni association, the university, or other products or services. Your Choice Unless you say “NO,” we may share your name, address and electronic mail address with our affinity partners. Our affinity partners may send you offers to purchase various products or services that we may have agreed they can offer in partnership with us. Time-Sensitive Reply You may decide at any time that you do not want us to share your information with our affinity partners. However, if we do not hear from you, we may share your name, address and electronic mail address with our affinity partners. If you decide that you do not want to receive information from our partners, you may do one of the following: Visit us at: www.alumni.uci.edu/nopartnermailing and fill out the form online E-mail us at: nopartnermailing@uadv.uci.edu FAX us at: 949-824-8516 Regardless of the method, be sure to include your Personal ID number (the 10-digit number above your name on the mailing label), name, address and phone number.
WHY DO WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION? One of the ways the UCI Alumni Association generates the income needed to fund programs that benefit UCI is by engaging in partnerships with carefully selected businesses. Partner candidates compete for the privilege of marketing their services and products to highly desirable UCI graduates. We select these partners based on the quality, value, price and appropriateness of their offerings and their reputation. We hope you agree that our judgment is sound and you find any partner solicitations useful and relevant. But even if you do not respond to such offers, you’re still helping us simply by allowing us to continue to send these offers to you. We remain committed to your privacy. It is our standard practice to block commercial solicitations to alumni and friends who request such. You may always make such a request by contacting the UCI Alumni Association.
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UC Irvine launches first automated bike-sharing program in UC By Cathy Lawhon
University Communications
Sometimes great ideas are born in unlikely places. The inspiration for ZotWheels, UC Irvine’s new bike-sharing system, came to Ronald Fleming in a Palm Springs-area outlet mall, where the interim director of Parking & Transportation Services had gotten a stroller for his young daughter from a self-serve vending station. It occurred to him: Why couldn’t we do this with bicycles? Less than two years later, Fleming’s brainstorm has spawned the first automated bike-sharing program in the University of California system. With its launch Friday, Oct. 9, students, faculty and staff will be able to borrow a bicycle with the swipe of a membership card. “This is designed to reduce car trips around campus,” says Fleming, who also oversees the successful Zipcar vehiclesharing program. “UCI
ZotWheels to save 20 - 40 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent has always taken the lead in being receptive to innovative, Earth-friendly ideas and alternative transportation.” ZotWheels is expected to save between 20 and 40 metric tons of CO2e per year, depending on program participation. Fleming’s seed of an idea fell on fertile ground. When he approached Illinois-based stroller vendor Central Specialties Ltd. about it, owner Jay Maher had just returned from a vacation in Paris, where bike sharing is all the rage, so he
was enthusiastic. Within months, CSL had adapted its stroller dispensers to fit bikes manufactured by the Collegiate Bicycle Co. The three-speed cruisers sport a basket and UCI colors. Ports to accommodate 40 bikes are located at Langson Library, the Student Center’s lower lawn area, Physical Sciences and the Science Library. The $40-per-year program is open only to UCI affiliates with a current employee or student identification number. The first 250
subscribers will receive a helmet, safety light, lock and water bottle. “It’s another innovation from Parking & Transportation Services,” says Wendell Brase, vice chancellor of administrative and business services. “Environmental
programs developed and implemented by this team have been recognized numerous times, including, most notably, the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award and the EPA Region 9 Environmental Achievement Award.”
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AROUNDTHECIRCLE Events taking place on campus and in the community. For a comprehensive listings, visit: today.uci.edu/calendar
January 2010 Wednesday 6 Irvine Barclay Theatre. What Makes Music Beautiful? 7 p.m., Barclay Theatre. $25. More: 949-854-4646. Thursday 7 Beall Center for Art + Technology. Emergence. Noon-5 p.m., Beall Center for Art + Technology. Free. Continues through May 7. More: 949824-4339. Monday 11 Public Health Seminar. Leadership, Regulatory Agencies and Public Health. Noon, SST 238. More: 949824-8214. Saturday 16 Irvine Barclay Theatre. Grupo de Rua. 8 p.m., Barclay Theatre. $23. More: 949-854-4646. Thursday 21 Institute for Genomics and BioInformatics. Computational Protein Design: Designing Enzymes that Really Work! 11 a.m., Calit2. More: 949-824-7427. Friday 22 School of Law. Bend or Break: Tailoring the Patent System to Promote Innovation. School of Law. More: 949-824-0066. Thursday 28 Center for Machine Learning & Intelligent Systems. Very Large Scale Online Learning. 11 a.m., Bren Hall 6011. Free. More: 949-8243289.
Friday 29 Critical Theory Emphasis. Jacques Lezra and Etienne Balibar. 5-7:30 p.m., Humanities Gateway 1010. More: 949-824-6720. Biomedical Engineering. High Frequency Ultrasound: A New Frontier for Ultrasound. 3:30-4:30 p.m., NSII 3201. More: 949-824-4471.
February 2010 Monday 1 Extension. College Admissions Consulting Resources. Online $600. More: 949-8245414. Tuesday 2 Studio Art. Emerging Artist Series: X Love Scenes: Pearls without a String – A solo project by Constanze Ruhm. Noon-5 p.m., University Art Gallery. Free. Continues through Feb. 6. More: 949824-9854. Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory. The Scaffolded Mind: How Your Brain Adapts to Aging. 7:30 p.m., Barclay Theatre. Free. More: 949-824-5193. Studio Art. VIDEO DADA. Noon-5 p.m., University Art Gallery. Free. Continues
Emergence Thursday, Jan. 7 Opening Reception 6:30 - 9 p.m.
al. 11:10 a.m., -12:20 p.m., Online. More: 949-824-5414.
“Emergence” features international artists exploring the biological and computational manifestations of emergent behavior. These dynamically changing, interactive sculptures illustrate the rich variety of mutating systems and their ability to adapt to a changing world. Continues through May 7.
Friday 12 Irvine Barclay Theatre. Masters of Persian Music: Next Generation. 8 p.m., Barclay Theatre. More: 949854-4646.
through Feb. 6. More: 949824-9854. Thursday 4 Dance. Dance Visions 2010. 8 p.m., Claire Trevor Theatre. $9-17. Continues through Feb. 7. More: 949-824-2787. Friday 5 Biomedical Engineering. Development of Point-ofCare Diagnostic Systems for Use in the Developing World. 3:30-4:30 p.m., NS II 3201. Free. More: 949-8244471. Saturday 6 Business. Full Time MBA Winter Open House. 9 a.m.2 p.m., Merage School of Business. More: 949-8244622. Extension. Assessing Your Personality. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., University Extension A 103. $75. More: 949-8245414. Monday 8 Public Health Seminar. Health Under Siege: The Gazan Model. Noon-1 p.m., SST 238. More: 949-8248214. National Fuel Cell Research Center. Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Hybrid Short Course.
1-5 p.m., National Fuel Cell Research Center. $50-250. Continues through Feb. 11. More: 949-824-7302. Extension. Paralegal Admissions Meeting Webinar. Online. Continues through Feb. 14. Free. More: 949824-5414. Tuesday 9 Irvine Barclay Theatre. Bahok. 8 p.m., Barclay Theatre. $23. More: 949-824-4646. Wednesday 10 Social Ecology. Keeping Orange County Moving. 7-8:30 p.m., Pacific Ballroom C. Free. More: 949-824-9337. Irvine Barclay Theatre. Brooklyn Rider. 8 p.m., Barclay Theatre. $30-40. More: 949-824-4646. Thursday 11 Humanities Collective. Network & Enclaves: Open Access in the 21st Century University. 8 a.m.- 7 p.m., Humanities Gateway 1030. Continues Through Feb. 12. More: 949-824-3638. Extension. Sustainability & Green Initiatives – The 5 Business Drivers for Enviro, Safety & Facility Profession-
Saturday 13 Music Chamber Series. An Evening of Beethoven and Mendelssohn. 8 p.m., Smith Hall. $9-14. More: 949-8242787. Sunday 14 Music. Men in Blaque and UCI Acapella 16th Annual Valentine’s Concert. 8 p.m., Smith Hall. $9-14. More: 949-824-2787. Tuesday 16 Anatomy & Neurobiology. Space Radiation and CNS Deficits: How Neural Stem Cells Respond to the Space Radiation Environment. 4-5 p.m., Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility. Free. More: 949-824-2583. Wednesday 17 Music. Showcase Concert. Noon. Smith Hall. Free. More: 949-824-2787. Music. Gassmann Electronic Music Series: Mauger Trio. 8 p.m., Smith Hall. More: 949824-2787. Irvine Barclay Theatre. Max Raabe & Palast Orchester. 8 p.m., Barclay Theatre. $24. More: 949-854-4646. www.alumni.uci.edu | page 23
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CLASS OF 2021? Students in Christine Ponce’s fifth grade class from Vermont Elementary in San Bernardino, Calif. show off their Anteater pride. Ponce’s class adopted UC Irvine as its college of choice while learning about California college options. UCIAA partners with classes across the country to foster excitement for higher education and UC Irvine.