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Anyone have any ideas why the asian population of UCI is so disproportionate with its surround areas compared to other UCs and why they get so many more applications from asian students? Orange county does have a large asian population but so do many other areas and their schools are more heterogeneous. Jarwulf 00:44, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
I couldn't resist weighing in on this. A lot of people make a big deal about the asian population. I've heard people who never attended the school saying that it was 90% asian which is a huge exaggeration. UCLA's asian population is above 40%, UCB is roughly the same yet for some reason people like to point out UCI's high asian concentration. You have to keep in mind, that the term "asian" within the UC system also includes those from the Middle East, and South Asians including those from India, Pakistan, etc. and I can tell you that they have a huge thriving community at UCI as well.---- Ðysepsion † Speak your mind 01:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
The 1970 bank arson has documentation: (1) Los Angeles Times Oct 27, 1970, "Arsonists Leave Radical Signs After Burning UC Irvine Bank", p. 1; (2) Oct 27, 1970, "UC Irvine Students Disgusted, Apprehensive Over Bank Arson", p. C1; and (3) Oct 28, 1970, "New Bank Branch at UCI Opens One Day After Fire", p. B1. I confirmed these via a licensed database search, but transcripts might be available online.
Irvine as well as UC Davis are mentioned in several Public Ivies listings. For a more in-depth discussion visit check out Talk:Public_Ivies ... For instance, check out page 53 in Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different ( ISBN 1580081509) and page 117 in The College Finder, Revised Edition ( ISBN 0449003892).
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I have to question if this section is really necessary. No other medical schools that have had problems have entries like these. For example, Stanford, UCLA, and USC does not. I'm sure those three medical schools are not controvery free. Also, the whole section has a biased feel to it like the writer has an agenda. 68.101.121.62 01:22, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
The UCI Library currently has an exhibit on the history of UCI of how it was planned and built as well as the key people involved. Additionally, I do know that the UCIMC has a rather interesting history as well. I'm thinking about creating a History section for the university using the information from the UCI Libraries, any comments/suggestions/help with citations?
The UCIMC History would be placed in the relevant article of course. Cikoykip 06:58, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
This is random, I'm sorry, but is there a user-page template for wikipedians attending UC Irvine? - MBlume 19:08, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I changed the origins of the name back to what it was before due to several reasons: 1. The Irvine Ranch was wholly owned and controlled by the Irvine Company at the time of UCI's creation 2. The Irvine Company provided the land for the creation of UCI Thus the "Irvine" in UCI is from the "Irvine Company" not the "Irvine Ranch". Although you can infer that the name indirectly came from the ranch, it is actually directly from the Irvine Company's name. Additionally, there was an exhibit done at the Langson Library about UCI's history that mentioned this as well.
Additionally, several other important facts were deleted from the last edit and were reinserted. Cikoykip 12:39, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
When I was a physics undergrad at UCI I recall hearing that the nuclear reactor hasn't been active since the mid 90's due to the cost of insurance and AEC licencing fees. Anyone know if that's still the case? - Loren 02:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Last I heard, it was shutdown. WPW 17:28, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
the article used to say that UCI had wolves until 1985 but now does not - is this false? - MBlume 23:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I have not noticed any wolves, nor have I heard anything about them. It would certainly take care of the bunny problem, though. :) Andrew zot 06:45, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
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Before I get warned for violating WP:3RR, does anybody see any issues with me removing the recent parking citation statements added by three different anonymous IPs? In my opinion, somebody has a grudge and is pushing an agenda.
I noted in my last revert to cite sources, but the statements were re-added without sources. -- Gogo Dodo 03:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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I think the extended listing of parking permits available to students is information overload for a general audience and would like to remove it. Does anyone concur? Fueltheburn 08:15, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
FYI, I did some research and found this website, which extensively covers the UCI Health System (UCIHS). I reccommend consolidating the UCI Medical Center wiki into a UCIHS wiki, which would also include more thorough descriptions of the hospital history, medical center controversy, local clinics, libraries, and the college of medicine. UCI wikipedians would be useful contributors to such an article. Fueltheburn 12:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
The caption says, "The Engineering Tower, located in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, is the tallest building on campus." But the picture is of the entrance to Engineering Tower, it doesn't really capture the tallness of it. Anyone have a better picture? Cikoykip 00:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
The commercial center located next to campus is called University Center, there is no "Town" in the name. Cikoykip 00:15, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Back in the early 1970's, it was called University Town Center. It's where the bookstore was, the Bank of America branch, a 7/11 type convenience store, and the Campus Malt Shop. The campus was small then and so was the Unviersity Town Center. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.104.254.34 ( talk) 21:06, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
First of all, what's the theory?
Removed section: "*The question of The Irvine Company's role in UCI's affairs has grown to become a popular conspiracy theory among students. This theory is based on the facts that UC Irvine was built on land owned by The Irvine Company, William Pereira (architect of UCI's master plan) was also the architect of the Irvine Ranch Master Plan (which includes much of the region around UCI), and that The Irvine Company owns territory that comprises one-fifth of Orange County. It may also be inspired by the current relationship between UCI and The Irvine Company. For instance, Donald Bren (CEO of The Irvine Company and the nation's wealthiest landowner) has sponsored two of UC Irvine's most important facilities (The Bren Events Center and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science), and is one of UC Irvine's largest patron donors. Also, the University Research Park was entirely built by The Irvine Company on land owned by the company and UCI, which the university leases to The Irvine Company."
I removed this section because it only talks about facts of UCI already stated and explains nothing about the supposed conspiracy theory.
Cikoykip 00:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I recommend that work begin on articles for each of the academic units at UCI, as other universities have linked articles for each of their divisions and schools. The Merage School has an article, but that could be cleaned up. Each article could discuss curriculum, rankings and distinctions, majors/minors, and special programs. Also, many universities have biographies for all their chancellors; this could be done for UCI as well. Fueltheburn 22:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the phrase
because "flagship campus" has a well-defined meaning; see the article " flagship." It is not an "informal description" and it does not mean "excellent school."
It means, very specifically, the original campus from which a state university system has grown. Flagship campuses are often land-grant schools established following the Morrill Act, and were often joined by other campuses during a wave of university system expansions that followed World War II.
In other words, "flagship" doesn't mean "best," it means "oldest."
Thus a campus cannot be "a" flagship, it either is the flagship or it is not.
Because of their history, flagship campuses often are the largest and best-financed campuses in the system and often are the highest-regarded academically, but it does not work the other way around. No matter what it may achieve academically, a campus founded in 1959 cannot "become a flagship" of a university system founded in 1868. Dpbsmith (talk) 13:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I removed the recently-added "Academic Rivalry" section because it does not provide a source for the claim that UCI will move up in ranking, and because it contains original research in the second-to-last sentence.
Evil saltine 05:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Can you really say that UCI is "better" academically than UC Davis or UCSB?
UCI will never surpass UCSD.
UCI will NEVER pass UCLA, and I went to UCI
These users have been given a warning for posting inappropriate comments, as defined by Wikipedia policy. Fueltheburn 05:38, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
any evidence the endowment is really 400 million? That is quite a jump Jarwulf 02:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Could someone who's familiar with the references here, provide a solid reliable one that Dr. William Sears was an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics? It's something that's mentioned in all of his self-written bios, but I'd like something more solid for his Wikipedia bio, including the years that he worked on campus. Thanks, El on ka 04:48, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Endowment reported at above $800 million in the article, with this source: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1314_brief.php
However, endowment was $195 as of June 30, 2006, according to this more official UCI fact sheet: http://today.uci.edu/pdf/UCI_07_Facts_and_Figures.pdf
I'm more than skeptical that the endowment quadrupled in the last year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by James Lednik ( talk • contribs) 10:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I copied the section regarding Chemerinsky into the new UC Irvine School of Law article, but I held off from deleting the section here until there was at least some sort of consensus. -- Donutmonger 22:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I moved the trivia section here for further discussion, Wikipedia discourages trivia sections and suggests that relevant material in trivia sections should be incorporated into main article:
1. Unlike other University of California campuses, UCI was not named for the city it was built in; at the time of the university's founding (1965), the current city of
Irvine (established in 1971) did not exist. The name "Irvine" is a reference to James Irvine, a landowner who administered the 94,000 acre (380 km²) Irvine Ranch. Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI (which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine,
Tustin,
Newport Beach, and
Newport Coast) is now held under
The Irvine Company. William Pereira's proposals for naming the city itself consisted mostly of names from the area's local history, including "Sepulveda", "Rancho San Joaquin", "Myford", and "Santiago". The identity of the University led to the city being named Irvine.
2. During his tenure as Chancellor, Daniel G. Aldrich exclusively employed the sixth floor of the Administration building as his personal gym. [1]
3. Blizzard Entertainment, a PC game developer, has its headquarters at the University Research Park located on UCI land. Broadcom Corporation, one of the top technology companies in the world, has its headquarters at University Research Park. [2]
6. A series of tunnels beneath Ring Road were the subject of many rumors; some believe they functioned as a sort of emergency escape passage. However, they are actually maintenance tunnels containing utility pipes from the central plant that services heating, cooling, natural gas, compressed air, electricity, and water to the campus core buildings and is available to be used for any future expansion of the university. [3]
7. *In October 1970, a Bank of America branch across from campus was burned down as part of an apparent string of California bank arsons that year. The arsonists left radical slogans on graffiti and signs. Student and faculty public reaction was uniformly negative. citation needed
8. The Department of Chemistry operates a 250 kilowatt steady-state Mark I TRIGA reactor, used for radiochemistry research. [4]
9.
Calit2, a research organization on campus, has been noted for its development of the
HIPerWall, which allows researchers to employ a wall of computer monitors to conduct high-resolution imagery research.
[5]
10. UCI's master plan, and its establishment during the national crises of the 1960s, has lent itself to a conspiracy theory popular with students. The theory claims that Aldrich Park was built in a central location so that law enforcement authorities could channel and contain student protests. Variations of this theory also state that the vertically narrow windows employed by UCI's original buildings, a consequence of their Brutalist architecture, were intended to shield rifle-bearing government officials from protesters while allowing them to shoot tear gas or use deadly force. These conspiracy theories may have been partially inspired by the events of Kent State; however, they are probably not plausible since the university was conceived and planned in the late 1950s, before the tulmultous era of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. Ironically, an equivalent conspiracy theory also attached itself, with just as little basis in reality, to the almost completely opposite set of architectural-layout considerations that prevailed in the decentralized campus plan of UCI's sister school at Santa Cruz, which opened simultaneously with UCI. [6]
11. In addition to the San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve, UCI also operates the Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve in the
Mojave Desert.
Several editors are organizing a WikiProject to better organize articles related to the University of California. A preliminary draft is available here. You are invited to participate in the discussion at Talk:University of California#Developing Wikiproject University of California. szyslak 21:28, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
At 81k, this article, while generally well-written, is rather " overweight." I propose moving most of the information under " Academic structure," " Honors and research opportunities" and " Academic and professional preparation" to one or more daughter articles. Amerique dialectics 18:47, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the headstart. I'll work on this during the first week of my winter break (December 15). -- BirdKr ( talk) 21:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Here's a draft for the summary main on Campus
Campus
The layout of the core campus resembles a rough circle with its center being the Aldrich Park, initially known as Central Park, and lined up by the Ring Road and buildings surrounding the road. To further emphasize the layout, academic units' placement relative to the center is based on their educational attainment in which undergraduate schools would be closer to the center than the graduate schools.
Within the Aldrich Park, there are numerous thickly-wooded trees indigeous to the local Mediterranean climate. The very center of the park features a garden and a memorial plaque of UCI's founding.
The Ring Road is the main pedestrian road used by students and faculty to travel around the core campus. The road measures up to a perfect mile and completely incircles the Aldrich Park. Most schools and libraries are lined up by this road with each of these schools having their own central plaza which also connects to the Aldrich Park.
Other areas of the university outside of the core campus such as the College of Medicine and the School of Arts are connected by four pedestrian bridges.
Now, this is my very first draft written under 5 minutes. It's not written well IMO.-- BirdKr ( talk) 19:35, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I wrote another draft, this time for Libraries and Study Centers:
Libraries and Study Centers
UC Irvine Libraries has four main branches:
Jack Langson Library General media and electronic resources Science Library Largest consolidated science and medical library in California Grunigen Medical Library 43,000 volumes of material supporting the College of Medicine Biomedical Library Resource Library in the National Network of Medical Libraries with more than 156,000 volumes and 2,500 periodical subscriptions In addition with these libraries being themselves a study center, other study centers include the Student Center which also offers several auditoriums and a food court, the Aldrich Park, the Cross-Cultural Center, and plazas located at every Schools that are lined up by the Ring Road.
-- BirdKr ( talk) 20:29, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&institution=546&byinst=Go
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicle_of_Higher_Education
It should be noted however, UCI ranks 1st in the Computer and Information Sciences, various, because other arguably better universities in such discipline like MIT are listed in the Computer Science category.
-- BirdKr ( talk) 08:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
For further background on this, please read: [7]. I will not have time to mediate this, but in the meantime please observe and enforce all appropriate WP policies. Best wishes to all, Amerique dialectics 04:00, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
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Anyone have any ideas why the asian population of UCI is so disproportionate with its surround areas compared to other UCs and why they get so many more applications from asian students? Orange county does have a large asian population but so do many other areas and their schools are more heterogeneous. Jarwulf 00:44, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
I couldn't resist weighing in on this. A lot of people make a big deal about the asian population. I've heard people who never attended the school saying that it was 90% asian which is a huge exaggeration. UCLA's asian population is above 40%, UCB is roughly the same yet for some reason people like to point out UCI's high asian concentration. You have to keep in mind, that the term "asian" within the UC system also includes those from the Middle East, and South Asians including those from India, Pakistan, etc. and I can tell you that they have a huge thriving community at UCI as well.---- Ðysepsion † Speak your mind 01:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
The 1970 bank arson has documentation: (1) Los Angeles Times Oct 27, 1970, "Arsonists Leave Radical Signs After Burning UC Irvine Bank", p. 1; (2) Oct 27, 1970, "UC Irvine Students Disgusted, Apprehensive Over Bank Arson", p. C1; and (3) Oct 28, 1970, "New Bank Branch at UCI Opens One Day After Fire", p. B1. I confirmed these via a licensed database search, but transcripts might be available online.
Irvine as well as UC Davis are mentioned in several Public Ivies listings. For a more in-depth discussion visit check out Talk:Public_Ivies ... For instance, check out page 53 in Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different ( ISBN 1580081509) and page 117 in The College Finder, Revised Edition ( ISBN 0449003892).
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I have to question if this section is really necessary. No other medical schools that have had problems have entries like these. For example, Stanford, UCLA, and USC does not. I'm sure those three medical schools are not controvery free. Also, the whole section has a biased feel to it like the writer has an agenda. 68.101.121.62 01:22, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
The UCI Library currently has an exhibit on the history of UCI of how it was planned and built as well as the key people involved. Additionally, I do know that the UCIMC has a rather interesting history as well. I'm thinking about creating a History section for the university using the information from the UCI Libraries, any comments/suggestions/help with citations?
The UCIMC History would be placed in the relevant article of course. Cikoykip 06:58, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
This is random, I'm sorry, but is there a user-page template for wikipedians attending UC Irvine? - MBlume 19:08, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I changed the origins of the name back to what it was before due to several reasons: 1. The Irvine Ranch was wholly owned and controlled by the Irvine Company at the time of UCI's creation 2. The Irvine Company provided the land for the creation of UCI Thus the "Irvine" in UCI is from the "Irvine Company" not the "Irvine Ranch". Although you can infer that the name indirectly came from the ranch, it is actually directly from the Irvine Company's name. Additionally, there was an exhibit done at the Langson Library about UCI's history that mentioned this as well.
Additionally, several other important facts were deleted from the last edit and were reinserted. Cikoykip 12:39, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
When I was a physics undergrad at UCI I recall hearing that the nuclear reactor hasn't been active since the mid 90's due to the cost of insurance and AEC licencing fees. Anyone know if that's still the case? - Loren 02:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Last I heard, it was shutdown. WPW 17:28, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
the article used to say that UCI had wolves until 1985 but now does not - is this false? - MBlume 23:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I have not noticed any wolves, nor have I heard anything about them. It would certainly take care of the bunny problem, though. :) Andrew zot 06:45, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
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Before I get warned for violating WP:3RR, does anybody see any issues with me removing the recent parking citation statements added by three different anonymous IPs? In my opinion, somebody has a grudge and is pushing an agenda.
I noted in my last revert to cite sources, but the statements were re-added without sources. -- Gogo Dodo 03:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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I think the extended listing of parking permits available to students is information overload for a general audience and would like to remove it. Does anyone concur? Fueltheburn 08:15, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
FYI, I did some research and found this website, which extensively covers the UCI Health System (UCIHS). I reccommend consolidating the UCI Medical Center wiki into a UCIHS wiki, which would also include more thorough descriptions of the hospital history, medical center controversy, local clinics, libraries, and the college of medicine. UCI wikipedians would be useful contributors to such an article. Fueltheburn 12:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
The caption says, "The Engineering Tower, located in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, is the tallest building on campus." But the picture is of the entrance to Engineering Tower, it doesn't really capture the tallness of it. Anyone have a better picture? Cikoykip 00:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
The commercial center located next to campus is called University Center, there is no "Town" in the name. Cikoykip 00:15, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Back in the early 1970's, it was called University Town Center. It's where the bookstore was, the Bank of America branch, a 7/11 type convenience store, and the Campus Malt Shop. The campus was small then and so was the Unviersity Town Center. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.104.254.34 ( talk) 21:06, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
First of all, what's the theory?
Removed section: "*The question of The Irvine Company's role in UCI's affairs has grown to become a popular conspiracy theory among students. This theory is based on the facts that UC Irvine was built on land owned by The Irvine Company, William Pereira (architect of UCI's master plan) was also the architect of the Irvine Ranch Master Plan (which includes much of the region around UCI), and that The Irvine Company owns territory that comprises one-fifth of Orange County. It may also be inspired by the current relationship between UCI and The Irvine Company. For instance, Donald Bren (CEO of The Irvine Company and the nation's wealthiest landowner) has sponsored two of UC Irvine's most important facilities (The Bren Events Center and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science), and is one of UC Irvine's largest patron donors. Also, the University Research Park was entirely built by The Irvine Company on land owned by the company and UCI, which the university leases to The Irvine Company."
I removed this section because it only talks about facts of UCI already stated and explains nothing about the supposed conspiracy theory.
Cikoykip 00:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I recommend that work begin on articles for each of the academic units at UCI, as other universities have linked articles for each of their divisions and schools. The Merage School has an article, but that could be cleaned up. Each article could discuss curriculum, rankings and distinctions, majors/minors, and special programs. Also, many universities have biographies for all their chancellors; this could be done for UCI as well. Fueltheburn 22:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the phrase
because "flagship campus" has a well-defined meaning; see the article " flagship." It is not an "informal description" and it does not mean "excellent school."
It means, very specifically, the original campus from which a state university system has grown. Flagship campuses are often land-grant schools established following the Morrill Act, and were often joined by other campuses during a wave of university system expansions that followed World War II.
In other words, "flagship" doesn't mean "best," it means "oldest."
Thus a campus cannot be "a" flagship, it either is the flagship or it is not.
Because of their history, flagship campuses often are the largest and best-financed campuses in the system and often are the highest-regarded academically, but it does not work the other way around. No matter what it may achieve academically, a campus founded in 1959 cannot "become a flagship" of a university system founded in 1868. Dpbsmith (talk) 13:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I removed the recently-added "Academic Rivalry" section because it does not provide a source for the claim that UCI will move up in ranking, and because it contains original research in the second-to-last sentence.
Evil saltine 05:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Can you really say that UCI is "better" academically than UC Davis or UCSB?
UCI will never surpass UCSD.
UCI will NEVER pass UCLA, and I went to UCI
These users have been given a warning for posting inappropriate comments, as defined by Wikipedia policy. Fueltheburn 05:38, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
any evidence the endowment is really 400 million? That is quite a jump Jarwulf 02:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Could someone who's familiar with the references here, provide a solid reliable one that Dr. William Sears was an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics? It's something that's mentioned in all of his self-written bios, but I'd like something more solid for his Wikipedia bio, including the years that he worked on campus. Thanks, El on ka 04:48, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Endowment reported at above $800 million in the article, with this source: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1314_brief.php
However, endowment was $195 as of June 30, 2006, according to this more official UCI fact sheet: http://today.uci.edu/pdf/UCI_07_Facts_and_Figures.pdf
I'm more than skeptical that the endowment quadrupled in the last year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by James Lednik ( talk • contribs) 10:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I copied the section regarding Chemerinsky into the new UC Irvine School of Law article, but I held off from deleting the section here until there was at least some sort of consensus. -- Donutmonger 22:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I moved the trivia section here for further discussion, Wikipedia discourages trivia sections and suggests that relevant material in trivia sections should be incorporated into main article:
1. Unlike other University of California campuses, UCI was not named for the city it was built in; at the time of the university's founding (1965), the current city of
Irvine (established in 1971) did not exist. The name "Irvine" is a reference to James Irvine, a landowner who administered the 94,000 acre (380 km²) Irvine Ranch. Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI (which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine,
Tustin,
Newport Beach, and
Newport Coast) is now held under
The Irvine Company. William Pereira's proposals for naming the city itself consisted mostly of names from the area's local history, including "Sepulveda", "Rancho San Joaquin", "Myford", and "Santiago". The identity of the University led to the city being named Irvine.
2. During his tenure as Chancellor, Daniel G. Aldrich exclusively employed the sixth floor of the Administration building as his personal gym. [1]
3. Blizzard Entertainment, a PC game developer, has its headquarters at the University Research Park located on UCI land. Broadcom Corporation, one of the top technology companies in the world, has its headquarters at University Research Park. [2]
6. A series of tunnels beneath Ring Road were the subject of many rumors; some believe they functioned as a sort of emergency escape passage. However, they are actually maintenance tunnels containing utility pipes from the central plant that services heating, cooling, natural gas, compressed air, electricity, and water to the campus core buildings and is available to be used for any future expansion of the university. [3]
7. *In October 1970, a Bank of America branch across from campus was burned down as part of an apparent string of California bank arsons that year. The arsonists left radical slogans on graffiti and signs. Student and faculty public reaction was uniformly negative. citation needed
8. The Department of Chemistry operates a 250 kilowatt steady-state Mark I TRIGA reactor, used for radiochemistry research. [4]
9.
Calit2, a research organization on campus, has been noted for its development of the
HIPerWall, which allows researchers to employ a wall of computer monitors to conduct high-resolution imagery research.
[5]
10. UCI's master plan, and its establishment during the national crises of the 1960s, has lent itself to a conspiracy theory popular with students. The theory claims that Aldrich Park was built in a central location so that law enforcement authorities could channel and contain student protests. Variations of this theory also state that the vertically narrow windows employed by UCI's original buildings, a consequence of their Brutalist architecture, were intended to shield rifle-bearing government officials from protesters while allowing them to shoot tear gas or use deadly force. These conspiracy theories may have been partially inspired by the events of Kent State; however, they are probably not plausible since the university was conceived and planned in the late 1950s, before the tulmultous era of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. Ironically, an equivalent conspiracy theory also attached itself, with just as little basis in reality, to the almost completely opposite set of architectural-layout considerations that prevailed in the decentralized campus plan of UCI's sister school at Santa Cruz, which opened simultaneously with UCI. [6]
11. In addition to the San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve, UCI also operates the Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve in the
Mojave Desert.
Several editors are organizing a WikiProject to better organize articles related to the University of California. A preliminary draft is available here. You are invited to participate in the discussion at Talk:University of California#Developing Wikiproject University of California. szyslak 21:28, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
At 81k, this article, while generally well-written, is rather " overweight." I propose moving most of the information under " Academic structure," " Honors and research opportunities" and " Academic and professional preparation" to one or more daughter articles. Amerique dialectics 18:47, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the headstart. I'll work on this during the first week of my winter break (December 15). -- BirdKr ( talk) 21:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Here's a draft for the summary main on Campus
Campus
The layout of the core campus resembles a rough circle with its center being the Aldrich Park, initially known as Central Park, and lined up by the Ring Road and buildings surrounding the road. To further emphasize the layout, academic units' placement relative to the center is based on their educational attainment in which undergraduate schools would be closer to the center than the graduate schools.
Within the Aldrich Park, there are numerous thickly-wooded trees indigeous to the local Mediterranean climate. The very center of the park features a garden and a memorial plaque of UCI's founding.
The Ring Road is the main pedestrian road used by students and faculty to travel around the core campus. The road measures up to a perfect mile and completely incircles the Aldrich Park. Most schools and libraries are lined up by this road with each of these schools having their own central plaza which also connects to the Aldrich Park.
Other areas of the university outside of the core campus such as the College of Medicine and the School of Arts are connected by four pedestrian bridges.
Now, this is my very first draft written under 5 minutes. It's not written well IMO.-- BirdKr ( talk) 19:35, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I wrote another draft, this time for Libraries and Study Centers:
Libraries and Study Centers
UC Irvine Libraries has four main branches:
Jack Langson Library General media and electronic resources Science Library Largest consolidated science and medical library in California Grunigen Medical Library 43,000 volumes of material supporting the College of Medicine Biomedical Library Resource Library in the National Network of Medical Libraries with more than 156,000 volumes and 2,500 periodical subscriptions In addition with these libraries being themselves a study center, other study centers include the Student Center which also offers several auditoriums and a food court, the Aldrich Park, the Cross-Cultural Center, and plazas located at every Schools that are lined up by the Ring Road.
-- BirdKr ( talk) 20:29, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&institution=546&byinst=Go
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicle_of_Higher_Education
It should be noted however, UCI ranks 1st in the Computer and Information Sciences, various, because other arguably better universities in such discipline like MIT are listed in the Computer Science category.
-- BirdKr ( talk) 08:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
For further background on this, please read: [7]. I will not have time to mediate this, but in the meantime please observe and enforce all appropriate WP policies. Best wishes to all, Amerique dialectics 04:00, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
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