New hires for School of Law; UCI Health expert on AI

June 27, 2024

Anteater Time Machine: U.S. Senator John Tunney speaking at UC Irvine, circa 1975.

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School of Law welcomes new faculty

Beginning July 1, four faculty members will join the School of Law: Robert S. Chang, Andrew Gold, Susan McMahon and L. Song Richardson (above, from left). It’s a homecoming, too, for Richardson, who was dean of UCI Law from 2018-21. The quartet’s areas of research and scholarship encompass corporate law, criminal law, criminal procedure, experiential legal education, fiduciary law, law school pedagogy, mental health, private law theory, and race and interethnic relations. Their arrival coincides with other developments in UCI Law: the coming of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality; the creation of an institute focused on issues of leadership, equity and fairness to be launched over the coming year; the expansion of activities with the Center for Legal Philosophy, a joint endeavor of UCI Law and the School of Humanities; and the further development of its nationally acclaimed lawyering skills program.

Good Manufacturing Practice facility holds grand opening

Dr. Michael J. Stamos, dean of School of Medicine.

University and community guests recently gathered to celebrate the 7,700 square-foot Good Manufacturing Practice facility’s grand opening in Hewitt Hall’s basement. Although the highly sterile environment remains off-limits for tours, the gala highlighted its importance to the campus, the UC system and the local community. This facility will produce FDA-compliant cell and gene therapies, which are at the forefront of medical science’s promise for the future. In addition, researchers and scientists will use next-generation automated processing and manufacturing technologies to produce the transformative therapies essential for clinical trials, said Dr. Michael J. Stamos (above), dean of School of Medicine.

UCI Health expert co-authors AI position paper

UCI Health Chief Medical Information Officer and Vice President of Clinical Informatics Dr. Deepti Pandita is the co-author of an artificial intelligence position paper published by the American College of Physicians. The publication clarifies the organization’s position on AI and machine learning in the healthcare setting and provides recommendations for physicians when using the technologies to give care.

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Día de los Muertos event wins national recognition

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education has bestowed one of its highest honors to the School of Social Ecology for its first-ever Día de los Muertos celebration. The Nov. 2, 2023, event in and around Irvine Barclay Theatre received Grand Gold recognition from judges for CASE’s 2024 Circle of Excellence Awards, the premier accolades for educational advancement. While Latinos are 25% of UC Irvine’s undergraduate student population, the School of Social Ecology has the highest percentage on campus (46%). More than 1,000 attended the well-received event, which featured dance, musical performances, a student-created altar and a lively concert by the two-time Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Divas.

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