Community Messages

Student Conduct Review Regarding Incident of May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

UCI welcomes all opinions and encourages a free exchange of ideas – in fact, we defend free speech as one of our bedrock principles as a public university.   Yet, we…

“Bigots at the Gate: Universities Shouldn’t Duck the Fight Against White Nationalism” by Howard Gillman

December 20, 2016

Across the nation we are witnessing a rise in white nationalism: At a gathering in a Washington, D.C., hotel, audience members gave a Nazi salute; swastikas are popping up on…

“A Bill to Police Campus Speech” by Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman

December 15, 2016

Two weeks ago the Senate passed, by unanimous consent, the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, an unquestionably well-intentioned attempt to protect Jewish students on campus. Unfortunately the bill runs afoul of the…