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UC Irvine 50th Anniversary

Bright Past, Brilliant Future

1965-1974

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Campus Opens

1965

Campus opens
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1965

Anteater chosen as mascot
Ansel Adams photographs new campus

1966

Ansel Adams photographs new campus
California College of Medicine approved as UCI College of Medicine

1966

California College of Medicine approved as UCI College of Medicine
Department of Information & Computer Sciences founded, later to become UC’s first ICS school

1968

Department of Information & Computer Sciences founded, later to become UC’s first ICS school
Creative writing M.F.A. program, which today has three Pulitzer Prize-winning alumni, launched

1968

Creative writing M.F.A. program, which today has three Pulitzer Prize-winning alumni, launches
Program in Social Ecology founded, later to become school

1970

Program in Social Ecology founded, later to become school
Office of Teacher Education founded, later to become Department of Education

1971

Office of Teacher Education founded, later to become Department of Education
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, world’s most comprehensive digital library of Greek literature, launched

1972

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, world’s most comprehensive digital library of Greek literature, launches
F. Sherwood Rowland identifies that CFCs destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer

1973

F. Sherwood Rowland identifies that CFCs destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer

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