About the Vice Chancellor

Articles & Commentaries

• Imagining the Future: Cultivating Civility in a Field of Discontent » Change, The Magazine of Higher Learning - March/April 2008 (PDF version-Requires Adobe Reader)
• Interview with Poet Manuel Gómez » The Heel Press - 2007
• Student Centered: A Conversation with Vice Chancellor Manuel Gómez » Today@UCI Profiles - December 4, 2006
• Inquiry, Respect, and Dissent » Academe Online - July-August, 2006
• The First Ammendment At Work - May 19, 2006
• Ford Foundation selects University of California, Irvine for $100,000 grant » Today@UCI Press Releases - December 12, 2005
• Finding Those Deeper Connections - by Steven Barrie-Anthony » Los Angeles Times - November 7, 2005 (PDF-Requires Adobe Reader)
• Respecting Free Speech in Our Community » New University - June 6, 2005 (PDF-Requires Adobe Reader)
• Letter from the Vice Chancellor » New University - September 27, 2004 (PDF-Requires Adobe Reader)
• UCI students get a free ride - by Laylan Connelly » Irvine World News Online Edition- January 25, 2004
• UCI attracts record number of top-tier freshman applicants - by Lori Brandt » Today@UCI Press Releases - April 16, 2003
• UCI Keeps a Balance Between Free Speech and Academics » New University - January 6, 2003
• UCI receives record $14 million grant from National Science Foundation for math and science education outreach - by Tom Vasich » Today@UCI Press Releases - September 30, 2002
• Dreambuilder: Manuel Gómez inspires young people to believe in themselves » Today@UCI Profiles - November 26, 2002
• BIG EVENT - Redesigned SAT: It may help level the playing field - by Steve Thomas » OC Family Magazine - August 1, 2002
• Gómez Defends Freedom of Speech » New University - April 28, 2002
• The Hot 25 Who Move Us - by Steve Thomas » OC Metro: Business Lifestyle Magazine - November 1, 2001
• Scholarship fund encourages transfers to UC » Irvine World News Online Edition- October 26. 2000
• Building Better Bridges for All Students - by Nancy Cleeland » Los Angeles Times - July 19, 1998 (PDF-Requires Adobe Reader)
• End Bilingual Schooling? It Hasn't Even Been Fully Implemented Yet » Los Angeles Times - May 03, 1998
• A Leap Of Faith: The Promise of Partnership » On Common Ground, Number 7 - Fall 1996
• Gómez to Receive Career Achievement Award » Today@UCI Press Release - December 1, 1995

Speeches & Reports

• Welcoming Remarks at the Olive Tree Initiative Homecoming Event » Delivered on October 13, 2009 at the Olive Tree Initiative Homecoming Event – Appreciating Narratives: Discovering Dialogue in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
• A Light For Gaza » Delivered to the UCI Community that gathered on January 21, 2009, to commemorate the victims in Gaza
• Candlelight Vigil for Mumbai » Spoken to those gathered on December 4, 2008, to commemorate the victims of the November 26-29, 2008 Mumbai terror attack
• Some Thoughts on the Life of Cesar Chavez: Leadership as Service » Delivered at the fourth annual celebration of the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez at the UC Office of the President, March 22, 2005
• To Protect Our Freedoms, We Must Be Wise and Responsible in the Exercise of Our Rights - March 27, 2004
• COSMOS Program
  Delivered at a dinner honoring COSMOS Advisory Board members, in recognition of Board member Gayle Wilson, former First Lady of California, for extraordinary fundraising for COSMOS programs, September 25, 2001

Poetry

• In Jerusalem » Reflection on a journey to the Middle East in support of UCI students' Olive Tree Initiative, 2008
• Candlelight Vigil for Mercaz Harav Yeshiva » Inspired by UCI students who gathered for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the victims of Mercaz Harav Yeshiva attack, March 11, 2008
• Fragmentos » In commemoration of Cesar Chavez, 1993

Campaigns

• The Chronicle of Higher Education (PDF-Requires Adobe Reader)