Jessica Millward, UCI associate professor of history, and Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, UCI associate professor of African American studies, have received a three-year, $271,902 UC-HBCU Pathways Grant to partner with Morgan State University, a public and historically black research university in Baltimore. Administered by the UC Office of the President, the grants encourage UC faculty to actively […]
The Black Studies Cluster makes space and opportunities for UCI humanities graduate students
EVENT: Presented by the UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies and Hyundai Motor America, the Korean Hip-Hop and New Explorations of Afro-Asian Identity Conference will bring together the world’s foremost Korean, Korean American and African American studies scholars working on hip-hop. Enriching academic talks on campus will be accompanied by the first Afro-Korean Hip-Hop Festival, […]
Faculty position established with $1.5 million gift from Drs. Harvinder and Asha Sahota
From helping homeless youths to leading California’s community college system, UCI alumni are living out the American dream in myriad ways. Tenacious, intelligent and driven, they have overcome adversity to achieve their visions and make a difference in their communities and in the world. Below, we explore just a small sampling of the fascinating success stories created by UCI graduates.
UCI is unsurpassed at helping low-income, first-generation and other nontraditional students thrive in college and beyond
The UCI Libraries have been awarded a prestigious Institute of Museum & Library Services grant of $500,000 to explore the outcomes of undergraduate students applying what they learn in ethnic studies combined with lived experience in contributing to community archives. The team, led by university archivist Audra Eagle Yun, head of Special Collections & Archives, will partner […]
Bridget Cooks will get the first James A. Porter & David C. Driskell Book Award in African American Art History for “Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans & the American Art Museum.”
Bridget Cooks will get the first James A. Porter & David C. Driskell Book Award in African American Art History for “Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans & the American Art Museum.”
UCI students pose for Young Americans photography exhibit.