Richard Matthew, associate dean of research and international programs in UCI’s School of Social Ecology, professor of urban planning & public policy and director of the campus’s Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation.

What’s next: The future of compassion

How to ward off emotional exhaustion as the pandemic is poised to strike the developing world

Compassion. Expertise. Trust.

Susanne Phillips and seven nurse practitioners working at drive-thru COVID-19 testing centers embody theme of National Nurses Week

The Dalai Lama celebrating his 80th birthday

Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday party draws 18,000 guests united behind compassion

On Monday, the spiritual leader will continue the Global Compassion Summit with discussions at the Bren Events Center on healing a suffering planet and wise leadership

Tickets on sale for the official world celebration of the 14th Dalai Lama’s landmark 80th birthday and Global Compassion Summit

Three-day summit presented by Friends of the Dalai Lama in partnership with UC Irvine and Center for Living Peace to take place Sunday, July 5 through Tuesday, July 7 at Anaheim’s Honda Center and UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center

Dalai Lama

14th Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday to be celebrated with a Global Compassion Summit July 5-7

Three-day summit is presented by Friends of the Dalai Lama in partnership with UCI and Center for Living Peace, with a special world birthday event at Anaheim’s Honda Center

UCI medical students to honor humanism, compassion in clinical care

UC Irvine medical students will promote humanism in medicine during the third annual Gold Humanism Honor Society Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care on Thursday, Feb. 14.

UCI medical students to honor humanism, compassion in clinical care

UC Irvine medical students will promote humanism in medicine during the third annual Gold Humanism Honor Society Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care on Thursday, Feb. 14.

Doug Cheung

Student promotes compassion in medicine

UCI senior and new Dalai Lama Scholar Doug Cheung is dedicated to compassionate healing.

Compassionate calling

Day or night, oncology nurse Julie Boyle is there for her patients

Clare Dasilva (left, in gold dress) and Gabby Rodriguez (right, in blue sweater) congratulate Betty Tesfaye (center), who will be going to New York University for a residency in pediatrics.

A match made in medicine

Graduating UCI medical students learn at festive ceremony where they will first practice as doctors