Zayanna Serrano LatinX Thriving Scholar

Putting dreams within reach

UCI-OC Alliance scholarship makes college possible for high-achieving Latinos

White coats, bright futures

Ceremony for new medical students marks first step toward becoming doctors

Graduation days

Newly minted Anteater alumni ready to take on the world

UCI to host over 8,000 graduates in four-day commencement schedule

First-generation students make up nearly 50 percent of the class of 2016

Alum gives back to society, alma mater

Keith Curry, Ed.D. ’11 is steering Compton Community College District out of troubled waters

Carla Plaza

Against all odds

No one can tell Carla Plaza she hasn’t earned the right to a college education. The 35-year-old senior in biochemistry & molecular biology at UC Irvine is months away from getting a bachelor’s degree — the first in her family to do so — and taking another step toward her childhood dream of becoming a […]

Breanna Downey

From cradle to commencement, graduate comes full circle

When Breanna Downey dons a cap and gown and walks across the stage to collect her diploma at UCI’s commencement, she will have come full circle. Downey has made the trip before – when she was a towheaded toddler and her mother graduated with the class of 1991.

Elliot Handler

Mobile medicine

UC Irvine’s Mobile Medicine unit hit the road nearly six years ago, delivering healthcare and specialized geriatric services to senior citizens.