Helping in Honduras

Student volunteers with UCI Global Brigades participate in public health, sanitation projects.

Psychologist Nancy Guerra named dean of UCI’s School of Social Ecology

University of Delaware professor will take on new role next summer

UCI-Stanford study finds complex link between income inequality, race

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 22, 2014 – A new study by UC Irvine and Stanford University sociologists shows that issues of income inequality and race are not as black and white as most people in the U.S. think. “Americans have long [considered] whites as the most privileged, highest income earners and blacks as the least,” said […]

Public Health Brigade Volunteers from UC Irvine

Foot soldiers in the war on poverty

Students who volunteer with Global Brigades work in the trenches – sometimes literally – to make the world a better place

Students earn Living Our Values Award for launching UCI Global Brigades

Students earn Living Our Values Award for launching UCI Global Brigades, which aims to improve the lives of Hondurans through hands-on projects.

A crowd-surfing student

2010 a year of challenges, achievement at UCI

In the past year, UC Irvine students, staff and faculty have stepped up in the face of continuing budget challenges and fee increases with innovation, drive and talent. The result? Research breakthroughs, national honors, global outreach, sports firsts – even a Guinness world record. Here are some top 2010 stories.

Street-wise scholar

Pamela Ruiz studies ways to end gang strangleholds in Honduras and the U.S.