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UCI student volunteers prepare for medical school by making a difference locally and abroad

Physician alumnus researches (future) life on Mars while teaching medicine at UCI

Alumnus Ian Daelucian launches The Heart of Delight to nurture those in need

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

Compared to the hospitals, research labs, university buildings and other important structures Rebekah Gladson has designed as campus architect and associate vice chancellor of UC Irvine, an orphanage in India might seem like a small, insignificant project. Not to her. For Gladson, whose visionary buildings have earned her the Design-Build Institute of America’s Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement […]

UCI law students have joined efforts to help Iraqi refugees trapped in a legal limbo. The displaced can’t go home again, but resettling in the U.S. or another welcoming country can take months or years of complicated paperwork.

When she enrolled in UC Irvine’s School of Law, Susan Lewis figured she’d someday become an attorney at a private firm. Then she signed on for the kind of hands-on, pro bono work the law school endorses as part of its commitment to public service, and her career plans changed. Lewis joined the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, […]

Volleyball player Jon Steller is a standout on the court, in the community and at school

Undergraduate Andy An Hoang launches program to help Vietnamese orphanages care for children with cerebral palsy

Dalai Lama Scholar Rebecca Westerman raises awareness about ending world conflicts