Day: October 4, 2022

UCI hosts launch event to swear in the first #CaliforniansForAll College Corps Fellows

EVENT: UCI will join higher education leaders and more than 3,000 students in a statewide launch and virtual swearing-in celebration with the governor for the first #CaliforniansForAll College Corps Fellows. The new service program helps thousands of students pay for college by serving their communities. UCI will have 70 student fellows sworn in at the […]

UCI assistant professor is awarded $100,000 grant for her research into women’s cancers

Gina Lee, UCI assistant professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, is one of 10 researchers to receive a $100,000 grant from the Mary Kay Ash Foundation for their innovative work in seeking cures for cancers affecting women. Lee’s team studies lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare tumor syndrome causing uncontrolled cell growth in the kidneys and lungs that […]

UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business hosts annual Latinx Initiative (LXi) conference

EVENT: UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business annual Latinx Initiative (LXi) conference will provide an in-person learning and networking opportunity for 2022. This year’s theme is “Excelencia: Leadership that Thrives.” Speakers and panelists who are Latino leaders throughout the region across business sectors will explore and define leadership excellence for the Latino community. Attendees can […]

Undergraduate students in the Samueli Interdisciplinary Research in Pods program gather in the lobby of UCI’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building for a poster session to discuss their summer research projects.

UCI undergrads take a summer dive into research

SIRiPods students gain experience in framing questions, pursuing answers scientifically and presenting their findings