2022 Year in Review – Leading initiatives

UCI’s priorities and initiatives remain in place as opportunities for learning and reflection on an Anteater’s place in the global community. With major initiatives that emphasize sustainability as well as diversity, equity and inclusion on campus, UCI continues to foster a first-rate environment for human-centered success. For example, the university is expanding its opportunities for Jewish studies – from expanding the Center for Jewish Studies to hosting a traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

In 2022, UCI also earned designation as a Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution Leader for the second year in a row. In addition, the university became a founding member of the new Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities.

And in a campuswide interdisciplinary endeavor this year, UCI launched the Institute for Precision Health, which brings a multifaceted, integrated approach to healthcare.

Here are a few highlights:

• Title IX’s lasting impact on UCI
• UCI Podcast: Celebrating Paula Smith’s unique path on the 50th anniversary of Title IX

• UCI Podcast: Patsy Mink’s role in Title IX passage

• How UCI is expanding Jewish studies
• UCI Judaic scholar discusses upcoming Holocaust exhibition
• Ana Elizabeth Rosas, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies and history, is leading a research team dedicated to telling El Sol Academy’s rich history
• UCI is founding member of Hispanic Serving Research Universities alliance
• UCI Podcast: The success of PRIME-LC

• UCI named Fulbright HSI Leader by State Department for second consecutive year
• Newly announced UCI-OC Alliance to enhance experience of UCI’s Latino students
• HSI at 5: UCI celebrates its achievements as a federally designated Latino-serving campus
• Hispanic Heritage Month and beyond
• UCI researchers awarded $7.5 million for environmental justice initiative
• UCI launches Precision Health Institute
• UCI named top doctoral university, U.S. institution in AASHE’s sustainability index
• UCI flood modeling framework reveals heightened risk and disparities in Los Angeles
• UCI Podcast: Solutions That Scale – James Bullock discusses multidisciplinary organization working to counter the impacts of climate change

• UCI receives Excellence in Action Award for water conservation
• The cool campus: a group effort and a green conscience fuel UCI’s environmental record