Students

UCI launches initiative pairing first-gen faculty with first-gen students

First Things First project is an experiment in first-gen video mentorship

Farmers market

A dietary defense against disease

UCI dietitian notes proper nutrition can boost your immune system without breaking your budget

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UCI Podcast: Testing and tracing

How student testing and the campus contact tracing program helps control the spread at UCI

UCI is charter member of SEA Change to promote diversity in STEM

UCI is a charter members of SEA Change – the initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to support colleges and universities as they systematically transform themselves into diverse, equitable and inclusive institutions. SEA Change, short for STEMM Equity Achievement, supports institutions as they undergo a rigorous self-assessment process to interrogate their […]

1st year biology major Jake Simon moves into Mesa court housing.

A minimized move-in

Amid coronavirus testing and precautions, a fraction of the usual number of students settle into campus housing

Dania Maldonado, a student in UCI’s Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community

Paying it forward through preventive care

First-gen medical student – a fellowship recipient – aims to help the underserved avoid chronic diseases

UCI is No. 2 in nation for diversity in 2021 Wall Street Journal ranking

UCI was named number two in the nation by the The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2021 College Rankings, released today. Referred to as “environment” in the methodology, the WSJ/THE rankings measure school environments based on factors including the percentage of Pell Grant recipients — a proxy for students from low-income backgrounds — the racial […]

UCI is No. 6 public university in Money's ‘Best Colleges'

Campus lauded for combining quality and affordability

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UCI Podcast: Michelle Deutchman on the pandemic's effect on campus free speech

The free speech movement was born on college campuses in the 1960s as students protested the Vietnam War and voiced their support for civil rights. But what will happen as the COVID-19 pandemic suppresses in-person campus gatherings, and as discourse increasingly moves online? The University of California’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement […]

Brother and sisters, all UCI Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences grad students. From left, Wedad Alhassen, Sammy Alhassen and Lamees Alhassen.

Single-minded siblings

Lamees, Wedad and Sammy Alhassen are all doctoral students in UCI’s new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences