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Black Thriving Initiative one year later

The program continues to pave new paths for research and creative expression, teaching and learning, and community engagement

Serving UCI’s Latino community

Recognizing the campus commitment to diversity during Hispanic Heritage Month

Santa Ana awards UCI $700,000 to address healthcare inequities among the vulnerable

UCI researchers from the Program in Public Health and the School of Medicine have received $700,000 from the city of Santa Ana to address inequities and gaps in health services and enhance COVID-19 mitigation efforts in vulnerable populations. Santa Ana and the surrounding area are home to almost 600,000 residents who live in the highest […]

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UCI Podcast: A second chance for teens marked by felony’s scarlet letter

Elizabeth Cauffman partners with Orange County on two programs to make juvenile justice more just

NSF funds UCI project to study post-wildfire mudslides and flooding

Interdisciplinary researchers will examine infrastructure and public preparedness

UCI Law launches Fair Elections and Free Speech Center

Center will be a driving force to ensure fair elections, vibrant and free debate, and the rule of law in the digital age

Victoria Lowerson Bredow, right, with Connie McGuire

Research solidarity with communities

Newkirk Center fellowship program teaches interdisciplinary graduate students a more collaborative, inclusive way to engage with groups they study

UCI researchers part of federally funded effort to boost broadband connectivity in rural US

UCI electrical engineering and computer science researchers are part of a rural wireless connectivity research project that recently received $8 million from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funds will help the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research program establish a new facility in central Iowa dedicated to driving innovation and […]

Stock photo, graduation cap and tassle

Lifting Prisoners Into a Brighter Future

UCI launches the UC system’s first B.A. program for incarcerated individuals

California wildfires disproportionately affect elderly and poor residents, UCI study finds

California’s wildfire burn area has increased by more than 23,000 acres per year over the past two decades, and the number of people who have been adversely affected has nearly doubled. In a paper published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, UCI researchers show that elderly and low-income residents have […]