6 Minority Science Program students snag awards for their research presentations at AAAS competition

Six undergraduate students participating in the Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences’ Minority Science Program won awards last month for their research presentations at the poster competition of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences’ annual meeting. The AAAS poster competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students from domestic and international institutions. […]

Students in Minority Science Programs rack up 17 awards for research presentations at conferences

UC Irvine undergraduates participating in research training in the Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences’ Minority Science Programs received 17 awards for their research presentations at three national conferences this fall.

UCI Minority Science Programs students garner 21 research awards

Fifteen UCI undergraduates participating in the School of Biological Sciences’ Minority Science Programs received 21 awards for their research presentations at the 2012 ABRCMS meeting.

Butterfly biologist earns award for her work with women, minority scientists

Adriana Briscoe, ecology and evolutionary biology associate professor, uses the beauty of butterflies and their spectacular biology to attract and…

Economists to study minority communities

UC Irvine economics professors Francesca Mazzolari (pictured) and David Neumark have received a $35,000 Labor and Employment Research Fund award…

Personal contact key to bringing out low-income and minority voters

Face-to-face canvassing of low-income and minority communities dramatically increases voter turnout within these historically low voter participation populations, according to…

PRIME-LC student named AMA Minority Scholars Award winner

Elysia Alvarez, a first-year medical student at UC Irvine, has received a 2007 Minority Scholars Award from the American Medical…

New exhibit chronicles changes in Vietnamese ethnic minority groups

The UCI Libraries opened their spring exhibit Tuesday, May 15, entitled “Surviving War, Surviving Peace: The Central Highlanders of Vietnam.”…

Clare Dasilva (left, in gold dress) and Gabby Rodriguez (right, in blue sweater) congratulate Betty Tesfaye (center), who will be going to New York University for a residency in pediatrics.

A match made in medicine

Graduating UCI medical students learn at festive ceremony where they will first practice as doctors

Steve Anticona, an agroecological farmer and community outreach coordinator at CRECE Urban Farms, provides a farm tour to participants at the SERVE OC Autumn Family Wellness Festival.

Family-based heart health

UCI research program weighs benefits of new approach to cardiac fitness in local communities