Dean Erwin Chmerinsky hugs graduate Jean Su

A class act

Among other achievements, the 58 members of the School of Law’s class of 2012 helped define UCI’s pro bono program, establishing the school as a true champion of public interest legal education with a strong emphasis on experiential learning.

Sierra Leone resident transfers funds via cell phone

Smart money

UCI’s Institute for Money Technology and Financial Inclusion awarded $4.17 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

IMTFI awarded $4.17 million Gates Foundation grant

Gates Foundation grant supports research on monetary practices in developing nations.

Bill Maurer

Embarking on a new adventure

Anthropology professor Bill Maurer takes the reins as associate dean in School of Social Sciences.

UC Irvine News Brief: UCI students to arm wrestle for global health

The Feb. 15 fundraiser will feature men’s and women’s teams and solo participants, with proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders.

UCI doctors Kristi L. Koenig and Carl H. Schultz

Masters of disaster

UCI doctors Kristi Koenig and Carl Schultz wrote the book on disaster medicine. Its publication comes amid debate on the way medical care is delivered in a crisis.

Port-au-Prince hours after earthquake.

From the ground up

It took scarcely 35 seconds Jan. 12 for a magnitude 7.0 earthquake to cripple Haiti, flattening its capital and killing more than 200,000 people, but it will take many years for the island nation to recover. While devastating quakes have since struck in Chile, Japan and elsewhere, Haiti’s situation is unique. Desperately poor before the […]

First-year medical student Tommy Hand

International man of medicine

For PRIME-LC student Tommy Hand, healthcare is a platform for advocacy of global human rights.

Shaking up earthquake theory

New information about the inner workings of earthquake faults could change how experts estimate the potential for the next “big one,” according to UC Irvine researchers.

Francois Genard, Lynsey Moncrieff, Ariel Anson, Britney Marshman and Jayme Nagle

UCI meets D.C.

Students in internship program explore career paths in Washington.