EVENT: Father Gregory Boyle, nationally acclaimed gang interventionist and New York Times best-selling author, will deliver the keynote address at the fourth annual Orange County Gang Intervention Conference. Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit economic development enterprise in Los Angeles and the nation’s largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and societal re-entry program. He […]
After starting a campus club to assist Kenya schools, Nithin Jilla aims to improve access to education on a global scale
They entered the UC Irvine School of Medicine with dreams of making a difference someday, five eager students armed with distinctive skills, talents and experiences they hoped could be used to improve human health. They saw their dreams come into focus on Match Day, March 16, when they learned where they will start their careers as doctors.
Local version of TED conference focuses on science and art in an evolving society.
UCI’s Institute for Money Technology and Financial Inclusion awarded $4.17 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates Foundation grant supports research on monetary practices in developing nations.
Capping a record-setting season at UCI, the track star is set to compete in the 800 meter race at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Track & Field Championships.
When four members of the UC Irvine student chapter of Engineers Without Borders headed to Endana, Kenya, last August to see how they could best help the rural community, it proved to be a real-life pass/fail test in leadership. “We didn’t know what we were getting into,” recalls Morgan Bailey, EWB chapter president and a doctoral candidate […]
Alumni have found niches in nonprofit work, pro sports, Hollywood, law, TV and business
Granddaughter of famed undersea explorer will receive Human Security Award for work on global water issues.