Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte

Sorting cells, saving lives

Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, UCI doctoral candidate in mechanical & aerospace engineering, won a fellowship to develop a cell-sorting device that will make blood and other tests quicker and cheaper.

Calling Skid Row home: making L.A. district a viable community

In Los Angeles’ Skid Row district, homeless camps, shelters and drug treatment centers share the streets with upscale lofts and…

Mike Powe

Calling Skid Row home

UCI’s Mike Powe studies ways to make the Los Angeles district an inclusive, viable community.

Mary Amasia with her prototype anthrax detection system

Identifying a killer

Doctoral student Mary Amasia’s anthrax detection system permits a more rapid response to a deadly disease.

Engineering's Amasia develops rapid anthrax detection system

Mary Amasia is making huge strides to improving methods to detect anthrax, which has become a lethal bioterrorism threat. While…

Studying kids at home alone

Growing up in Connecticut with working parents, UC Irvine education doctoral candidate Maria Parente had a well-defined after-school routine: “I’m…

Studying kids at home alone

Graduate student Maria Parente studies the effect of unsupervised after-school settings for children.

The 2024 Climate Action Fellows are, from left, Jazmín Romero, Angelu Lesaca and Kendall Lankford.

Champions of change

UC Irvine’s Climate Action Fellows spearhead campus sustainability

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

Collage featuring Stephen Tucker, Ariyan Johnson, Donald McKayle, S. Ama Wray and Cyrian Reed

Celebrating Black artists

UCI’s African American faculty members have made creative contributions to culture in dance, drama, art and music