Spirit catcher (2)

Alumnus Nikishna Polequaptewa receives Living Our Values Award for connecting American Indian students to campus

Koohyar Karimi

Chasing beauty

UC Irvine alumnus Koohyar Karimi ’08 thinks he’s found the perfect woman. She has even features, eyebrows that arch at just the right angle, and – as he poetically puts it – “the distance from her subnasale [nostrils] to the cupid’s bow of her lips is exactly one-third the distance from the parting of her lips […]

Fire sparks action

UCI student Lori Chiu leads Alternative Break effort to aid fire-devastated La Jolla Indian Reservation

New institute to explore how world's poor use technology to spend, store and save money

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded UC Irvine a $1.7 million grant to create a new research institute…

Focus on cariño

Dr. Charles Vega leads the effort to improve Latino healthcare at his Santa Ana clinic and across the nation

Study by graduate finds cleaning up environment could save lives in Russia

Nearly 400,000 Russians die each year due to heart disease, but a study by a recent UC Irvine graduate found…

Student thrives on stage and in the ‘courtroom’

Third-year student Marissa Jaroscak Oxman’s performing arts background comes in handy in the mock-trial courtroom

Conflict resolution

Cecelia Lynch, director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, tackles the tough issues

A sage to students

Living Our Values recipient Karina Hamilton leads SAGE Scholars to success

The art of giving

Medici Scholars program helps arts students launch their dreams