Quinton Smith, UC Irvine assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named a 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. The Pew Charitable Trusts supports outstanding biomedical researchers at the start of their careers. Pew has honored this year’s group of 22 early-career scientists by furnishing four years of funding for the pursuit of […]
$840,000 in funding will expand study on the traffic of captive Africans within the Americas
School is top UC choice for in-state, first-generation students for 4th consecutive year
Ian Williamson’s academic career has taken him across the U.S. and all over the world, from Australia to Switzerland to Indonesia and, most recently, New Zealand
Ph.D. student Angeline Dukes’ drive to bring equity to her field is gaining wide attention
Two new dance faculty members bring cultural and artistic gravitas to the street genre
New faculty member will help create a psychiatric-mental health specialization in UCI’s D.N.P. program
This August, 12 black first-year medical school students will arrive at UCI — the most ever for one class. What prompted that record-setting achievement? Much of the credit goes to a growing program at the School of Medicine called LEAD-ABC, which recruits top-level black students and allies who are dedicated to working with those communities to […]
Jessica Millward, UCI associate professor of history, and Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, UCI associate professor of African American studies, have received a three-year, $271,902 UC-HBCU Pathways Grant to partner with Morgan State University, a public and historically black research university in Baltimore. Administered by the UC Office of the President, the grants encourage UC faculty to actively […]
The acclaimed writer shares the tale of his prison captivity and writing the influential novel, Devil on the Cross