KEYWORD

community engagement

Spectators watching a baseball game at Anteater Ballpark

City of Irvine Day at Anteater Ballpark set for May 20

Residents invited to watch UCI baseball team play CSU Bakersfield

Frances Contreras

New education dean seeks to serve all stakeholders

The first Chicana/Latina to hold this position in the UC system, Frances Contreras sees inclusivity as key to excellence

Person bicycling in Aldrich Park.

UCI becomes two-time recipient of STARS Platinum rating for sustainability efforts

Rare recognition secures its place among world’s environmentally outstanding institutions

NSF Civic Innovation Challenge awards $1 million to UCI for disaster resilience in aging communities

Project prototype to be implemented at senior health facility in Anaheim

A woman works in her hanbok shop on a sewing machine.

A fresh perspective on the AAPI experience

UCI students employ photovoice technique to document reality in O.C.’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community during pandemic

Image of a health care robot being used to treat a patient

UCI to help develop robots to protect healthcare workers, reduce isolation

UC-wide study will improve telehealth to better serve vulnerable communities

Assistant professor of education receives Community Outcomes and Impact Award

Emily Penner, assistant professor of education, and her research partners have received the 2020 Community Outcomes and Impact Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement. Her research partners are Thomas Dee, a professor in Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, and Bill Sanderson, assistant superintendent of high schools in the […]

Humanities dean Tyrus Miller establishes endowment for distinguished lecture series

Tyrus Miller, dean of the School of Humanities, has pledged $60,000 to establish a new endowment for a distinguished lecture series. The school regularly hosts conversations around today’s grand challenges, ranging from environmental change to advances in medicine and biology and the evolution of powerful new technologies. The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series will feature events […]

First-year medical student Emily Tom – a member of the volunteer coalition organized by first-year medical student Austin Franklin – walks a UCI Medical Center staff member’s dog.

Freeing up front-line physicians

First-year medical students form volunteer coalition to babysit, shop and run errands for UCI healthcare workers

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ #UCIArtsAnywhere project encourages people to post photos or videos of themselves engaging with the arts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Art and soul

Social media project underscores common humanity during crisis