KEYWORD

diversity

A person with a visual disability using Aira to access visual displays in an airport.

Tech for people with visual disabilities

UCI researchers collaborate with Toyota to provide Aira, a visual interpreter service, to the local community during the pandemic

The Loh Down on Science logo and 6 students who are writers on the show

Science made simple – in Spanish

Prompted by UCI grad student, popular radio podcast goes bilingual, starting with series on the pandemic

Ariyan Johnson (left) and Cyrian Reed, two new faculty members at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, both teach hip-hop dance.

Hip-hop gets its props

Two new dance faculty members bring cultural and artistic gravitas to the street genre

Diary of a Med Student book surrounded by a tie, laptop and stethoscope
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UCI Podcast: Diary of a med student

UCI medical students publish a book of experiences from across country to show peers they’re not alone

Dawn Bounds, an assistant professor in the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Nurse finds her niche

New faculty member will help create a psychiatric-mental health specialization in UCI’s D.N.P. program

Vice Provost Michael Dennin wins Idea Competition

His “Eliminating Institutional Racism in Undergraduate STEM Education” project provides roadmap for undergraduate education advances

Economics major Kevin Dominguez, a junior at the time, was part of the DREAM Project Fellowship program’s first cohort last year.

Working to make dreams a reality

Campus fellowship program lets undocumented students gain career-related experience – and be compensated

UCI is charter member of SEA Change to promote diversity in STEM

UCI is a charter members of SEA Change – the initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to support colleges and universities as they systematically transform themselves into diverse, equitable and inclusive institutions. SEA Change, short for STEMM Equity Achievement, supports institutions as they undergo a rigorous self-assessment process to interrogate their […]

Connie Pechmann, UCI professor of marketing

Demographic differences foster social ties in online support groups, UCI-led study finds

Interpersonal connections and goal attainment are helped, not hindered, by self-disclosure

Dean of School of Pharmaceurtical Sciences Jan Hirsch

Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences dean endows Founding Partners Scholarship

For undergraduates, it will help promote diversity, inclusion within new UCI school