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first generation

Cover of Lucid journal

First-gen forum

New UCI journal gives often marginalized students a platform to share their experiences, explore their identities

Dr. Matthew Boone, associate dean of clinical affairs and professor of medicine, who was hired last fall to recruit “the best and the brightest” new physicians.

The primary care push

UCI Health, best known for its stellar specialists, plans to hire 60 more doctors devoted to internal, family and geriatric medicine over the next five years

Chancellor Howard Gillman tapes commencement addresses in the Koll room in UCI's Bren Events Center

UCI to host historic virtual graduation ceremonies on June 13

Nearly half of 9,907 undergraduates receiving degrees are first-generation students

Shawna Jackson

From ball to ballet

With scholarship support, first-gen student pursues second passion: performing arts

tacey Nicholas, UCI trustee

Stacey Nicholas donates $5 million to UCI in support of diversity and inclusiveness

Gift will aid recruitment, retention, graduation of underrepresented STEM students

UCI again receives most applications in UC system from state's high school seniors

Campus is also top choice for first-generation, low-income and minority students

UCI junior Jocelyne Munoz,

Finding herself - and a mission

Donor-funded scholarships help first-generation student ‘become a well-rounded individual who can speak from multiple perspectives’

Nevin Graduate Endowment Fellowship recipient Leah Sanchez

From art to anthropology

By following her passions, Ph.D. student Leah Sanchez finds her academic niche

Andrea Kristell Medrano is a first-gen third-year student who won the Hannah J. Caldwell Endowed Student Award for Undergraduate Studies and the Humanities Associates Endowment for the International Center for Writing and Translation award.

Bilingual booster

First-gen senior majoring in both education sciences and Spanish hopes to become an academic counselor in low-income communities

California dreamin'

With fellowship support, Stacy Ann Suarez Cham is pursuing her goal of a Ph.D. in ecology & evolutionary biology