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Drives deliver

Ongoing efforts by UCI medical students yield generous donations of personal protective equipment for hospital

Alex Marlow (right), with Kelton Mock outside UCI’s School of Medicine.

Adding an LGBTQ+ focus to M.D. training

Two UCI medical students who’ve benefited from donor support spearhead revisions to school curriculum that boost inclusivity

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

UCI team demonstrates ability to supercharge cells with mitochondrial transplantation

Procedure could unlock cures for heart disease, cancer and neurodegenerative disorders

The big residency reveal

For Match Day, we profile three graduating medical students on the cusp of starting their careers

Shane Coffield, UCI grad student in Earth System Science

Taming wildfires

UCI-created AI tool for predicting blaze size proves successful in Alaska; team now focuses on California

UCI engineering team creates biocatalyst for microbial production of useful commodities

Scientists have demonstrated that – in labs – microbes can be used as tiny biological factories to produce fuels, pharmaceutical drugs and other commodities from renewable resources. But achieving output on a commercially viable scale has proven elusive. A key barrier has been so-called cofactors – biocatalysts that spur enzymatic activity in cells – as […]

History and African American studies faculty receive three-year UC-HBCU Pathways Grant

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 […]

Nevin Graduate Endowment Fellowship recipient Leah Sanchez

From art to anthropology

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

Visual studies Ph.D. student is named to 1804 List of Haitian American change-makers

Ella Turenne, a UCI Ph.D. student in visual studies, has been included among 26 change-makers on The Haitian Roundtable’s 1804 List for 2019. Named in honor of the year of that country’s independence, the list recognizes Haitian American leaders who have helped foster a better understanding of Haiti and the Haitian community. A journalist, poet […]