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graduate students

Gillian Hayes vice provost of graduate education and dean of UCI’s Graduate Division talking to another woman.

Fellowships keep grad students afloat

With the pandemic limiting summer job opportunities, campus administrators provide a seasonal safety net

September 01, 2020

UCI cyber-physical security researchers highlight vulnerability of solar inverters

Device hidden in a coffee cup could destabilize the power grid, triggering a blackout

August 18, 2020

UCI researchers launch first-of-its-kind coronavirus statistics portal

Site provides comparisons between Orange County, other jurisdictions

August 10, 2020
Brother and sisters, all UCI Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences grad students. From left, Wedad Alhassen, Sammy Alhassen and Lamees Alhassen.

Single-minded siblings

Lamees, Wedad and Sammy Alhassen are all doctoral students in UCI’s new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

August 04, 2020
Alex Tan, UCI aluma - MFA English holding the poetry book she wrote.

Finding her place

Torn between poetry and fiction, Inez Tan earns an M.F.A. at UCI, with scholarship support, then stays on campus to teach creative writing

July 13, 2020

Med students make do - and then some

Graduating class faces curtailed rotations, crises of confidence and commencement questions with grace, generosity and ingenuity

May 26, 2020
First-year law student Jonathan Routson assists a local legal services office with the delivery of restraining order documents.

Pro bono pros

Living up to their reputation, UCI Law students provide free legal services to COVID-19-related causes

May 06, 2020

Drives deliver

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

April 29, 2020
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

April 28, 2020
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

April 22, 2020