KEYWORD

inclusion

Food for thought

UCI’s Virtuous Table series of themed meals provides physical, intellectual and spiritual sustenance

New faculty faces

Hiring of 78 educators goes a long way toward strategic plan goal of adding 250 by 2021

UCI ranked #20 in the U.S. for social mobility, research, public service

Washington Monthly has named the University of California, Irvine #20 in the nation out of more than 300 colleges and universities for promoting upward social mobility, producing cutting-edge research and encouraging students to give back to the community. Each component is equally weighted, so the top-ranked universities must excel across the breadth of measures, not […]

Conversation Kitchen workshop's Jessica Vanroo

8 faculty-led projects funded under UCI Confronting Extremism initiative

Areas of focus are science denialism, our common humanity and critical thinking

UCI is ranked third among U.S. colleges for providing a productive learning environment

In the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings of top U.S. colleges in 2018, UCI rated third for providing a productive learning environment. For that category, which constitutes 10 percent of the overall rankings, the Journal/Times reviewed how colleges succeed in attracting a diverse student body and offering outlets and opportunities for these students to […]

UCI’s promise

New programs guide a changing student population to success

Meet the mentors

UCI professors who were also first-generation students form support system

Purposeful play

Anteater Equity Games promote inclusivity – and fun, of course

Solving problems

UCI program fosters math skills and college dreams in underprivileged middle schoolers

Anteater Academy graduates

Turning potential into opportunity

Anteater Academy at once-underperforming Santa Ana high school graduates first cohort of college-bound teens. The program is an example of UCI’s outreach to underrepresented students that placed it at the top of The New York Times’ College Access Index of schools that do the most for low-income students. Thirteen recent graduates of the school will attend UCI in the fall.