KEYWORD

outreach

A Zoom screenshot shows some of the graduating nursing students who participated in the UCI Health Virtual Visitor Project.

Virtual nurses make a real difference

Graduating students lift the spirits of UCI hospital patients through video visits

June 30, 2020
Richard Matthew, associate dean of research and international programs in UCI’s School of Social Ecology, professor of urban planning & public policy and director of the campus’s Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation.

What’s next: The future of compassion

How to ward off emotional exhaustion as the pandemic is poised to strike the developing world

June 29, 2020
International studies major Manveet Thind, here analyzing survey data at her kitchen table.

A helping heart

Graduating senior Manveet Thind finds a positive outlet during the pandemic by aiding impoverished communities in Mexico

June 19, 2020
Miryha Gould Runnerstrom, an associate professor in UCI's Program in Public Health, played a key role in developing the COVID-19 chatline

COVID-19 chatline provides fact-based guidance

New UCI service is staffed by trained undergraduates in public health

June 08, 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
Dr. Dan Cooper, UCI professor of pediatrics and founding director of the campus’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Science

Back-to-school jitters

UCI Health pediatrician Dan Cooper gathers a team to help determine how, when and under what conditions K-12 classroom instruction can safely resume

May 04, 2020

Drives deliver

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

April 29, 2020
coronavirus (pictured)

UCI launches comprehensive COVID-19 resource site

oc-covid19.org to engage community with informative, helpful content

April 22, 2020
Nora Beik (left), an international studies and political science major at UCI and a student leader in the Diversity, Inclusion & Racial Healing Ambassador Program, chats with a local high schooler.

Driven by diversity

Third-year student who grew up feeling like an outsider works to foster inclusion through UCI community outreach program

April 15, 2020
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ #UCIArtsAnywhere project encourages people to post photos or videos of themselves engaging with the arts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Art and soul

Social media project underscores common humanity during crisis

April 06, 2020