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Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio, UCI assistant vice chancellor for educational partnerships, here speaking to students from the Compton Unified School District.

UCI awarded additional $5.2 million grant to support GEAR UP project

New funding will expand college preparation efforts in Compton schools

January 12, 2022

1st year biology major Jake Simon moves into Mesa court housing.

A minimized move-in

Amid coronavirus testing and precautions, a fraction of the usual number of students settle into campus housing

September 29, 2020

Faculty member receives grant to study the impact of digital media on child development

Stephanie Reich, UCI associate professor of education, has received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to research how digital media influences child development. Data from her earlier NICHD-funded Baby Books 2 project will be used to describe the media habits of ethnically and linguistically […]

September 14, 2020

UCI Podcast: Melissa Mazmanian on work and parenting in the digital age

“Dreams of the Overworked: Living, Working & Parenting in the Digital Age” is a new book by Melissa Mazmanian, UCI associate professor of informatics, and Christine Beckman, professor of public policy at the University of Southern California. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, Mazmanian, who holds appointments in the Donald Bren School of Information […]

June 18, 2020

“During this extended quarantine, parents are faced with a near-impossible task of balancing their children’s need for independence and structure with school demands as well as the demands of their own professions, which have only intensified during this period,” says Jessica Borelli, UCI associate professor of psychological science and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in parent-child relationships. “This leaves many parents at a loss. The current reality is unlike any that families have ever faced before.”

Quarantine parenting

UCI expert offers advice on daily routines, discipline and dealing with schoolwork during pandemic

May 05, 2020

Incoming UCI freshmen learn how to properly execute the Anteaters’ “Zot!” hand gesture at a summer session of the campus’s Student Parent Orientation Program.

SPOP 2019!

Incoming freshmen and their parents undergo an intensive but fun two-day orientation process

August 19, 2019