STEM

Doctoral student helps Latina girls see themselves as potential scientists

UCI has received $100,000 from the National Science Foundation to fund a conference on strengthening pathways for Latino students in science, technology, engineering and math. The award comes shortly after the university’s designation as a Hispanic-serving institution by the U.S. Department of Education. As an HSI, it’s eligible for funding and grants to help support […]

Hosun Kang, assistant professor of education, has been selected as a 2017-18 Hellman Fellow. Her project explores whether and how a collaborative approach to curriculum design can promote children’s analytical and problem-solving abilities. She will conduct a summer STEM workshop involving science teachers, science teacher educators and scientists, who will develop two curricula – one […]

UCI’s Project CRYSTAL integrates classroom and outdoor learning experiences

Donation expands partnership with Base 11 to address STEM talent crisis

UCI is No. 30 among the top 50 universities in the country for awarding Ph.D.s in the arts and humanities, according to a recent analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education. For the 2014-15 academic year, UCI conferred 51 doctoral degrees in humanities and two in the arts. “For decades now, we have been a primary international destination for the […]

UCI is one of 12 member universities active in the Association of American Universities‘ STEM Education Network chosen to receive up to $50,000 along with UCI matching funds to further existing efforts to improve undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The network is an outgrowth of the AAU Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative, launched in […]

Alumna encourages other minority women to enter technology and engineering fields

Beall Center exhibit showcases the few constraints of ‘expanded media arts’ and how the field intertwines with the human experience

A UCI team led by Padhraic Smyth, professor of computer science and director of the UCI Data Science Initiative, is one of 16 interdisciplinary groups to share $47 million awarded as part of the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program. UCI will receive $2.9 million, primarily in the form of graduate student fellowships, to develop “team science […]