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Eric Perez, a fifth-year Chicano/Latino studies and sociology major

Vanquishing the ‘us vs. them’ mentality

Student-veteran helps at-risk teens overcome gang culture of hating ‘the other’

Rookie researchers

UCI undergrads partner with faculty in projects promoting sustainability

tacey Nicholas, UCI trustee

Stacey Nicholas donates $5 million to UCI in support of diversity and inclusiveness

Gift will aid recruitment, retention, graduation of underrepresented STEM students

UCI again receives most applications in UC system from state’s high school seniors

Campus is also top choice for first-generation, low-income and minority students

UCI junior Jocelyne Munoz,

Finding herself – and a mission

Donor-funded scholarships help first-generation student ‘become a well-rounded individual who can speak from multiple perspectives’

Core values

Freshman humanities course is ‘immersive deep dive into what it is that makes us human’

Loan Le, a UCI senior in pharmaceutical sciences.

Seeking to serve the poor

Aided by scholarship, transfer student prepares to ‘bring a better quality of healthcare to underserved populations’

At first preseason regatta, UCI men’s rowing team captures gold, silver and bronze medals

UCI’s men’s rowing team began early preseason efforts with a successful outing in the San Diego Fall Classic rowing regatta. It took gold in the open-class “four-with,” silver in the open pair and bronze in the open eight. In addition, the men’s novice team placed sixth in the freshman/novice eight after only three weeks of […]

Dani Molina joins UCI as director of the Veteran Services Center

The Army veteran will continue campus commitment for serving veterans

Andrea Kristell Medrano is a first-gen third-year student who won the Hannah J. Caldwell Endowed Student Award for Undergraduate Studies and the Humanities Associates Endowment for the International Center for Writing and Translation award.

Bilingual booster

First-gen senior majoring in both education sciences and Spanish hopes to become an academic counselor in low-income communities