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underrepresented

Gillman, Napolitano assure Anaheim High students that a UC education is within reach

UC President Janet Napolitano and UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman led a rally of more than 700 Anaheim High School students in Cook Auditorium on Friday, April 27, to send the message that a UC education is accessible and affordable. The visit was part of Achieve UC, a multiyear effort to encourage students in communities with […]

A woman of many worlds

Multicultural, first-gen doctoral student strives to reconcile academia and the creative arts

UCI ranked #12 on national 2017 Social Mobility Index

UCI has been named  the 12th best social mobility school in the country in the the CollegeNET Inc. 2017 Social Mobility Index. The awards are given in recognition of the academic support programs that help first generation and low income students obtain college degrees and good paying jobs. “We remain dedicated to the success and […]

Mentorship matters

A UCI professor changed Jeanett Castellanos’ life 25 years ago, and she’s been paying it forward ever since

Evidence-based outreach

School of Education newcomer takes practical, positive approach to improving academic outcomes of underrepresented K-12 students

Tassel town

Anteater class of ’17 is ready to tackle the future

First-generation students make up more than half of UCI’s class of 2017

Over 7,500 graduates will participate in commencement ceremonies this month

UCI joins alliance to expand opportunities for low-income students

American Talent Initiative aims to educate 50,000 of them at colleges with best graduation rates by 2025

A guiding light

Native American physicist blazes trail for others at UCI

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen to kick off UCI’s 2017 Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellows Series

Pulitzer Prize-winning author will read from his fiction and nonfiction works