women

UCI trustee, professor work together to promote diversity in engineering

New book by UCI sociologist explores the religious and racial origins of society’s obsession with thinness

First filmed evidence of their existence is included in archival materials

Commander has spent 27 years in Long Beach law enforcement

Deanna Shemek, UCI professor of Italian, has won the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women’s prize for best translation of a woman’s work. Her edition of Isabella d’Este: Selected Letters (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Publications, 2017) is the first translation into English of more than 16,000 letters written by the […]

UCI researchers win grant to explore why Alzheimer’s affects more women

Engineered implant could help 1 in 4 young women with TMJ problems

UCI Women’s Hub offers support, resources, events, a sympathetic ear – and tea

Amy Gerstler, professor of English, has been named a 2018 Guggenheim fellow in poetry. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s board of trustees granted 173 of the prestigious awards out of nearly 3,000 applicants. As a Guggenheim fellow, Gerstler will write a hybrid poetry/literature book that explores the idea of the feminine epic. “One of […]

Frances Leslie, vice provost and dean for graduate studies at UCI, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2018 Lifetime Legacy Award from Orange County Connected Women of Influence. The award recognizes women who have demonstrated superior leadership over several years and who have a significant track record of long-term achievements in their field. Leslie […]