With shelter-in-place policies in effect throughout the world, much of the U.S. has come to a complete standstill. However, for the many University of California, Irvine (UCI) undergraduate researchers, the grind doesn’t stop. One student researcher continuing his...
As a second-year pursuing a degree in civil engineering, Matthew Thomas knew that he would encounter certain difficulties as a student. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 was something that Matthew could never have anticipated. “I feel like I’m on summer vacation,” he...
Winter Quarter at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) seemed like any other. As campus prepared for finals and the upcoming Spring Break, many students were balancing school and other important projects. Like her classmates, third-year business administration...
On November 8, 2004, Jaune Odombrown joined the U.S. Marine Corps. While he knew that his military service would bring countless challenges and immeasurable hardships, he didn’t know that it would also open the door to his entrepreneurial success. During his military...
Inspiration strikes in the most unlikely of places. For University of California, Irvine (UCI) student Aryan Ghanadan it struck at the West Oakland BART Station. “I was getting on the Megabus back to the Bay Area,” he recalls, “and I noticed two things: one, there was...
In the new online world, we are all forced to confront challenges that we could never have anticipated. However, this does not mean that we have to struggle independently. This is especially true for students at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). With help...
In the summer of 2017, Nancy Duong was like many incoming freshmen who were looking for a way to prepare for life at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). As she searched through the various programs offered on campus, she discovered Summer Bridge, hosted...
FINANCING The ANTrepreneur Center at the University of California-Irvine has received $550,000 from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. The funds will be used to add new technology to the facility, host special events and provide travel opportunities for...
Being truly caring is what defines a good person and a great mentor. And when Dr. Donald Dabdub, the recipient of the 2018 Tom Angell Faculty Mentoring Award, pulled out his phone to read his personal motto, he refocused the conversation onto the first and most...
Eric Saltzman, Earth System Science Professor at UCI, shared his personal story and professional trajectory with honors students during a recent Campuswide Honors Program (CHP) “Lunch with Leadership.” The quarterly lunches give CHP students the chance to enjoy an...
