Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jul 9, 2021
The designation recognizes the role the Department of Physics & Astronomy plays in guiding students from underrepresented groups into academic careers.
Jun 29, 2021
A home experiment when Nowick was 8 helped catalyze the UCI chemistry professor’s career.
Jun 17, 2021
The fellowship aims to bolster diversity in universities, and will support Long’s research on galaxies.
Jun 10, 2021
Ph.D. graduate Sierra Williams harnessing lightning bug light to illuminate diseases like cancer.
Jun 2, 2021
Led by Professor Bob Pelayo, the grant will help instructors merge concepts from math and biology.  
May 19, 2021
Undergraduate writes book to show kids what’s possible when you learn something new.
May 17, 2021
The award recognizes her work as an equity advisor and in organizing events that help faculty succeed.
Apr 30, 2021
Physical Sciences AISIESS program helped Native American students connect with their tribal lands on a new level.
Apr 21, 2021
When the pandemic struck, Youssefpour pivoted his teaching abruptly — and successfully — to the online realm.
Mar 25, 2021
Mercado’s award ceremony will also honor his slain friend and fellow astrophysicist, José Flores Velázquez.
Feb 26, 2021
UCI astrophysicist and Ph.D. student Devontae Baxter fell in love with space in a library in Stockbridge, Georgia
Feb 26, 2021
Before she was a UCI Ph.D. student in Earth System Science studying marine microorganisms, she played in steelpan bands and ran a theatre company in Jamaica.