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UCI Beall Applied Innovation is Helping Make Irvine a Growing Startup Hub

Monday, July 26, 2021

An award-winning innovator who started an agricultural technology company. A University of California, Irvine alumnus who founded a medical device company. A UCI professor who’s producing rapid tests for COVID-19 and other diseases. Their backgrounds are as different as their companies, but they all launched their ventures at UCI Beall Applied Innovation. The City of Irvine recently landed on WalletHub’s list of the best big cities in which to start a business and was ranked first for access to related resources. That’s no accident. Irvine’s success is part of a concerted effort that kicked into high gear in 2014 when Applied Innovation opene...

Distinguished Scholar Jon Gould Named Dean of UCI’s School of Social Ecology

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Jon Gould, a distinguished scholar in justice policy, social change and government reform who has held key positions in the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Science Foundation, will become the new dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, following a nationwide search. He will assume the post on Jan. 1, 2022. At UCI, Gould will lead the nation’s first school of social ecology, established in 1970 in response to high demand for more socially relevant research. For over 50 years, the school has been an internationally recognized pioneer in developing interdisciplinary approaches t...

New Chamber Program to Honor Distinguished Educators, Nominations Open Now

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

The Greater Irvine Chamber celebrates Irvine’s world-class education as part of what helps the city live up to its promise as a model master-planned community and its ability to sustain economic vitality by ensuring a continued skilled workforce. Through its inaugural Distinguished Educators program, the Chamber will recognize exemplary Irvine educators who have contributed to the educational process through direct student involvement or partnership activities. Outstanding STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) programs offered in Irvine will also be recognized. Nominations and self-nominations are open through Sept. 3, 2021. NOMINATE HERE Honorees will be announced at the Distinguished Educators event on Wednesday...

Chapman University to Transform Old Packing House into New Dance Center with $5M Grant

Friday, July 09, 2021

(Orange County Register) A $5 million grant from one of Chapman University’s most generous donors will allow the university to transform the 100-year old Villa Park Orchards Association Packing House into the Sandi Simon Center for Dance, a 33,000 square foot complex which will serve Chapman’s 150 dance majors and host performances for the community. Located at 350 N. Cypress St. in Orange, the center is scheduled to be completed by next summer and be in use for the fall 2022 semester. The $5 million was donated by philanthropists Ron and Sandi Simon, who have gifted millions to the university over the years throug...

UCI's Joyce Yu-Chia Lee is the First Faculty Member to Earn Prestigious American College of Clinical Pharmacy Award

Friday, July 09, 2021

Joyce Yu-Chia Lee, clinical professor of health sciences at the University of California, Irvine, has received the 2021 Clinical Practice Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. An advanced practice pharmacist, Lee is a founding faculty member of UCI’s School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences and the first to earn the prestigious recognition. ACCP is a professional and scientific society with more than 15,000 members from over 60 countries committed to excellence in clinical pharmacy. Each year, the award is given to one member who has developed an innovative clinical pharmacy service, provided innovative documentation of the impact of clinica...

UCI Professor Wins Spain’s Prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific Research

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Philip Felgner, Ph.D., professor in residence of physiology & biophysics at the University of California, Irvine, is one of seven scholars worldwide to win Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research in recognition of their contributions to designing COVID-19 vaccines. “It is a great honor, and I am so happy the jury selected me for this distinguished award,” said Felgner, who directs UCI’s Vaccine Research and Development Center. “It gives me the opportunity to reward my team for their years of dedication and commitment. I’m proud to be included with six other eminent recipients who’ve been workin...

Greater Irvine Chamber Awards Military Veteran Students with 2021 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Wall Scholarship

Tuesday, June 01, 2021

Each year, the Greater Irvine Chamber grants scholarships to students enrolled at Irvine Valley College (IVC) in memory of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas U. Wall, a former chairman of the Irvine Valley College Foundation and the Chamber. Lt. Col. Thomas U. Wall Scholarship Committee trustees awarded the 2021 scholarship to recipients DeAngelo Hunter (United States Army Veteran) and Rosio Rodrigues (United States Marine Corps Veteran and Active Reserve member). Hunter is studying administration of justice and is a member of the IVC Online Education Task Force, designed to give input from the student body directly to the professors (critical during the COVID pandemic). Hunter assisted in providing food to families during the recent Silverado fires. “I don'...

Cox Awards $50,000 in 2021 Innovation in Education Grants to Irvine Unified and Other Local School Districts

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

While many students across California started the 2020/2021 school year from home and utilizing a technology device, most are now finishing up the year back in the classrooms. To safely welcome students back in the classroom and ensure remote learners have an equitable experience, schools had to make some modifications. To support those efforts, Cox awarded $50,000 in Innovation in Education (IIE) grants to local school districts and to the Orange County Department of Education. “The Innovation in Education program is part of Cox's commitment to education since its founding. Established in 2014, the program has awarded $350,000 in grants t...

UCI's Emily Penner Among Five Early-Career US Researchers Named William T. Grant Scholars

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Emily Penner, an assistant professor of education at the University of California, Irvine, has been named a William T. Grant Scholar to explore what makes a high school ethnic studies teacher effective. The five-year, $350,000 award supports promising early-career researchers with interests in reducing inequality or improving the use of research evidence. It will fund a project building on Penner’s previous work, which showed that enrollment in a ninth-grade ethnic studies class substantially increased attendance, grade-point averages, and course credits for students who had been labeled at risk of dropping out of high school based on eighth-grade performance. “The goal is t...

A Mars Rover, Marine Biology Projects, and Business Stock Performances Among Entries at CUI's Undergraduate Research Competition

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Concordia University Irvine announced the winners of its annual President's Academic Showcase which pairs individual undergraduate students, or teams, to work one-on-one with faculty mentors on a research project of their choice. More than 40 students from freshman to seniors representing over 15 majors competed in the virtual academic event which awards over $5,000 in cash. One team entry, from Team Helios, included a 2-person human-powered rover built to NASA specs for the 2021 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Team Helios built their rover, called Patience, over a nine-month period. With the on-site competition in Huntsville, AL canceled due to COVID-19...

Concordia Master of Healthcare Administration Students are First Team in University History to Compete in Statewide Competition

Monday, May 10, 2021

Graduate students from Concordia University Irvine’s (CUI) Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program recently competed in CUI’s first-ever entry in the 2021 Healthcare Executives of Southern California College Bowl. Students from the liberal arts university faced teams from private and public universities across the state. “We’re extremely proud of the work that our students poured into this competition,” said CUI MHA Academic Program Director and Associate Professor Catherine Sinardi, MFT, Ed.D. “For being new to the competition, competing against seasoned teams, while holding down jobs and internships in healthcare, and going to school, our students held their own.” Concordia Irvine’s team consisted of four MHA graduate student...

Northwood and University High Schools Named Califonia Distinguished Schools

Thursday, May 06, 2021

Northwood and University high schools have been named 2021 California Distinguished Schools. This designation is the state’s top honor for schools. California Distinguished Schools are selected based on key indicators tied to the California School Dashboard, which is the state’s primary school accountability and improvement tool. Indicators reflect test scores, suspension rates, conditions and school climate. In total, 223 California high schools and middle schools were honored through this year’s Distinguished Schools program with 21 in Orange County. “IUSD is proud of our students, staff and parents, who exemplify our mission to provide the highest quality educational experience we can envision," said IUSD Board o...

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