What does it mean to be a Hispanic Serving Institution?
UCI is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). This federal designation aligns with UCI’s aspiration to be a national leader and global model of inclusive excellence. As a designated HSI, UCI faculty, staff and students are eligible to apply for Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) grants, internships and partnerships.
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UCI NEWS | Seven faculty members named 2021-22 Hellman Fellows ★
Seven faculty members named 2021-22 Hellman Fellows June 23, 2021 L to R: Adriana Villavicencio, Adeyemi Adeleye, Vibhuti Ramachandran, Celia Symons, Judit Romhanyi, Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, Christopher Seeds Seven assistant professors at UCI [...]
Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship Recipients
Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship Recipients Meet Our 2021 Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship Recipients The Eugene Cota-Robles (ECR) Fellowship is the most prestigious diversity fellowship offered at UC Irvine. This award is used to release recipients [...]
UCI’s Salvador E. Zarate is named American Council of Learned Societies F’21 Fellow ★
American Council of Learned Societies F'21 Fellow - Salvador E. Zarate Assistant Professor Anthropology University of California, Irvine ACLS Fellowship Program 2021 Assistant Professor Anthropology University of California, Irvine Weed Abatement: Immigrant Workers and Fire [...]
Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award ★
Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award About the IDEA Award The ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award was created in 2019 by the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), [...]
Milestones
| AY 2020-2021 | Milestones |
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| Spring Quarter 2021 4th annual LEAD recognizes graduate student excellence and achievement in all 15 academic units at UCI (https://news.uci.edu/2021/04/02/latinx-excellence-and-achievement-awards-recognizes-hispanic-and-latinx-graduate-students/) |
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| Fall Quarter 2020 UCI awarded UC-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative grant for Enhancing Diversity and Equitable Inclusion Thriving in the Academy Program (https://news.uci.edu/2020/07/20/belinda-robnett-receives-grant-to-help-build-a-more-representative-professoriate/) |
| AY 2019-2020 | Milestones |
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| Fall Quarter 2018 UCI awarded HSI Title V Part A grant for CalTeach Program |
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| AY 2019-2020 | Milestones |
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| Fall Quarter 2019 UCI awarded National Science Foundation IUSE HSI Program grant for Improving the Transition of Community College Students into University STEM Programs Through Cross-Enrollment (https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1928554&HistoricalAwards=false) |
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| AY 2017-2018 | Milestones |
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| Spring Quarter 2018 Inaugural Latino Excellence and Achievement Dinner (LEAD): First celebration of Latinx graduate student success in UC system. |
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| Fall Quarter 2017 UCI HSI Conference: National Science Foundation awards UCI an HSI conference grant for Pathways for Hispanics in STEM. |
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| Fall Quarter 2017 UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman is first UC Chancellor elected to governing board of Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU). |
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| AY 2016-2017 | Milestones |
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| Spring Quarter 2017 UCI designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) |
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| Winter Quarter 2017 A LOOK AT LATINO STUDENT SUCCESS: Identifying Top- and Bottom-Performing Institutions: The Education Trust names UCI among top 10 universities closing graduation gap for Latinx students. |
| AY 2014-2015 | Milestones |
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| Winter Quarter 2015 Vice Provost for Academic Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Douglas Haynes convenes an administrative work group to prepare the campus for designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. View the report here |
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Achievements
L to R: Adriana Villavicencio, Adeyemi Adeleye, Vibhuti Ramachandran, Celia Symons, Judit Romhanyi, Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, Christopher Seeds
Seven assistant professors at UCI will receive $50,000 Hellman Fellowships, which are bestowed annually to support research by junior faculty. They join an elite group of 63 UCI Hellman Fellows since 2013, when the Hellman Fellows Fund established the program here. The program began in 1995 at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego and has since expanded organically to all UC institutions. In 2020, after 25 years of funding the Program, the Hellman family generously established an endowment to allow the program to continue in perpetuity across UC’s 10 campuses.
The Eugene Cota-Robles (ECR) Fellowship is the most prestigious diversity fellowship offered at UC Irvine. This award is used to release recipients from employment or loan obligations that might delay progress in graduate study. The fellowship is designed to place students interested in careers in academic teaching and research on a fast-track towards completing their doctoral degree, and to increase the number of qualified candidates for faculty positions within the University of California. The Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship is named in honor of one of the earliest Mexican-American professors in the University of California System.
Jiménez-Sandoval graduated cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and History from the University of California, Irvine, where he also earned his Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese literatures. In addition, he has professional certificates in critical theory from Cornell University, in Spanish art history from Escuela de Arte y Antigüedades de Madrid (Spain), and in Portuguese language and culture from Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal).
Ana Muñiz, assistant professor of criminology, law and society, has been named a 2021 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader (MEFL) by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.
Daniel Joseph Martinez. Photo Credit: Katherine McMahon
Daniel Joseph Martinez, Donald Bren Professor of Art in the Department of Art at UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts, received the Abigail Cohen Rome Prize in Visual Art for his submission entitled Forum Romanum of Dissent or To See The World Without Time.
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Title III & Title V
The HSI Division provides grant funding to institutions of higher education to assist with strengthening institutional programs, facilities, and services to expand the educational opportunities for Hispanic Americans and other underrepresented populations.