Stories
Building a Business with UCI’s ANTrepreneur Center
For Jenelle King, a third-year civil engineering major and former athlete at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), the idea of building a business that...
From Freshman Year to the Future: How SSI Programs Set Students Up for Success
For many incoming freshmen, the idea of completely transitioning to life at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) can seem daunting. However, units...
How Undergraduate Research Helps Students Open Pathways for Success
For many students, college is a time of self-discovery. A time to explore your passions, form career goals, and decide on your next steps. This was certainly...
UCI’s ANTrepreneur Center: Supporting Innovation for Student Success
For high school students who dream of joining college esports teams, there isn’t a clear pathway forward. “There is a prevalent gap between high schoolers and...
UCI Students Find Technological Support in a Remote World
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...
Supporting Entrepreneurship Amidst a Global Pandemic
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...
How the ANTrepreneur Center Supports UCI’s Student Entrepreneurs
Inspiration strikes in the most unlikely of places. For University of California, Irvine (UCI) student Aryan Ghanadan it struck at the West Oakland BART...
SSI: Helping Students Find Success Through Community and Support
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...
Research in the Time of Corona
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...
Danny Attiyah: “I Will Be Successful One Day”
[remove_header_bg] UC Irvine is part of the American Talent Initiative, a coalition of Universities dedicated to highlighting the feats of diverse, impressive...
Tamara Nabulsi: Happiness in Helping Others
Where does fulfilment in life come from? Can it be quantified in money or a successful career? Or is fulfilment something that’s different for every...
Shelby Petty: Proving the Doubters Wrong
Meet Shelby Petty, a UCI Business Economics major and elite athlete with a fierce work ethic. UCI is part of a 95 university strong coalition known as the...
#ActivateTalent with this Anteater’s Academic Internship
It’s rough trying to have it all – to be a student, a mentor, a leader and an inspiration – but one talented individual found success in all these different...
Seek Help to #ActivateTalent and Start Here with Glenda Flores
Some experiences are hard to put into words, even for as awesome a cause as #ActivateTalent. Experiences like: Working at a dry cleaner shop at age 10. Being...
Pick the Right Path and #ActivateTalent with David Igler
Together, Together, Together everyone! UCI is coming together -- not for a University Musical -- but to #ActivateTalent everywhere! If you haven’t heard,...
Expand Your Mind and #ActivateTalent with Manoj Kaplinghat
Houston, have you heard that WeAreUCI is launching explorations into every area code and income level and finding talent in the darkest of places? That’s why...
Got that Sinking Feeling? Swim with #ActivateTalent featuring Davin Phoenix
If you’re in the mood to get inspired, look no further: #ActivateTalent is here! We’ve spent the past few months bringing you the best our Anteater nation has...
Why Kendra Faraci Believes that Talent is not Restricted to Class, Color, or Status.
That’s right! I know you can’t believe your eyes but #ActivateTalent is back at it again. Today we’re telling you all about an amazing interview that answered...
Valerie Nguyen is Proof that It’s Worth the Hard Work to #ActivateTalent
Ahoy there! We are excited to share another #ActivateTalent story as part of our support for the American Talent Initiative. UCI is proud to join 86 other...
Find Strength to #ActivateTalent for a Better Future: with Fernando Cano
It’s a new quarter and #ActivateTalent is back with another adventure to tell. We’ve been searching the campus, finding the very best anteaters among us so we...
Pete Wong of Yummi
Universities hold the promise of a better future, a future where the kind of social mobility promised by the American Dream is more than just a fantasy. Equal...
Velox Biosystems
Universities hold the promise of a better future, a future where the kind of social mobility promised by the American Dream is more than just a fantasy. Equal...
Guardian Locket
Universities hold the promise of a better future, a future where the kind of social mobility promised by the American Dream is more than just a fantasy. Equal...
Say Hi to Hai, #ActivateTalent Hero
“There is strength in diversity if we can embrace each other's story and identify how we can learn from one another with compassion, patience, and...