Oct. 8, 2024

UC IRVINE NEWS

Investigating the origins of OC’s income inequality

Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, a professor of Asian American studies and history, received a $500,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation to study the origins of wealth inequality in Orange County. A critical part of the project will be to promote public dissemination of this scholarship and community dialogue about the contemporary ramifications of this history. “The COVID-19 pandemic transformed our lives and exposed long-standing inequalities along the lines of race, gender and class,” Wu explained, adding that the project “provides an opportunity to investigate the historic and contemporary ramifications of these inequalities.”

Free Clinic Project surveys food insecurity

The Free Clinic Project is a non-profit, student-run organization that provides quality, patient-centered healthcare to underserved communities in Orange County while also educating future healthcare professionals. As part of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, the project studies the impact of food insecurity on overall health and wellbeing. Members of the UC Irvine community are invited to participate. Email FCPrecruitment@gmail.com if you want to get involved.

UCI Libraries celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

UCI Libraries have multiple resources relating to Hispanic culture and history which are available to the campus community, many of which are available to the public year-round at no cost. Books in the collection include The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Also available are the Latin American cinema and Hispanic Heritage Month film collections, as well as a number of specialized research support and library guides. For research assistance, visit guides.lib.uci.edu for a complete list of UCI Libraries’ research guides or schedule an appointment with a research librarian. For additional information about UCI Libraries’ efforts to celebrate diversity in its users, staff, collections and resources, visit the UCI Libraries Diversity webpage.

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UC Irvine named #21 in Forbes list of best California employers

UC Irvine has garnered a fourth 2024 Forbes ranking, this time coming in at #21 on the Best Employers by State (California) list. UC Irvine rates ahead of all other UC academic campuses and is behind only UC Davis Health, which is at #20. In addition, UC Irvine ranks ahead of such commercial powerhouses as Lululemon, Trader Joe’s and Coca-Cola. Show us your Zot! Zot! Zot! if you’re proud to be an Anteater!

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