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Student Highlight: Joia Cappochi, 2024 Goldwater Scholarship Recipient
In this interview, Rose Jones, Director of the UC Irvine Scholarship Opportunities Program (SOP), sits down with 2024 Goldwater Scholarship recipient and fourth-year neurobiology major Joia Cappochi. Together, they talk about Joia’s journey to UC Irvine, her involvement with research, and what it means to be UC Irvine’s only 2024 Goldwater Scholarship recipient.
Grant Lai Named UC Irvine’s First Churchill Scholar
Grant Lai, fourth-year Chemistry and Biological Sciences double major, was recently named a 2025-26 Churchill Scholar, the first in UC Irvine’s history! To learn more about Grant and what receiving this prestigious scholarship means to him, Rose Jones, Director of the UC Irvine Scholarship Opportunities Program, invited him for a celebratory interview.
UC Irvine Named Fulbright HSI Leader for Fourth Consecutive Year
On November 3, 2024, the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) became one of 51 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) across the country to be named a 2024 Fulbright HSI Leader. This distinction, awarded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational...
UCI named Fulbright HSI Leader by State Department for second consecutive year
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 11, 2022 — The University of California, Irvine has been named a 2022 Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Last year, UCI was an inaugural recipient of the newly created designation,...
Making a global difference: Anteaters have been involved with the Fulbright Program for three decades
More than 200 Anteaters – 78 undergraduates and 129 graduate students – have participated in the Fulbright Program since 1992. The international academic exchange offers students the chance to study, conduct research or teach in over 160 countries; about 8,000...
UCI Scholars Land Prestigious Awards at Home and Abroad: 2021-22 Capital Fellows, Carnegie, Fulbright, Gates, National Science Foundation, Strauss, and Truman Honorees
Irvine, California, June 6, 2022 – The UCI Scholarship Opportunities Program (SOP) is pleased to announce that 22 UCI students have placed in nationally- and internationally-known prestigious merit scholarship competitions during the university’s challenging...
