2020

Aditi Mayer – Fulbright Recipient

Aditi Mayer – Fulbright Recipient

Aditi Mayer is a 2019 UCI graduate who double majored in Literary Journalism and International Studies. Her career at UC Irvine included serving as a founding student council member and fellow for the Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation, studying abroad in Mexico,...

An Nguyen – Fulbright Alternate

An Nguyen – Fulbright Alternate

An Thien Nguyen is a fourth-year undergraduate studying Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Throughout her undergraduate career, An has served as a Scholarship Opportunities Program Student Advisor and Ambassador, mentored incoming...

Ashley Duong – Fulbright Alternate

Ashley Duong – Fulbright Alternate

Ashley is a recent alumna who double majored in literary journalism and philosophy. In her time at UCI, she was heavily involved with the campus paper, The New University, and was able to serve as a writer, copy editor, assistant news editor and managing editor. She...

Eliza Partika – Fulbright Alternate

Eliza Partika – Fulbright Alternate

Eliza Partika is a fourth-year double major in Literary Journalism and Global Middle East Studies. She currently holds a position writing about student and faculty research at the Office of Strategic Communications & Public Affairs at UCI. She has travelled on...

William (Liam) Blume – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

William (Liam) Blume – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Liam Blume is a journalist and 2019 graduate of UCI’s Literary Journalism program, where he also studied Arabic and Spanish. He reported on political corruption, crime, music, and public health for OC Weekly, Voice of OC, and New University while studying at UCI, and...

Melissa Cruz – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Melissa Cruz – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Melissa Cruz is a recent graduate in English and Spanish with cum laude honors. Prior to transferring to UCI as a Regent’s Scholar, Melissa earned an Associate’s Degree in English at Golden West College, where she participated in the swim team and was named a Student...

Sarah Mahoney – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Sarah Mahoney – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Sarah Mahoney graduated from UCI in 2019 with a bachelor’s in anthropology. She applied to graduate programs in Anthropology and will be hearing back in the Spring 2020 term. She applied to MA programs in Anthropology at the University of Hawaii and the University of...

Shih (Mita) Huang

Shih (Mita) Huang

Shih Yuan Huang is a third-year Education and History major. She is working to become a K-12 teacher with a specific focus on History. In Fall 2020, she will begin the Master of Arts in Teaching program at the University of California, Irvine, to receive her teaching...

Bryon Tjanaka – NSF Honorable Mention

Bryon Tjanaka – NSF Honorable Mention

Bryon Tjanaka is a graduating third-year senior in Computer Science. During his time at UCI, he has worked with Roy Fox and the Intelligent Dynamics Lab on hierarchical reinforcement learning, and with David Mobley, Jessica Maat, and the Mobley Lab on molecular...

Luciano Groisman – NSF Recipient

Luciano Groisman – NSF Recipient

Luciano Groisman is a transfer student from Pasadena College and Santa Monica City College, and a graduating senior in Biomedical Engineering. Luciano will pursue his PhD in the UCI Bio-Engineering of Advanced Mechanical Systems laboratory to develop diabetes...