Author: Loh Down Staff

The Loh Down on Science is proud to announce that writer and Managing Editor, Maureen Purcell, has been awarded a fellowship! As a Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) Fellow, Maureen will receive training in evidence-based teaching strategies and the unique tools and techniques for making high quality remote

Hive writer Racine Rangel was recently awarded a Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) Fellowship at UC Irvine! This fellowship helps graduate students learn valuable skills around online pedagogy and distance learning. Racine will be working with faculty throughout Biological Sciences to help enrich online learning for all future students here at UCI.

Chris Toh, Hive writer extraordinaire, was recently awarded the Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) Fellowship at UC Irvine. DTEI Fellows will work with faculty to develop online courses for the 2020-21 academic year. Chris will receive training from DTEI in fundamentals of pedagogy and remote learning as well

Chris Toh recently received the UC Irvine Public Impact Fellowship for research with high potential of positive impact to broader society and for effective science communication. This fellowship aims to support excellent academic research and will help provide resources to continue such studies. Congratulations, Chris!

Karen Arcos has kicked off the new Loh Down on Science Español series! Arcos translated scripts she had written in English to Spanish, AND recorded them herself! The incredible new pilot series can be found HERE.

Krista was selected as the Chemistry Department’s Science Communication Fellow through the School of Physical Sciences! She is in charge of the department’s social media presence, including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. She also coordinates with the School of Physical Sciences to generate new ideas and ways of sharing all

Hive writer Racine Rangel was recently awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship! This will provide her with three years of funding to further her marine science research in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. This fellowship seeks to ultimately increase overall diversity among faculty members throughout our nation’s universities by supporting ethnic

Hive writer Heidi Waite has received the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. This gives her 3 years of funding to advance in her Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program! The goal of the fellowship is to increase diversity in the college and universities by increasing the number of diverse professors and PhD