Category: Hive Buzz

UCI’s Womxn’s Hub awarded our manager editor Brenna Briggs the 7th Annual Dynamic Womxn of the Year Award. Brenna is a Ph.D. student in Chemistry studying air quality. The Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards event celebrates and honors the incredible womxn who are leaders and role models actively making a

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

Karen Arcos, one of our fabulous LDOS writers, was selected to present her research at the UCI Grad Slam Finals! Karen presented a 3-minute talk, titled “Digit Dare,” in front of hundreds of people and judges from all around Orange County! Congrats, Karen!

Alex Jarnot was recently featured on the podcast “This Grad Life,” founded and hosted by emeritus Hive member, Ted Yoo. Listen to Alex talk about atmospheric chemistry, ninja air cans, and Chex Mix here!

Victoria Lim was awarded the Penny J. Gilmer grant ($1000) to attend OpenEye CUP XX in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The OpenEye CUP series is a top conference in computational chemistry, bringing together industry leaders with outstanding researchers and students.