Category: Hive Buzz

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

Brenna Biggs, one of our LDOS managing editors, was selected to present her research at the UCI Grad Slam Finals! Brenna presented a 3-minute talk, titled “Dairy Air: Old MacDonald Has A Problem,” in front of hundreds of people and judges representing different sectors in Orange County. She won second

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.

Chloe Groome won an ARCS Scholar Award, which recognizes and rewards UC Irvine’s most academically superior doctoral students exhibiting outstanding promise as scientists, researchers and leaders. Congrats, Chloe!!

Racine Rangel is a second year PhD student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. For a class assignment by Professor Brandon Gaut, she was tasked with a new writing assignment format to try writing a script for a Loh Down! Racine decided to write about the Arctic Cod and how they survive in the