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5 reasons to transfer to UCI Humanities
How transfer students can find community and launch their careers
A banner featuring the faces of five transfer students and a background of Humanities Gateway
Remembering Aijaz Ahmad
UCI Chancellor’s Professor transformed the field of critical theory
  • Comparative Literature
Aijaz Ahmad is at the courtyard of Humanities Gateway, sitting on a bench
Returning to his roots
From farm life to university president: The journey of UCI alumnus Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval
  • Alumni
  • Spanish and Portuguese
Saul Sandoval is wearing a dark blue suit; he is smiling
What’s next: Student loan debt forgiveness
UCI department chair discusses importance and impact of such programs
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
Jeanne Sheper is sitting at her desk; she has short red hair and wears a necklace with small spiral beads
Persian studies bloom at UCI
Entrepreneur and UCI donor Anoosheh Oskouian explains Nowruz
  • Gifts & Grants
  • Persian Studies
  • Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies
Anoosheh Oskouian is in an industrial plant. She is holding a red hard hat and wearing a colorful blouse and black blazer. She is facing the left side of the frame and smiling
UCI historian Emily Baum named fellow at Institute for Advanced Study
Scholar to trace history of acupuncture
  • History
Emily Baum wears royal blue blouse; she stands against a bookshelf with her arms crossed
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o receives 2022 PEN/Nabokov Award
UCI literary scholar puts Gĩkũyũ language on world stage
  • International Center for Writing and Translation
  • Comparative Literature
Ngugi rests his head lightly on his left hand; he is in a library