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LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

Jun 13, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2025

This year, the Washington, DC-based Capital Pride Alliance hosted the 50th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebration in our nation’s capital, with their international WorldPride event organized around the theme, “The Fabric of Freedom.”
Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May 19, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2025

This May, as we celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month, we acknowledge that this shared heritage of the AANHPI community reflects the evolving heritage and history of the entire United States.

Negar Shekarabi, PsyD, presenting at the 2025 UCI Student Affairs Workshop

Apr 09, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Celebrating Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Heritage Month 2025

This April, in celebration of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Heritage Month, Negar Shekarabi, PsyD, reflects upon her professional journey as a first-generation Iranian American.
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Mar 25, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Commemorating Equal Pay Day

On March 25, 2025, we commemorate Equal Pay Day, a day established by the National Committee on Pay Equity to highlight the pay differential for working women in this country.
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Mar 07, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Celebrating Women's History Month 2025

We commemorate Women’s History Month, International Women’s Day and the overall contributions to inclusive excellence throughout our university.
UCI-HBCU Summer Research and Clinical Experience Program 2024 cohort

Feb 12, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Celebrating Black History Month 2025

This month, we recognize the interdisciplinary and innovative labor that upholds our school’s mission to Discover. Teach. Heal, especially as it relates to health equity within African, Black and Caribbean communities.
Honoring Native American Heritage Month

Nov 25, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UC Irvine School of Medicine Celebrates Native American Heritage Month 2024

This month, we happily celebrate the accomplishments of Tieraona Low Dog, MD, professor and founding director of the Integrative & Functional Medicine Fellowship at the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.

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Sep 19, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UCI School of Medicine Recognizes 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month

As the only public medical school in Orange County, the UCI School of Medicine celebrates our colleagues who are creating opportunities for themselves and other members of the Latinx community to hone their leadership skills as they work to expand our mission: Discover. Teach. Heal.
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

Jun 18, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UCI School of Medicine Celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

The School of Medicine’s tripartite mission to Discover. Teach. Heal. relates directly to the Pride Month theme of “We Show Up.”
Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May 21, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UCI School of Medicine Recognizes Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

As the only public medical school in Orange County, the UCI School of Medicine is dedicated to upholding our mission to: Discover. Teach. Heal.