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Spotlight Dreaming big   After starting a campus club to assist Kenya schools, computer science major Nithin Jilla now aims to improve access to education on a global scale. Read More   Features Innovation Lab launch Kay Family Foundation gift creates mobile technology lab designed to foster student collaboration. Read More Cancer breakthrough UCI biologists, chemists and computer scientists find new target for treating wide spectrum of cancers. Read More From India to Ghana Alumna joins Google.org, continues research on technology use in developing countries. Read More Apps for health care 100 Bren School and 30 medical students from UCI team up in first-ever Med AppJam tournament. Read More App design 101 Coached by Bren School students, middle school teams learn STEM skills by creating educational smartphone games. Read More Intel research center UC Irvine anchors new $12.5 million Intel Science & Technology Center for Social Computing. Read More Gene genie Smartphone app developed by Bren School researchers permits secure storage and testing of DNA data. Read More Gender & tech Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe kicks off Top Trends in Tech Speaker Series with "Gender and Technology" talk. View Video Year in review A look at some of the events that helped make 2012 another exceptional year for the Bren School. View Video Homecoming 2013 Bren and Samueli schools team up to welcome ICS and engineering alumni at annual UCI festival. View Photos Dean’s Message   UC Irvine continues to thrive, receiving a record high 60,619 freshman applications for fall 2013. And with strong prospects for employment in the technology sector — the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the tech boom will create more than 1 million jobs by 2020 — ICS continues to be a popular destination within UCI. In fact, applications to our undergraduate programs are up 30 percent ... Read More   Save the Date TOP TRENDS IN TECH April 1, Monday, 5 to 6 p.m. Calit2 Auditorium, UCI Fred Wilson, managing partner at Union Square Ventures, will present "Confessions of a VC." RSVP NOW   News   Fowlkes receives NSF CAREER Award   Hayes directs technology research for new autism center   Nardi, Grinter (MS '94, PhD '96) named to CHI Academy   Tsudik named IEEE Fellow   Baldi named ACM Fellow   Hancock joins statistics faculty   Ramanan named to Brilliant 10   Franz awarded U.S. Patent on software diversity   Student receives prestigious diversity fellowship   Peters Fellowship awarded to PhD student * View Noteworthy Achievements for more faculty and student news   Giving   Bren School Annual Fund Your annual gift to the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences allows us to provide the best programs for our students and to support these up-and-coming innovators as they create new and better technology to meet the challenges of our digital age. Every gift, no matter the amount, makes a difference. Consider making a contribution today. Together we can empower ICS students with the skills they need to serve future generations.

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