Making an Impact
Making an Impact
When the Levee Breaks
What if everyone could plan infrastructure?
Jill Kato December 2, 2025
Making an Impact
The Rise of Biotech Beauty
How a UC Irvine visiting Ph.D. student turned a rideshare pitch into a TIME100 company to overhaul the $430B beauty i...
Jill Kato September 10, 2025
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Fueling What’s Next
How FirstElement Fuel founded by UC Irvine alumni built the world’s most extensive hydrogen fueling network—and why t...
Jill Kato June 16, 2025
Making an Impact
What If Batteries Actually Worked the Way We Wanted?
UC Irvine-born startup Enevate is solving EVs’ biggest pain points.
Jill Kato June 16, 2025
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The Cool Side of Laser Medicine
How interdisciplinary collaboration at UC Irvine’s Beckman Laser Institute drove medical innovation forward
Jill Kato February 18, 2025
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Improving Human Memory by 226%
UC Irvine Startup Memory Air® Uses Scent to Achieve Unprecedented Memory Improvement.
Jill Kato January 14, 2025
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Will Modulim End the Amputation Epidemic?
Modulim is changing lives with cutting-edge imaging technology that enhances blood flow assessment, empowering early ...
Jill Kato December 16, 2024
Making an Impact
Pioneering Personalized Learning
Today, ALEKS is a remarkable success story. But thirty years ago, it was just an idea.
Jill Kato October 25, 2024