Back row: Jordan Schonig, Brendan Allison, James Bliss Front row: Daniel Rojas, Imani White, Lori Chiu, Andy An Hoang Not shown: Ingrid Cruz

Eight UCI students received Fellowships with financial support for their research projects through the UCI Libraries-Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Fellowship Award (LURF). Co-funded by the Libraries' Nellie Ansley Reeves Award Endowed Fund and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), LURF awards provide recognition and support to selected fellows whose research projects make significant use of library resources, demonstrate creative applications of research methodology, or focus on research about the scholarly information process.

"The LURF fellowship and UCI's world-class library made all the difference in making my ambitious project feasible."

"The LURF fellowship and UCI's world-class library made all the difference in making my ambitious project feasible," said literary journalism student Brendan Allison, the winner of a $500 award. "The funds went not just towards encouraging me to use the library but, on a more practical level, to support my trips to the Orange County Archives in Santa Ana on a regular basis."

Congratulations to the following students for their awards and research projects:

$500 Award:
Brendan Allison, for The Fall of Orange County
Daniel Rojas, for Labor Responses to the Origins of Capital Flight: 1950 – 1960

$250 Award:
Lori Chiu, for Too Big to Fail: A Study of Federal Government Bailouts

$200 Award:
Andy An Hoang, for Customs and Practices of Southeast Asian Cultures in relation to Understanding and Treatment of Disability
Jordan Schonig, for Inside Illusory Hollywood: Hyper-reality in the Hollywood Novel

$150 Award:
James Bliss, for The Function of "Socialism" in the 2009 U.S. Presidential Campaign

$100 Award:
Ingrid Cruz, for The Social and Political Art of Oaxaca
Imani White, for Examining West Side Story's Importance