A total of 6 new Balsells mobility fellows and one postdoctoral fellow arrived in Irvine this month. The mobility fellows: Younes El Jarari, Amadeu Malats, Pol Sin, Jordi Ventura, Gemma Vilella and Rebeca Zafra will be here for six months
Nov 2018: Balsells Fellowship welcomes ten new fellows
Current and incoming UC Irvine Balsells fellows gathered in early November for their annual lunch with benefactor Pete Balsells. Samueli School Dean Gregory Washington, Professor Roger Rangel, and other faculty members also attended the event, at which 10 new fellows
Oct 2018: Jose Miguel Pulido sells Promofarma
Balsells fellow Jose Miguel Pulido (1996) has sold the ecommerce startup that he cofounded 9 years ago. Jose Miguel is already involved in his next startup: Volta Networks, a Boston-based startup with engineering offices in Barcelona that is creating a new
Sep 2018: UCI is now ranked 7th among public universities in the U.S.
In the most recent U.S. News & World ranking of american universities (2019 rankings), UC Irvine is now ranked 7th among all public universities. More information here
June 2018: Commencement
A record 9 Balsells fellows attended the 2018 commencement ceremony at UC Irvine.
Feb 2018: Pete Balsells Celebrates 90th Birthday
Pete Balsells celebrated his 90th birthday with family, friends, Bal Seal employees and other guests including Balsells Fellowship program directors at Irvine, Boulder, Colorado Springs and Davis. His cake was decorated as a Catalan flag and the event was held
August 2017: Former Catalan President Artur Mas visits UCI
Former Catalan President Artur Mas visited UCI on August 3, 2017. Balsells Fellows showed their work in a poster session and President Mas visited a few of the engineering laboratories. Full article.
June 2017: Balsells Mobility Fellow in La Vanguardia
Jose Alejandro Santamaria, incoming Balsells Mobility Fellow, was featured in La Vanguardia
July 2016: 20th Anniversary Celebration in Barcelona
The Balsells Fellowship at the University of California, Irvine celebrated its 20th anniversary with a luncheon at the Avenida Palace Hotel in Barcelona. Approximately 160 people attended the event including Balsells Fellows and members of the academic institutions in Catalonia.
July 2016: Interview of Pete Balsells in ARA Catalunya
Interview of Pete Balsells in ARA Catalunya on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Balsells Fellowship. Link