Woman in a white coat in a science lab

Associate Professor Claudia Benavente featured on Chilean TV show

Claudia Benavente, UCI associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, was recently featured on the Chilean TV show “Pasaporte Ciencia” (“Science Passport”) as one of the Chilean scientists conducting important research in various countries around the world. The host, Cristian Hernandez, and his team traveled to campus for the interview. “The initial challenge for the production was […]

Helping Chileans heal

Roxane Cohen Silver, UCI expert on trauma and coping, advises leaders of quake-stricken country on ways to promote psychological recovery.

Air Force awards $4 million research grant to UC Irvine materials scientists

New project explores use of microbes as mineral extractors in extreme environments

Héctor Tobar (left) and Roland Betancourt.

Héctor Tobar and Roland Betancourt are named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows

UC Irvine scholars are among 171 recipients of the prestigious award

Photo of Alex Borucki, UCI associate professor of history

UC support continues research collaboration between Irvine, Santa Cruz, Merced campuses

$840,000 in funding will expand study on the traffic of captive Africans within the Americas

David Kisailus

Microbial miners could help humans colonize the moon and Mars

UCI and Johns Hopkins researchers uncover mineral modification through biology

UCI-led astronomy team finds evidence of galactic metal shrouded in dust

Infrared emissions reveal secrets invisible with optical wavelength observations

UCI, UC Riverside astronomers discover galactic protocluster in early universe

Researchers surprised to find that many of the galaxies had stopped forming new stars

Héctor Tobar

On the Road Again: Q&A with Héctor Tobar

UCI professor drives across America in search of its Latino soul

Meeting the Future

With plans for a new medical complex and college of health sciences underway, UCI continues its evolution to help the individual and the broader community