Christina Rodriguez

Fostering freshmen

Summer Bridge experience eases transition to UCI for first-generation, low-income or disabled students

Jack Peltason

Happy Jack Peltason Day

City of Irvine honors UCI’s second chancellor on his 90th birthday

Natalie Schonfeld, Kimberly Ayala, Donna Grochow, and Jia Frydenberg

Best bosses

Four staff supervisors win Excellence in Leadership Awards.

Julius Margolis, UCI professor emeritus of economics, dies at 91

His prominence helped attract top-flight economists faculty to a relatively young School of Social Sciences in 1976.

Cecelia Brody

Fostering their potential

It’s called emancipation, but for youths in foster care, being released from the child welfare system at age 18 often feels more like abandonment. Without financial resources or emotional support, many struggle to survive. They often wind up homeless or in prison, according to the Orangewood Children’s Foundation. In California, only 54 percent of foster youths […]

Julian Feldman

Julian Feldman, Extraordinarius

His vision led to the 1968 creation of an information and computer sciences department, which he twice chaired and would become the first ICS school in the University of California system.

Speaking of Jack

Campus and community leaders recall working with the multifaceted Jack Peltason.

Sam McCulloch

UCI’s faithful steward

For Sam McCulloch, it’s a favorite Friday ritual. In the morning he heads out the front door of his Newport Beach home, pausing at a sign reminding him what he’ll need for his outing: jacket, keys, cap. Check. He’s 92 years old and he’s headed to UC Irvine, the campus he first laid eyes on […]

Risky business

Predicting human behavior is no sure thing, but it earned Duncan Luce the National Medal of Science

Dean of deans

William Schonfeld’s two decades of service have had a major impact on the campus’ largest school