Month: August 2019

New book by UCI sociologist explores the religious and racial origins of society’s obsession with thinness

UCI scholarship recipient aids others on her journey to becoming a doctor

University is first public institution to claim top spot in national rankings

UCI Esports will host a pilot scholarship team for “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” during the 2019-20 academic year – thanks to a $50,000 gift from the owners of Street Media, which publishes Irvine Weekly and LA Weekly, led by CEO (and gamer) Brian Calle. Players will be jointly selected by UCI Esports and the TAG Smash […]

Holly Guise, a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in history at UCI, has received a 2019 Native American 40 Under 40 award. The prestigious accolade from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development honors emerging Native American and Alaska Native leaders who have made significant contributions in their business, profession or community and demonstrated leadership, […]

National search to be conducted for replacement

Nonprescribed psychostimulants impair sleep and working memory, UCI-led study finds

Astronomers at UCI and Texas A&M University have obtained the most detailed view yet of an inner cold gas disk around a distant supermassive black hole. Studying the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 3258 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array – a powerful radio telescope array in the high desert of northern Chile – the scientists […]

22 percent more than last year, the total reflects strong support for campus mission

Ceremony for new medical students marks first step toward becoming doctors