Alumni

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Inventing a Better Future

From miniature beating hearts to hacker-resistant cellphones, UCI faculty, students and alumni have generated a multitude of remarkable inventions and discoveries.

Dr. Shaista Malik

A Heart for Healing

Cardiologist’s family history inspires innovative program to prevent coronary disease

Chris Kelly

From UCI to ‘SNL'

Chris Kelly is the second Anteater alum to join NBC’s celebrated sketch comedy show

UCI's 24-hour online fundraising campaign exceeds goal

Inaugural Giving Day raises $1.4 million for campus

A passion for education

ICS alum teaches STEM skills to students and educators at the Tiger Woods Foundation’s learning center

Alumna donates $50,000 for teens to attend summer financial literacy program

Investment manager and certified financial planner Pamela Adams, MBA ’98 believes in paying it forward. Her $50,000 gift to The Paul Merage School of Business‘ LIFEvest financial literacy program will enable ninth- or 10th-grade students from economically disadvantaged communities to learn the basics of money management, as well as how to prepare for success in college […]

UCI alumna Slater Barron

The first lady of lint

86-year-old alumna found fame with a fuzzy artistic vision

Chancellor Emeritus Michael Drake and Brenda Drake to receive 2017 UCI Medal

Campus’s highest honor will be bestowed at Lauds & Laurels awards ceremony

President Barack Obama and UCI alumna Ferial Govashiri

Presidential sidekick

UCI alumna recounts her time as Obama’s personal assistant

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O.C. as seen by authors

Anthology by UCI alumni couple offers literary excerpts on county’s culture, geography