Alumni

The making of a mascot

With Peter the Anteater’s 50th birthday around the corner, an alum recalls the circumstances, significance of his selection

Laureate lectures

Nobel Prize recipient Mario Molina returns to UCI to talk about the history of climate change science

Don't fence them in

It was the winter of 1964, and James McGaugh already had what he considered a dream job. He’d earned a doctorate in psychology at UC Berkeley in 1959, taught for a few years at San Jose State College, done some postdoctoral work in Rome for a year, and then landed at the University of Oregon […]

A wild campus

I have always felt fortunate to have been in UCI’s first four-year class. For the first few years, the campus was wild. When I looked out the window of my dorm room, I’d often see roadrunners. And when walking in the nearby hills, I saw a bobcat, a golden eagle and cactus wrens. I also […]

Vani and Lester Ng '93

Making a foreign country feel like home

Alumnus Lester Ng helps international students thrive at UCI with contribution through the university’s $1 billion Shaping the Future campaign

Scott Brooks shares a moment with Peter the Anteater at the UCI/Scott Brooks Golf Invitational, which provides Anteater athletes with the kind of scholarship aid Brooks received in the 1980s. Courtesy UCI Athletics

Former hoops star still on UCI's team

Scott Brooks ’87 hosts fifth golf fundraiser for Anteater student-athletes

Homecoming king and queen still courting

How often do the Homecoming king and queen actually get married? Maybe in the movies, but in real life? Jeff Fulkerson ’07 and Emily (Yee) Fulkerson ’07 were crowned Homecoming king and queen at UCI in 2007. And they weren’t even dating. That would come three years later. Eventually they married surrounded by many fellow […]

UCI@50 magazine celebrates campus's bright past and brilliant future

Dive in to UCI@50, a special issue of UCI’s fall magazine for faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. This special-edition publication features stories about UCI’s bright past and brilliant future. From setting world records and leading U.S. universities in sustainable practices to investigating stem cell treatments to preserve and restore sight, UCI@50 celebrates a half-century of UCI’s impact. […]

The birth of a Model UN at UCI

In 1992, I transferred to UCI as a political science major. Having participated in Model United Nations throughout high school, I was pleased to find that many of my classmates had similar experiences. We organized ourselves as a campus club and hosted the first UCI Model U.N. conference for high school students in 1993. I served as […]

Dr. Howard J. Federoff

New ‘top doc' has heavy caseload

As head of the county’s largest hospital and only medical school, Howard Federoff has his finger on the pulse of the vast UC Irvine Health enterprise