Biological Sciences

Generous alumni gift guarantees UCI access to tropical studies program.

Innovative biology course makes the unseen – and its movement – visible.

Alumni have found niches in nonprofit work, pro sports, Hollywood, law, TV and business

Awards presented by UCI Alumni Association at May 12 ceremony.

When Breanna Downey dons a cap and gown and walks across the stage to collect her diploma at UCI’s commencement, she will have come full circle. Downey has made the trip before – when she was a towheaded toddler and her mother graduated with the class of 1991.

The new Multiple Sclerosis Research Center aims to continue UCI’s legacy of outstanding MS research and care andhas gathered more than two dozen UCI experts to advance novel methods of fighting the chronic neurologic disease.

UCI program helps meet nation’s critical need for more – and better – math and science teachers.

UC researchers have found a possible alternate path for TB to spread in the human body.

UCI Arboretum showcases diverse plants of California as well as exotic African bulb flowers.

UCI cactus restoration program aims to boost the population of a rare wren. Biologists are creating a welcoming habitat near campus that they hope will help the species thrive.