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UCI engineers push nanostructure properties to new extremes

Applications for strong and lightweight materials range from aviation to medical implants

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New graduate housing community Verano 8 has grand opening

The new community adds additional 1,055 beds and a community center to the graduate and family housing inventory

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UCI sociologist Wang Feng elected to Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Induction in Italy’s National Academy of Science honors demographer whose work has influenced population policy on a global scale

Study shows how restoring overstocked forests can yield multiple, diverse benefits

Mechanical thinning of California’s forests can reduce the severity of wildfires by eliminating built-up vegetation that fuels blazes. According to researchers at UCI, UC Merced and the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, scientifically based forest management practices could also curtail CO2 emissions from fires, promote carbon storage in remaining trees, and improve the […]

UCI undergrad advocates for equitable climate solutions before the New Zealand Parliament

Jonpaul Cohen, a native New Zealander who has family on the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tuvalu, is passionate about protecting Polynesian culture, lives and livelihoods from the ravages of climate change. In a presentation to an environmental committee of the New Zealand Parliament on Aug. 4, the UCI undergraduate majoring in psychology advocated for […]

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UCI part of OC group receiving state K-16 Education Collaborative Grant

The $18.1 million award goes to OC Pathways, a consortium made up of the Orange County educators

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UCI receives Excellence in Action Award for water conservation

National award recognizes partnership with the Irvine Ranch Water District

Sir David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University

UCI alumnus, Nobel Prize recipient David MacMillan honored as a knight bachelor of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II

“It’s been remarkable, surreal and humbling at the same time to receive this.”

Vicki Ruiz standing on stage at the 2022 commencement ceremony of Harvard University.

Harvard recognizes Vicki Ruiz with an honorary degree

UCI Distinguished Professor joins six other “game changers who continue to shape the world”

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Entrepreneurship program expands to Vietnam

Division of Undergraduate Education program aims to bridge classroom learning with future career opportunities