Campus Life

People practicing Tai chi

A guide to healthy aging

UCI’s Dr. Sonia Sehgal acts as a decade-by-decade guide on the path to healthy aging.

Suzanne Blum

Shedding light on molecular science

Suzanne Blum, assistant professor of chemistry, previews her public talk about glowing molecules.

Adonia Lugo

Changing the rules of the road

Exploring alternatives to vehicle travel in Southern California becomes challenging social and research experiment for anthropology grad student who gave up her car three years ago.

Dr. Ralph Clayman

Patient advocate

Levity, gossip and idle chitchat have no place in Dr. Ralph Clayman’s operating room. The pioneer in minimally invasive surgery once asked a gabby colleague to leave in the middle of an operation because the chatterbox lacked focus. Clayman, a urologist so dedicated he gives his home phone number to patients, makes no apologies for […]

Tiffany Alquiros with Peter the Anteater

Peter the Anteater stands in for Santa

At the UCI Bookstore’s holiday sale this year, Peter the Anteater stood in for the jolly old elf, posing for pictures with students, faculty and staff.

Peter Donovan and Ping Wang

UCImpact: Stem cell research

It’s been five years since Californians approved Proposition 71, which created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and authorized up to $3 billion for the emerging field of stem cell biology. Since then, UCI’s program has thrived.

Year of discovery, growth at UCI

High points of 2009 range from the volleyball court to the operating room with demonstrations of drive and dedication by UC Irvine students, faculty and staff.

Oracio Sanchez

The joiner

Oracio Sanchez ’09 earned the Living Our Values Student Award for his campus involvement and for bringing people together. Once an outsider, he found a sense of belonging at UCI.

Orchards wither in the dry fields near Interstate 5

Water: California’s disappearing resource

The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.

Eric Wise

Eric Wise: big man on campus

By specializing in the family business – power basketball – UCI’s Eric Wise has become one of the top players in the Big West Conference.