Campus News

UCI is ranked No. 3 for largest percentage jump in underrepresented minority students

UCI is ranked No. 3 by The Chronicle of Higher Education among public doctorate-awarding institutions with the largest increases in percentage of underrepresented minorities in the student body. The campus is also the only member of the prestigious Association of American Universities in the top 10. The 62-member AAU comprises the country’s leading research institutions. […]

Seven UCI researchers named AAAS fellows

Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields

UCI to lead national study on value of liberal arts education

Mellon Foundation-funded project will identify ways to improve student experiences, outcomes

Grad student sees traces of fire in ice cores

To make better predictions about future wildfires around the world, climate scientists want to know the prevalence and intensity of past outbreaks. For a study published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Melinda Nicewonger, a UCI graduate student in Earth system science, examined ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica to measure changes […]

UCI and Singapore researchers find source of 2015 Southeast Asia smoke cloud

Burning of peatlands in Borneo and Sumatra created severe air pollution in region

UCI scientists simplify and accelerate directed evolution bioengineering method

Technological innovation can be used to rapidly make new antibodies and pharmaceutical enzymes

Researchers discover that climate change is improving U.S. farmers’ corn yields – for now

Corn farmers in the U.S. have seen a fivefold increase in crop yields since the 1940s. Advances in farm technology have largely been credited for the production boost, but a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by UCI, University of Minnesota and Harvard University researchers shows that climate change […]

New immunotherapy technique can specifically target tumor cells, UCI study reports

“Lab on a chip” technology can be used to create individualized treatments for cancer

UCI announces plans for Student Success Building

Facility is designed to enhance programs, services that contribute to wellness and academic achievement

Political science personified

UC President Janet Napolitano pops into UCI class to promote student voting