Faculty

Eli Simon and Julia Lupton

All the campus is a stage

Professors Julia Lupton and Eli Simon discuss UCI’s new Shakespeare Center, dedicated to ‘exploring the world of Will through performance, scholarship and teaching’

Thousands of tons of space debris encircle the planet.

Researchers propose zapping space debris with laser

A research team that includes UC Irvine proposes using a laser mounted on the International Space Station to zap threatening space debris.

Space debris

Researchers propose zapping space debris with laser

Planet Earth is surrounded. Thousands of tons of dangerous space debris circles in low orbit, threatening serious damage, even death, if any were to strike the International Space Station. A proposal by a research team that includes UC Irvine could be the answer. In a paper published Friday, April 24, the scientists describe a device […]

Rubén Rumbaut

UCI Distinguished Professor Rubén Rumbaut elected AAAS fellow

Rubén Rumbaut, UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of sociology, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Enrique Lavernia

Enrique Lavernia named provost and executive vice chancellor

UC Davis dean and National Academy of Engineering member has roots at UCI

State water officials, researchers provide latest drought data, strategies

EVENT: Four top experts on California’s increasingly scarce water resources will present the latest precipitation and supply data for the state, including southern coastal and desert areas and the Colorado River basin. State climatologist Michael Anderson, Department of Water Resources Interstate Resources Manager Jeanine Jones, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist Martin Hoerling, and Water […]

Sarah Kimball gathers samples

National conference opens flow of ideas on drought

Top researchers, public officials and policymakers converge at UCI to discuss extreme water shortages and how to handle them

Cut branch from a heavily infested California sycamore

Regional beetle infestation prompts removal of UCI trees

An invasive beetle is prompting removal of trees on the UC Irvine campus

Conan O'Brien doing the Zot with Peter the Anteater

Reasons to Celebrate UCI

Revel in Peter the Anteater’s new status as Mascot Madness Tournament 2015 winner

UCI MIND redesignated as Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

UC Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders has received a five-year, $11 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to renew its status as one of only 27 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers in the nation – and the only one in Orange County.