Honors & Awards

Students in front of the UC Irvine Student Center.

UC Irvine named Fulbright HSI Leader by US State Department for fourth year

Campus honored for its engagement with international academic exchange program

Man speaking into a microphone with a band behind him

Dean of Students Rameen Talesh named 2025 Pillar of the Profession by NASPA

Designation honors outstanding contributions to student affairs

Smiling woman standing in front of plants. says Jung-Ah Lee, professor and associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at UC Irvine’s Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing.

UC Irvine nursing professor is inducted into Sigma Theta Tau international hall of fame

Jung-Ah Lee’s geriatric care research aims to improve family caregivers’ quality of life

UC Irvine’s 2024 Hellman Fellows are (clockwise from upper left): Abigail Lapin Dardashti, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Fangyaun Ding, Pablo Lara-Gonzalez, Katherine Trieste Rhodes, Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo, Irene Vega, Xian Shi, Ji Seon Song and Travis Wiles.

10 UC Irvine faculty members named Hellman Fellows for 2024-25

Program supports research by promising assistant professors

Sir David MacMillan, who earned a doctorate in chemistry at UC Irvine in 1996, is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University.

Nobel laureate Sir David MacMillan, Ph.D. '96, to receive Extraordinarius award

UC Irvine Alumni Association will honor 22 Anteaters at 53rd Lauds & Laurels event

Adriana Briscoe, UC Irvine professor of ecology and evolutionary biology with a blue butterfly on her hand.

UC Irvine's Adriana Briscoe is elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Renowned biologist is among 144 diverse recipients of prestigious award this year

Roxane Cohen Silver

Roxane Cohen Silver elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Renowned scholar recognized as international expert in the field of stress and coping

Susanne Phillips

UC Irvine professor of nursing to receive national award for policy advocacy

Susanne Phillips has improved healthcare access, role of advanced practice RNs

UC Irvine researcher receives award from his homeland, the Republic of Cyprus

Kyriacos Athanasiou was honored for his pioneering contributions in biomedical engineering

Bernadette Boden-Albala, director of UCI’s Program in Public Health and founding dean of the planned School of Population and Public Health.

Bernadette Boden-Albala to be honored for contributions in addressing stroke inequities

UC Irvine Program in Public Health director and founding dean wins 2024 Kenton Award