Honors & Awards

Students celebrate winning the Red Light Green Light World Record.

2022 Year in Review – Accolades and honors

A year of groundbreaking growth and accomplishments

Five UCI faculty members make list of world’s top female scientists

Research.com’s rankings aim to inspire women scholars

16 UCI faculty members listed among Highly Cited Researchers

Designation amounts to ‘who’s who’ of influential scientists

UCI School of Education ranks No. 8 globally according to U.S. News & World Report

The recent ranking builds on the School of Education’s distinctions, including its national recognition as a top 10 graduate school of education

Students walking and biking on the UCI campus.

UCI named Fulbright HSI Leader by State Department for second consecutive year

Designation denotes Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ engagement with exchange program

Nobel laureate David MacMillan, Ph.D. ’96, (right) visits UCI in May, enabling a reunion with his Ph.D. advisor Larry Overman, UCI Distinguished Professor emeritus, and Vy Dong, UCI professor of chemistry

A Nobel journey

Personal reflections of Nobel recipient, UCI alumnus David MacMillan, Ph.D. ’96, who won the prize in chemistry in October 2021

Associate Professor Deborah Lutterschmidt wins award for comparative endocrinology

The International Federation of Comparative Endocrinological Societies has awarded the Grace Evelyn Pickford Medal in Comparative Endocrinology to Deborah Lutterschmidt, UCI associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. Given just once every four years, the honor recognizes the achievements of early-to-mid-career comparative endocrinologists. Lutterschmidt accepted the award in early September during a joint conference of […]

UCI is ranked among nation’s top 10 public universities for eighth year in a row

Campus also rises two spots overall – to 34th – in U.S. News annual review

UCI’s Kathleen Treseder wins climate change award from British Ecological Society

Prize recognizes contributions to understanding the role of fungi in ecosystems

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Forbes ranks UCI in top 10 in nation for public universities

Overall, the campus ranks 7th in the state and 30th in the nation