Honors & Awards

Photo of UCI sociology professor, Wang Feng

UCI sociologist Wang Feng elected to Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Induction in Italy’s National Academy of Science honors demographer whose work has influenced population policy on a global scale

UCI undergrad advocates for equitable climate solutions before the New Zealand Parliament

Jonpaul Cohen, a native New Zealander who has family on the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tuvalu, is passionate about protecting Polynesian culture, lives and livelihoods from the ravages of climate change. In a presentation to an environmental committee of the New Zealand Parliament on Aug. 4, the UCI undergraduate majoring in psychology advocated for […]

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UCI part of OC group receiving state K-16 Education Collaborative Grant

The $18.1 million award goes to OC Pathways, a consortium made up of the Orange County educators

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UCI receives Excellence in Action Award for water conservation

National award recognizes partnership with the Irvine Ranch Water District

Sir David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University

UCI alumnus, Nobel Prize recipient David MacMillan honored as a knight bachelor of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II

“It’s been remarkable, surreal and humbling at the same time to receive this.”

Vicki Ruiz standing on stage at the 2022 commencement ceremony of Harvard University.

Harvard recognizes Vicki Ruiz with an honorary degree

UCI Distinguished Professor joins six other “game changers who continue to shape the world”

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UCI Podcast: Global indigeneity

Tiara Na’puti discusses her work with indigenous populations in the Pacific Islands

National Academy of Sciences names two UCI faculty members as fellows

Mathematician Svetlana Jitomirskaya, vision researcher Krzysztof Palczewski honored

From left, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe, Virginia Trimble and Jeffrey Barrett.

Four professors elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

They join 35 others from UCI in the prestigious organization

Philip Felgner

UCI professor wins prestigious Robert Koch Prize for groundbreaking research

Philip Felgner shares annual award for contributions to creation of mRNA vaccines