Press Releases

Levee detonations reduced 2011 flood risk on Mississippi River, UCI-led study finds

Researchers urge greater control of resultant erosion in future scenarios

Charles Limoli

NASA awards UCI $9 million to study underlying mechanisms of ‘space brain'

Charles Limoli will lead effort to see how cosmic radiation affects astronauts’ cognition

Dalai Lama

14th Dalai Lama's 80th birthday to be celebrated with a Global Compassion Summit July 5-7

Three-day summit is presented by Friends of the Dalai Lama in partnership with UCI and Center for Living Peace, with a special world birthday event at Anaheim’s Honda Center

Peter Ditto

Political liberals display greater happiness, UCI study finds

Results contradict earlier self-reports of higher spirits among conservatives

Howard Federoff

Dr. Howard Federoff named UCI vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of medicine

Irvine, Calif., March 11, 2015 — Dr. Howard Federoff – a nationally renowned clinical and research leader at Georgetown University and a groundbreaking investigator for neurological disorders – will join UC Irvine as vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. In this position, Federoff will oversee and guide the development […]

UCI School of Law ranks 30th in first year of eligibility

Education, engineering also gain ground on annual U.S. News & World Report list of best graduate schools

UCI study of fruit fly ‘brain in a jar' reveals mechanics of jet lag

First real-time imaging of intact circadian neural networks shows how light shifts disrupt biological clocks

Connie Pechmann

Twitter helps smokers kick the habit, UCI-Stanford study finds

Hybrid approach combines automated messages with social media platform

Charles Limoli

Human neural stem cells restore cognitive functions impaired by chemotherapy

UCI study reveals how they alleviate ‘chemobrain’ after cancer treatments

UCI, Italian scientists limit accelerated cellular aging caused by methamphetamine use

Grasp of underlying molecular mechanisms could improve addiction recovery efforts