Press Releases

Settlement to fund elder abuse awareness effort in long-term-care facilities

UCI experts will train staff and support nursing home residents.

'Healing Under the Stars' raises $700,000

Proceeds will support patient care programs and technologies for UC Irvine Medical Center.

Joint Commission renews UC Irvine heart failure, stroke certification

Gold Seal of Approval denotes commitment to highest quality of patient care.

Ruiz and Frank elected AAAS fellows

The UCI faculty members are among 220 new fellows and 17 new foreign honorary members elected this year.

UCI the third-most selective campus in UC system for 2012, admissions data show

Declining state financial support mandates a smaller admitted freshman class, even with record-high applications numbers.

Dr. Johnny Delashaw joins UC Irvine as chair of neurological surgery

Dr. Johnny Delashaw, who has earned international acclaim for his expertise in skull base, pituitary and cerebrovascular surgery, has joined UC Irvine’s School of Medicine as chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery.

UCI delegation returns from academic trip to Israel

Highlights included a meeting with Israel President Shimon Peres.

UCI senior wins Truman Scholarship

Felipe Hernandez, a double major in music and political science, is one of 54 students nationwide to earn the public-service award.

Julius Margolis, UCI professor emeritus of economics, dies at 91

His prominence helped attract top-flight economists faculty to a relatively young School of Social Sciences in 1976.

Jordan’s Queen Noor to speak at UCI on diversity, cooperation

The widow of King Al Hussein is interested in education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding, as well as their application to human security.