Press Releases

Annual US News hospital survey includes UC Irvine program in geriatrics among the best in the nation.

Two couples and one individual have been selected to receive UC Irvine’s most prestigious honor, the UCI Medal, which confers lifelong recognition on those who have made exceptional contributions to the university’s mission of teaching, research and public service. The annual Medal was first awarded in 1984 to UCI founding Chancellor Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. […]

An international consortium of Huntington’s disease experts, including several from the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UC Irvine, has generated a human model of the deadly inherited disorder directly from the skin cells of affected patients. The re-created neurons, which live in a petri dish, will help researchers better understand what […]

UCI will head a $12.5 million Intel social computing center that will employ social scientists, computer scientists and Intel researchers working side by side.

Vision is restored in macular degeneration patients using a miniature implantable telescope to mitigate effects of the eye disease.

Acclaimed scientist and respected leader has served the campus for 40 years and knows it well.

Respected leader oversaw explosive campus growth, maintained commitment to quality.

UC Irvine elder abuse experts launch campaign to unite generations against physical, financial and emotional neglect of vulnerable adults.

UC Irvine vector biologist Anthony James and colleagues have produced a model of the Anopheles stephensi mosquito – a major source of malaria in India and the Middle East – that impairs the development of the malaria parasite.

Vast amounts of additional carbon would warm the atmosphere even more, leading to escalation of climate change.