Press Releases

Construction begins with groundbreaking. Center will open in fall 2012 to serve more than 140,000 former students.

U.S. Green Building Council reserves this rating for construction projects that excel in sustainability and energy conservation.

UC Irvine and Italian researchers have discovered a new means of enhancing the effects of anandamide – a natural, marijuana-like chemical in the body that provides pain relief.

UCI undertakes regional Vietnamese American oral history project. Scholars will capture stories of first-generation immigrants and refugees

UCI engineer and others develop material that is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam™.

Prediction method could help protect rainforests around the globe.

Annual gala honoring UCI Medal recipients supports graduate fellowships, other key campus programs.

Gates Foundation grant supports research on monetary practices in developing nations.

Dr. Zeev Kain, professor and chair of anesthesiology & perioperative care, led the first-ever study of chronic postoperative pain in children. Out of 113 youngsters studied, 13 percent reported pain that lingered for months.

Dr. William E. Bunney, Distinguished Professor of psychiatry & human behavior at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine, has been awarded the prestigious Institute of Medicine’s 2011 Rhoda & Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health for his work enhancing the treatment and understanding of mood disorders.