Press Releases

New arts dean

Acclaimed artist and academic administrator from Alfred University in New York also is known as a builder of community partnerships.

Bigbox

Locally owned businesses don’t protect communities from layoffs and closures, study shows. UCI co-author says findings validate efforts to attract and retain corporations.

Wallace elected to Institute of Medicine

The pioneering UC Irvine genetics researcher’s achievements in mitochondrial medicine are leading to new treatments for chronic diseases like cancer and diabetes.

Juvenile Crime

Young people may not be able to fully control impulses, resist peer pressure till after 22.

Medal gala

UC Irvine’s premiere fundraising event honors campus friends and raises $1.1 million for scholarships and other key initiatives.

Cocaine memory

A drug in development to treat cancer could help prevent relapse behavior in people trying to overcome an addiction to cocaine, according to a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists.

LEED Gold ARC award

ARC is UCI’s fifth new construction project to merit the U.S. Green Building Council rating.

Energy lab

The UC Irvine campus will become a living renewable energy laboratory under a statewide program designed to make electricity generation and transportation safer, cleaner and more affordable for Californians.

Memory access

Using advanced brain imaging techniques, UCI scientists have discovered that a person’s brain activity while remembering an event is very similar to when it was first experienced, even if specifics can’t be recalled.

Memory art

Nine paintings created through an Alzheimer’s Association program called Memories in the Making are on display at UCI MIND.