Press Releases

Aomawa Shields standing with arms akimbo in front of dark space backdrop with stars and planets.

UC Irvine astronomers gauge livability of exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars

Computer model comparison reveals rotational factors contributing to habitability

February 13, 2025
Kei Igarashi, UC Irvine associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology, is awarded the 41st Inoue Prize for Science by Atsushi Koma, president of the Inoue Foundation.

UC Irvine School of Medicine associate professor awarded Inoue Prize for Science

Kei Igarashi recognized for outstanding achievement in memory and dementia research

February 12, 2025
Head shot photos of two men.

Two UC Irvine faculty members elected to National Academy of Engineering

Kyriacos Athanasiou and Eric Rignot recognized for outstanding research leadership

February 12, 2025
People on the outside deck of an ocean research vessel at sea.

Climate change is overhauling marine nutrient cycles, UC Irvine scientists say

The research is the first field-based confirmation of such climate impacts

February 04, 2025
Jun Wu, UC Irvine professor of environmental and occupational health standing in a field with plants.

UC Irvine-led study notes need for better wildfire readiness in Eastern Coachella Valley

Improving communication is key in disadvantaged communities in unincorporated areas

January 29, 2025
Steve Borowski ’79 (center) is flanked by (from left) daughter Kelsey, daughter Kimberley, Kim’s dog Scout, granddaughter Harper, wife Linda, grandson Colton, daughter Christie, granddaughter Kate, granddaughter Kinley and son-in-law Justin.

$5 million gift from alumnus and wife to transform future of UC Irvine baseball

Support will create state-of-the-art Borowski Family Player Development Center

January 23, 2025
Community safety ambassadors proudly display the IACLEA certificate of accreditation for the UC Irvine Police Department.

UC Irvine Police Department receives prestigious international accreditation

Recognition puts it in top 10 percent of campus law enforcement agencies nationwide

January 15, 2025
Gold colored thin film on the wing of a butterfly which is on the end of a human finger.

UC Irvine, Columbia University researchers invent soft, bioelectronic sensor implant

Device conforms to body’s tissues, allowing brain monitoring through development

January 14, 2025
Alec Glasser

OC philanthropist and businessman's donation supports visionary School of Social Ecology initiative

Gift ensures future of Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change

January 13, 2025
Maksim Plikus (right), UC Irvine professor of developmental and cell biology, shown here with Raul Ramos, a postdoctoral researcher in the Plikus laboratory.

UC Irvine-led discovery of new skeletal tissue advances regenerative medicine potential

‘Lipocartilage’ properties akin to bubbled packaging material – super-stable, soft, springy

January 09, 2025