Press Releases

UCI team to play key role in national study on how physical activity benefits child health

Identifying exercise-driven molecular changes could enhance long-term well-being

UCI launches Center for Critical Korean Studies

Unit will foster interdisciplinary research, international collaboration

Student population growth at UCI spurs construction of high-tech classroom facility

New learning space is part of fast-paced campus building boom

In a national first, UCI injects renewable hydrogen into campus power supply

Power-to-gas technique offers new way to store and use excess wind and solar energy

9 UCI researchers named AAAS fellows

Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields

Concrete jungle functions as carbon sink, UCI and other researchers find

Cement-based materials eventually reabsorb much of the CO2 released during creation

UCI professor awarded 2016 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science

Elizabeth Loftus is recognized for pioneering work on malleability of human memory

Gavin and Ninetta Herbert pursue vision for improving eye health with $5 million estate gift to spur breakthrough retinal research

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 16, 2016 — Allergan founder Gavin Herbert and his wife, Ninetta, have pledged $5 million to advance retinal research at UC Irvine Health’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, the academic eye care center named in his honor. “As longtime champions of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, the Herberts have shown that community leaders can […]

UCI prostate cancer project awarded $1.2 million by state precision medicine initiative

Clinical effort aims to personalize treatment, improve care and outcomes

Ralph Cicerone, fourth UCI chancellor and acclaimed scientist, dies at 73

Founder of Earth system science department was also physical sciences dean, NAS head