Students

UCI scientists project northward expansion of Valley fever by end of 21st century

Climate change expected to accelerate spread of sometimes-fatal fungal infection

UCI senior Alyssa Carrillo

Set on science

For future biomedical researcher, undergraduate scholarship was vote of confidence

Incoming UCI freshmen learn how to properly execute the Anteaters’ “Zot!” hand gesture at a summer session of the campus’s Student Parent Orientation Program.

SPOP 2019!

Incoming freshmen and their parents undergo an intensive but fun two-day orientation process

In first-of-its-kind study, UCI researchers highlight hookah health hazards

Smokers exposed to toxic chemicals, ultrafine particles and carbon monoxide

Giving - and getting - a helping hand

UCI scholarship recipient aids others on her journey to becoming a doctor

UCI is No. 1 among Money magazine's ‘Best Colleges'

University is first public institution to claim top spot in national rankings

Donation from gamer funds new scholarship esports team for 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'

UCI Esports will host a pilot scholarship team for “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” during the 2019-20 academic year – thanks to a $50,000 gift from the owners of Street Media, which publishes Irvine Weekly and LA Weekly, led by CEO (and gamer) Brian Calle. Players will be jointly selected by UCI Esports and the TAG Smash […]

Astronomers from UCI and Texas A&M peer into distant black hole's ‘sphere of influence'

Astronomers at UCI and Texas A&M University have obtained the most detailed view yet of an inner cold gas disk around a distant supermassive black hole. Studying the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 3258 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array – a powerful radio telescope array in the high desert of northern Chile – the scientists […]

White coats, bright futures

Ceremony for new medical students marks first step toward becoming doctors

Q&A: Meet Willie Banks

UCI’s new vice chancellor for student affairs grew up in the South, is a first-gen college graduate, believes in the transformative nature of higher education and is ‘a big beach person’