Adria Imada

Hawaiian history via hula

Adria Imada’s award-winning book Aloha America explores the influence of politics, colonization, tourism and religion on the islands’ traditional dance

Pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks, and his wife, violinist Iryna Krechkovsky, joined with cellist Ross Gasworth

Good vibrations

Alum Kevin Kwan Loucks and his wife make beautiful music together in chamber duo and trio

Chancellor Howard Gillman

Times Higher Education ranks UCI first among US universities younger than 50 for fourth year in a row

For the fourth consecutive year, UC Irvine is ranked first among U.S. universities under 50 years old by Times Higher Education. UC Irvine has been the top U.S. university and in the top 10 worldwide each year since THE’s 100 Under 50 list was introduced in 2012. UC Irvine officially celebrates its 50th anniversary in […]

Stella Liu

Sowing the seeds of change

With her gardening kit startup, senior Stella Liu hopes to motivate people to grow their own food

Jean-Claude Falmagne

Lauds & Laurels to salute 18 campus luminaries

Cognitive scientist-turned-mathematician and educational software entrepreneur Jean-Claude Falmagne will receive prestigious Extraordinarius award

UCI Students

No place they’d rather be

Three first-year undergraduates reflect on why they became Anteaters

Making moguls out of middle schoolers

Siblings Gina and Jenae Heitkamp, winners of the 2014 Business Plan Competition at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business, are breaking glass ceilings: first all-female team to win, first sister team to make the finals and first toy idea to take the 11-year-old contest. Their company, iBesties, is a line of books, dolls and […]

Norman Rostoker

UCI nuclear fusion pioneer Norman Rostoker dies at 89

Clean-energy champion also co-founded Tri Alpha Energy

UCI nuclear fusion pioneer Norman Rostoker dies at 89

UC Irvine professor Norman Rostoker, the father of breakthrough clean nuclear fusion energy techniques via plasma-based accelerators, died on Christmas Day in Irvine, Calif. He was 89.

Weian Zhao

A sense for biosensors

Weian Zhao has created a device that dramatically improves detection of bacterial and viral invaders in blood samples