Peter the Anteater featured in Newport Beach boat parade and Rose Parade

Appearances by UCI mascot are in honor of campus’s 50th anniversary

UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman shakes the hand of Hector Santiago

Anteaters in the outfield

Nearly 5,000 Anteaters filled the right-field seats at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Saturday, May 9, wearing blue-and-gold, limited-edition baseball caps for “UCI Night with the Angels.”

UCI’s 50th anniversary homecoming to include exploration programs, family fun, Anteater Ale

EVENT: The UCI Alumni Association is hosting UCI’s 50th anniversary homecoming celebration, which will feature university exploration programs, an Anteater Reunion Corner and a park festival – culminating with a men’s basketball game. WHEN/WHERE:  Saturday, Jan. 31, in Aldrich Park (grid F8 on campus map), UCI’s Student Center (grid E8, bldg. 113) and the Bren […]

‘A great day to be an Anteater’

President Barack Obama connects the ‘Zots!’ at a historic all-graduate commencement

NCAA championship volleyball team with Obama

Obama offers shout-out to ‘volleyball-playing Anteaters’

Alumni from three of UCI’s four NCAA championship teams gather for White House celebration

Play AnteaterTag@UCI and leave your mark on campus history

The UC Irvine Libraries invite the campus community, alumni and the public to play AnteaterTag@UCI, a game in which contestants view and describe digital photographs from the Libraries’ Online Archive of UCI History. Participants will enrich what’s known about these historical images from the University Archives and contribute to UC Irvine’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2015.

Anteater Olympians abound

UCI once again makes its mark on the Summer Olympics, with coaches and alumni athletes joining the U.S. in London.

UC Irvine News Brief: NBA coach and ex-Anteater Scott Brooks aids Athletics fundraiser

He hosts Sept. 21 golf invitational at Irvine’s Oak Creek Golf Club to raise money for UCI scholarships.

UC Irvine News Brief: Five Anteaters chosen in 2011 MLB first-year player draft

They are junior right-handed pitcher Matt Summers (fourth round, Minnesota Twins), outfielder Drew Hillman (18th round, Philadelphia Phillies), third baseman Brian Hernandez (27th round, Los Angeles Angels), shortstop D.J. Crumlich (38th round, Pittsburgh Pirates) and infielder Jordan Leyland (44th round, Tampa Bay Rays).

Tennis standout comes from an extended Anteater family

Undergraduate and tennis standout Kristina Smith comes from an extended family of UCI alumni that includes her grandmother Mary Myers, mother Maria Smith, nine aunts and uncles, and a cousin or two.