Rupert Whitehead, a trombonist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, plays next to Terry Taylor, who had a stroke three years ago and whose right eye was affected by Bell’s palsy after a COVID-19 shot. Taylor, who also has spells of vertigo, wears a shirt that says, “I’m not clumsy. I’m performing random gravity checks.”

Music as medicine

UCI collaborates with London orchestra on stroke rehabilitation program

An elderly woman who had never seen a physician in her life hugs Dr. Cristobal Barrios Jr. of UCI Health during his humanitarian visit to Ecuador last year.

Surgeon leads overseas medical missions to poor villages

UCI doctor most recently took a group of volunteers to Ecuador

Collage featuring Stephen Tucker, Ariyan Johnson, Donald McKayle, S. Ama Wray and Cyrian Reed

Celebrating Black artists

UCI’s African American faculty members have made creative contributions to culture in dance, drama, art and music

An artist's rendering of a solar system depicted as a group of ducklings orbiting their mother.

UC Irvine-led team unravels mysteries of planet formation, evolution in distant solar system

Astronomers analyze masses, orbital properties and atmospheric features of six exoplanets

Book cover: Rap on Trial: A Legal Guide

UC Irvine law, criminology experts release second edition of Rap on Trial: A Legal Guide

Manual includes legislative updates on use of rap lyrics, videos in criminal prosecutions

Blue-ringed octopus.

UC Irvine engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that can deceive and signal

Unique design approach enables ease of fabrication and self-repair capabilities

2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review – Critical discoveries

Enabling hydrogen to power trucks Samueli School of Engineering Exposure to green space linked to reduced risk of postpartum depression Program in Public Health UCI-led team receives funding from National Science Foundation to connect Indigenous communities with key decision makers in wildfire management School of Social Sciences The power of health informatics Donald Bren School […]

2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review – Faculty achievements

2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review – New paths for our brilliant future

Susan and Henry Samueli give $50 million to UCI’s engineering school Gift launches Engineering+ research institutes on health, society and the environment UC Irvine alumni Paul and Jo Butterworth pledge $35.5 million to Donald Bren School Record gift will support programs fostering ICS student success and achievement Irvine Health Foundation’s $14 million grant to UC […]

2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review – First in class

Merage School of Business students go boldly ‘Into the Metaverse’ The School continues to be at the forefront of the digital world by being one of the first UC programs to offer an immersive experience in a virtual classroom UCI Law and School of Humanities offer students new pathways from humanities into law In new […]