Melissa Beck

Superwoman Ambition

UCIAA President Melissa Beck seeks to engage alumni and prompt recognizable change in the world

UCI Podcast Indicator

Black Thriving Initiative one year later

The program continues to pave new paths for research and creative expression, teaching and learning, and community engagement

Jennifer Friend Smith

Community leaders join the UCI Foundation

Trustees are active in fundraising, advising the university

#AnteaterCrossing wins national awards

UCI Land, an animated, Anteater-themed island created for Nintendo’s popular Animal Crossing video game series, has won a 2021 Bronze Anvil award from the Public Relations Society of America and a 2021 Circle of Excellence award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Also known as #AnteaterCrossing, UCI Land debuted last fall as […]

Meeting the Future

With plans for a new medical complex and college of health sciences underway, UCI continues its evolution to help the individual and the broader community

Anne Olin ’93, founder, president and CEO of Orange County nonprofit incubator Charitable Ventures

Championing charities

UCI alumna’s incubator provides lifeline for O.C. nonprofits during pandemic

UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge goes virtual for 2020

Event adds eight weeks of fitness challenges, health webinars and wellness courses

UCI medical student Mehron Dhillon stacks donations of personal protective equipment during a drive for supplies in the School of Medicine parking lot.

Giving their all

Community members, local companies, philanthropists, students and alumni have rallied around UCI Health with donations of funds and personal protective equipment

OC’s top universities to reopen in stages

Orange County Business Journal, May 25, 2020 (Front page)

2019 Year in Review

Robots and Rubik’s Cubes. March Madness and Middle Earth. Squid-inspired space blankets and Shakespeare on trial. In 2019, UCI had yet another remarkable run of scientific discoveries, creative splashes, medical breakthroughs and academic feats. The men’s basketball team won its first-ever game in the NCAA tournament. UCI’s stellar blend of educational excellence and accessibility dethroned Princeton University as the No. 1 campus on Money magazine’s list […]