UCI graduate programs among top 50 nationwide in new rankings

Graduate school rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report show UC Irvine programs consistently among the top 50 in the nation.

NASA scientist to visit UCI, discuss research findings from the International Space Station

EVENT: Tara M. Ruttley, associate program scientist for NASA’s International Space Station, will tour UC Irvine labs and discuss with science faculty the latest research findings from the ISS and UC Irvine. WHEN/WHERE: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. Contact Tom Vasich for specific locations. INFORMATION: Media planning to attend should contact Tom Vasich at 949-824-6455 or tmvasich@uci.edu. […]

UC Irvine to lead “Team Orange” at Solar Decathlon 2015

UC Irvine and three other Orange County campuses will participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2015. The competition in which 20 teams comprising college and university students build energy-efficient solar homes, will be held for the second time at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine.

Elghobashi joins National Academy of Engineering

The National Academy of Engineering has announced the election of UC Irvine’s Said Elghobashi to membership.

McDonnell Douglas seamstress funds UCI graduate fellowships in engineering

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013 – Ida Melucci, a seamstress who worked for McDonnell Douglas and then Boeing, has left a bequest of $1.5 million to UC Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering to create graduate fellowships. “We are honored that Ida Melucci entrusted us with her gift to continue to support and enhance the education […]

On track for clean energy

UCI will host – and compete in – the California Challenge, which pits alternative-fuel race cars against each other

UC Irvine named host university of clean energy expo at Orange County Great Park

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 12, 2013 – UC Irvine has been named the official host university of the inaugural XPO clean energy exposition, which will take place in October alongside the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 at the Orange County Great Park. The XPO will include the first-ever California Challenge energy-efficient race car time trials. Student-engineered […]

Celebrity scientist

In latest honor, UCI engineering professor accepts coveted medal from president of his homeland, India

UCI’s new School of Education jumps in U.S. News’ graduate school ranking

Irvine, Calif., March 12, 2013 – UC Irvine’s School of Education is among a number of campus graduate programs moving up in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 ranking of “Best Graduate Schools,” announced today. The education school, approved in July by the University of California regents, leaped six spots, to 37th nationwide. Before its […]

Broadcom Foundation funds graduate fellowships at School of Engineering

The Broadcom Foundation has pledged $400,000 over two years to establish graduate fellowships at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.