Sir David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University

UCI alumnus, Nobel Prize recipient David MacMillan honored as a knight bachelor of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II

“It’s been remarkable, surreal and humbling at the same time to receive this.”

Mary Lou Ortiz

Mary Lou Ortiz is named chief financial officer at UCI

Veteran administrator comes from The Pennsylvania State University

UCI scientists discover how galaxies can exist without dark matter

In simulations, collisions cause smaller star groupings to lose material

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UCI Podcast: Taking it easy

In his newly published book, Magnus Egerstedt extols the virtues of slowness in robotics

David MacMillan

UCI alumnus wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

David MacMillan is one of two awarded for work with molecule-building catalysts

UCI-led team challenges existence of recently proposed exoplanet at Barnard’s star

Instrument designed to find distant worlds is used to determine the absence of one

UCI is No. 1 in Sierra magazine’s 2020 ‘Cool Schools’ ranking of sustainability leaders

Campus has been in top 10 for unmatched 11 straight years, with 4 first-place finishes

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UCI Podcast: Michelle Deutchman on the pandemic’s effect on campus free speech

The free speech movement was born on college campuses in the 1960s as students protested the Vietnam War and voiced their support for civil rights. But what will happen as the COVID-19 pandemic suppresses in-person campus gatherings, and as discourse increasingly moves online? The University of California’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement […]

Avatars summarize students’ progress on research projects in a UCI course that takes place in a fantastical 3D online environment called Anteater Island.

Anteater Island

Anthropology professor teaches class on digital cultures by creating his own virtual community – where COVID-19 isn’t a threat

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 […]