Ants in Your Plants garden

The year that was

UCI celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015, which also saw the investiture of a sixth chancellor, the Dalai Lama’s third visit to campus and a continued reign as the nation’s top ‘Cool School’

Food for thought

UCI provides a full menu of events, activities encouraging new approaches to sustainable nourishment

Anteater Academy graduates

Turning potential into opportunity

Anteater Academy at once-underperforming Santa Ana high school graduates first cohort of college-bound teens. The program is an example of UCI’s outreach to underrepresented students that placed it at the top of The New York Times’ College Access Index of schools that do the most for low-income students. Thirteen recent graduates of the school will attend UCI in the fall.

earth's defender

Earth’s defender

Abigail Reyes divides her life into two parts, “B.T.” and “A.T.” – before Terence and after Terence. In February 1999, Terence Unity Freitas, an environmental activist and her “partner in work and love,” was kidnapped and murdered in Colombia. At the time, he was working to halt the plans of major oil companies to drill […]

UC Irvine is No. 1 ‘Coolest School’ in nation

UC Irvine has placed first in Sierra magazine’s eighth annual ranking of the country’s “Coolest Schools,” marking the fifth consecutive year the university has been included among the top 10 “greenest” campuses nationwide.

Rising waters

UCI students help coastal communities brace for climate change

Scientists get $2.8 million to study flood resilience

Social ecology and engineering researchers get $2.8 million NSF grant to translate science into action on climate change-related challenges, including rising sea levels and urban flooding.

Sowing the seeds of sustainability

First-of-its-kind summer institute cultivates environmental activism – and leadership skills – among incoming students

Commencement 2013: By the numbers

Figures offer sneak peek at circumstances behind pomp

Students at Hector Godinez Fundamental High School

Forward thinking

UCI partners with Santa Ana ¡Adelante! program to ensure university access for Latinos.