NIH funding will support graduate students in ‘gateway’ year of systems biology Ph.D. program

The National Institutes of Health has awarded UCI $1.2 million to fund graduate students in the mathematical & computational biology “gateway” year into the Ph.D. program.

Olga Connolly leads a workout class in Aldrich Park

Days of love and glory

Olga Connolly once created an international stir with an Olympic gold medal and a forbidden Cold War-era romance

Magic Johnson

A Magic moment

Basketball legend Earvin Johnson opens the 2015 Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellows Series

34 UCI students win Graduate Research Fellowships

UCI’s Department of Chemistry has received nine Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation – among 34 bestowed campuswide and 2,000 nationwide. Another two fellowships went to the Department of Earth System Science, also in the School of Physical Sciences.

Police Chief Paul Henisey

Campus police chief retiring

Paul Henisey, who has won accolades and earned admiration during his 10-year tenure at UCI, steps down April 17

Dalai Lama Scholars: Then and now

Current and former honorees discuss their service projects and subsequent accomplishments – and the award’s lasting influence.

We check in with Kathy Dong, Jasmine Fang and Armaan Rowther in advance of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s summer visit to campus.

Christina Rodriguez

Fostering freshmen

Summer Bridge experience eases transition to UCI for first-generation, low-income or disabled students

UCI gets $2 million from Keck Foundation for photonic microscope

The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded $2 million to UC Irvine to develop a photonic “magnetic nanoprobe,” a microscope able to amplify, detect and possibly manipulate the extremely weak optical-frequency magnetic fields in matter.

Christine Pham

Grant-getters

UCI’s Scholarship Opportunities Program helps students snag funding for educational enrichment around the globe

Ahead of the curve

President Obama’s commencement appearance highlights pivotal year for UC Irvine