UCI shatters research and philanthropic funding records

Half a billion dollars in grants and giving reflects growing support for campus vision

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute

Josephine Herbert Gleis commits $5 million to Gavin Herbert Eye Institute for vision research

Philanthropist is still making a difference as she approaches her 104th birthday

Marios Papaefthymiou

New dean named for UCI School of Information & Computer Sciences

Entrepreneur Marios Papaefthymiou chairs University of Michigan program

Eloy Ortiz Oakley

Alum to helm higher ed system

Eloy Ortiz Oakley will be first Latino chancellor of California’s community colleges

Christopher Swieca

Delayed grad-ification

Mini commencement re-created for scholar-athlete who missed June ceremony for eyesight-saving surgery

UCI boosts admission of California freshmen by 15.6 percent for fall 2016

Academic strength and diversity numbers also increase

Gregory Washington

Engineering dean appointed to second term

­Gregory Washington has been appointed to a second five-year term as the Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, effective July 1. He joined The Henry Samueli School of Engineering as dean in 2011 and has overseen a number of noteworthy accomplishments. Undergraduate enrollment has increased by 19 percent, while graduate enrollment has increased by 21 percent. […]

UCI appoints Pramod Khargonekar vice chancellor for research

NSF exec brings diverse background in federal and academic positions

Developmental biologist Maksim Plikus named 2016 Pew Scholar

Maksim Plikus, assistant professor of developmental & cell biology, is among the exceptional early-career scientists named a 2016 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. For more than 30 years, the Pew Charitable Trusts have supported outstanding biomedical researchers at the start of their careers, and this year’s class of 22 scholars is drawn from prestigious institutes […]

Graduation days

Newly minted Anteater alumni ready to take on the world