Honorees at the 2009 UC Irvine Medal awards

UC Irvine Medal event meets fundraising target

Gala event earns $1.1 million for scholarships and other key programs.

Medal gala

UC Irvine’s premiere fundraising event honors campus friends and raises $1.1 million for scholarships and other key initiatives.

2009 Medal

Four people have been selected to receive UC Irvine’s most prestigious honor, the Medal, which annually confers lifelong recognition on those who have made exceptional contributions to the university’s mission of teaching, research and public service.

Postdoctoral scholars in the spotlight

UC Irvine’s postdoctoral research staffers asked, “Where’s the love,” and the university responded, making February “Postdoc Appreciation Month.”

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UCI awarded $3.8 million NIH grant to advance BRAIN Initiative research

Funding will help campus become a national center of neuroscience resources

Physician-to-be benefits from philanthropy

Donor-endowed scholarship helps first-gen college student achieve her dream of becoming a doctor

Students in Minority Science Programs rack up 17 awards for research presentations at conferences

UC Irvine undergraduates participating in research training in the Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences’ Minority Science Programs received 17 awards for their research presentations at three national conferences this fall.

UCI Minority Science Programs students garner 21 research awards

Fifteen UCI undergraduates participating in the School of Biological Sciences’ Minority Science Programs received 21 awards for their research presentations at the 2012 ABRCMS meeting.