The white-tailed kite bird.

Iconic bird makes its home on campus

Julie Coffey takes us on the trail of UCI’s white-tailed kites

Researchers collect data about plant growth for a study near the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center.

Using science to serve nature

UCI natural reserve sites host researchers, students and volunteers addressing ecological challenges

Ariana Naaseh, Alonso Ortiz, and Kasoluchi Enedu, 4th year UCI med students

For UCI’s med students, the future is now with Match Day

We highlight three graduating medical students who have excelled despite unprecedented challenges

School of Medicine commencement

2020 Year in Review

Throughout a truly unprecedented and turbulent year, UCI has not only survived but thrived, a feat that wouldn’t have been possible without the strength of its community. When the coronavirus first began to spread across the globe and overwhelm healthcare systems, scientists such as Dr. Albert Chang, medical director of the Student Health Center; Dr. Susan Huang, medical director of epidemiology and […]

Women’s History Month

Nasim Afsar Chief Operating OfficerUCI Health Bernadette Boden-Albala Director and founding deanProgram in Public Health This list of UCI faculty, staff and students who have stepped up to lead during the COVID-19 pandemic is long and impressive, with the contributions of Nasim Afsar and Bernadette Boden-Albala holding particular importance. Boden-Albala joined UCI in 2019 as director of […]

Dr. Jon Steller, a NASA physician and assistant clinical professor of maternal fetal medicine at UCI.

Interplanetary Obstetrician

Physician alumnus researches (future) life on Mars while teaching medicine at UCI

Healthcare worker in gloves drawing vaccine from a vial at Covid vaccination clinic at the Bren Events Center on the UCI campus

UCI pharmacists on the front lines

Long working behind the scenes in COVID-19 research and education, they’re now helping to distribute and administer the vaccine

Breaking the chain of infection one call at a time

UCI’s leading-edge contact tracing program has helped control the coronavirus’s spread on campus and in the community

UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman

UCI town hall addresses fall planning and vaccines

Campus leaders host a virtual event sharing insights into the next academic year

UCI Podcast Indicator

UCI Podcast: Running for city council as a 24-year-old PhD student

Dylan Green describes the challenges of seeking local elected office, and why more scientists should do so