UC Irvine announces commencement schedule

UC Irvine today confirmed that its 2014 commencement celebration will include a special, all-graduate keynote event at Angel Stadium of Anaheim followed by several smaller, school-based ceremonies on campus.

Anandkumar gets 'early-career' Sloan Research Fellowship for her work in machine learning

Anima Anandkumar, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded a 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship for her work at the interface of theory and practice of large-scale machine learning and high-dimensional statistics.

Pangea World unveils transnational model for science research and conservation

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 11, 2014 – An international endeavor combining science research with a business model centered on luxury resort developments and resort-style estates was unveiled Friday by Pangea World at the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering. The kickoff symposium, “The Economic Epic of Earth’s Evolution: the […]

Potential UCI partnership with Pangea World fostering global economic development, sustainability

EVENT:  “The Economic Epic of Earth’s Evolution: the New Geography, Diplomacy and Legacy for the Knowledge Economy – from California to the World” will introduce a new business model in which luxury resort and estate development is leveraged to benefit global sustainability and transnational research. Presentations by scientists, diplomats, government representatives, members of academia and corporate […]

Homecoming 2014: The first of two

Annual event will be repeated in November as it transitions from a winter tradition to a fall one

UC Irvine to mark homecoming with reunions, street festival and basketball game

EVENT: The UC Irvine Alumni Association will host the annual homecoming celebration, with reunion events on Friday and the street festival and basketball game on Saturday. WHEN/WHERE: Reunion events on Friday, Jan. 24, and public events on Saturday, Jan. 25, will take place in the Newkirk Alumni Center (grid B7, bldg. 450 on campus map), on Mesa Road […]

Reddit co-founder to speak at UC Irvine

EVENT: Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the popular social news and entertainment site Reddit, will talk about using the Internet as a power for good, the topic of his new book, Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed. Ohanian’s entrepreneurial spirit has led him to create or fund more than 60 […]

Highlights of 2013 at UCI

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement … and zombies

The Great Wall of Irvine

Bolstered by three 7-footers, the men’s basketball team sets its sights on a first-ever NCAA tournament bid

Shocktoberfest hits the big time

UCI starts basketball practices with its tallest men’s team ever