Michael Yassa's lab.

Stemming the Rising Mental Health Crisis

UCI researchers help illuminate the complexities of the mind and find solutions to prevent a twin pandemic

UCI-led team first to discover new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain’s hippocampal formation

Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders

Professor Oladele Ogunseitan at Crystal Cove State Beach.

Nine UCI researchers named AAAS fellows

Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields

Thinking Big

The Precision Health Through Artificial Intelligence Initiative uses leading-edge big-data approaches to advance the frontiers of medicine

Glenda Flores, associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies; Davin L. Phoenix, associate professor of political science; and Stephen Mahler, assistant professor of neurobiology & behavior

Supporting future generations of researchers

Society of Hellman Fellows at UCI expands resources for junior faculty

Giving – and getting – a helping hand

UCI scholarship recipient aids others on her journey to becoming a doctor

Outdated gaming equipment gets new life

UCI Esports donates original arena PCs to informatics department, research labs and student clubs

UCI’s Kumar Wickramasinghe is named a fellow of the Royal Society

Accomplished engineer is recognized for contributions to nanotechnology, microscopy

New faculty faces

Hiring of 78 educators goes a long way toward strategic plan goal of adding 250 by 2021

The American Dream Personified

From helping homeless youths to leading California’s community college system, UCI alumni are living out the American dream in myriad ways. Tenacious, intelligent and driven, they have overcome adversity to achieve their visions and make a difference in their communities and in the world. Below, we explore just a small sampling of the fascinating success stories created by UCI graduates.