A life transformed

Daniela Estrada reflects UCI’s commitment to the success of first-generation Latino students

A passion for education

ICS alum teaches STEM skills to students and educators at the Tiger Woods Foundation’s learning center

UCI receives $1 million gift from estate of former faculty member Christian Werner

Donation will support graduate student research, scholarship in social sciences

Making their mark

For the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, we take a look at some current UCI trailblazers

Katherine Mackey named Sloan Research Fellow

Katherine Mackey, UCI’s Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, has been awarded a 2017 Sloan Research Fellowship in ocean sciences for her pioneering work in marine biogeochemistry. Each year since 1955, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded two-year fellowships to 126 promising early-career scientists in the U.S. and Canada. Nominated by […]

Astrobiology's rising star

UCI new hire seeking life on other planets also has more down-to-Earth mission: boosting STEM diversity

Out of the shadows

UCI faculty bring hidden figures into the light for Black History Month

Houri Berberian installed as Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies

The University of California, Irvine School of Humanities celebrated the installation of Houri Berberian as the Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies in the Department of History. She will work closely with the school’s faculty and lecturers in Middle East and Near East studies as well as Russian and Soviet studies to develop a […]

UCI chemist Shane Ardo named one of 5 inaugural Moore Inventor Fellows

$825,000 in funding will help advance his solar-powered desalination innovation

UCI team awarded $2.9 million by NSF for graduate training in data science, STEM

A UCI team led by Padhraic Smyth, professor of computer science and director of the UCI Data Science Initiative, is one of 16 interdisciplinary groups to share $47 million awarded as part of the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program. UCI will receive $2.9 million, primarily in the form of graduate student fellowships, to develop “team science […]