Chef Paul Baca preparing Thanksgiving dinner

'Eaters on campus for T-Day still get feast

UCI staff, leadership will host a traditional meal for students not home for the holiday

Carla Plaza

Against all odds

No one can tell Carla Plaza she hasn’t earned the right to a college education. The 35-year-old senior in biochemistry & molecular biology at UC Irvine is months away from getting a bachelor’s degree — the first in her family to do so — and taking another step toward her childhood dream of becoming a […]

Dancers and Singers at the 'Celebration of Stars'

‘A Celebration of Stars' honors UCI Medalists

UC Irvine’s premier annual event highlights campus contributions.

School of Biological Sciences garners $1.6 million in GAANN awards

Three departments – developmental & cell biology, neurobiology & behavior and ecology & evolutionary biology – receive funding for 12 three-year graduate fellowships.

Physical sciences receives $1.6 million in graduate student funding

Federal grant will support six fellows annually for three years in each of two programs: chemical synthesis and mathematics.

A laser focus on cell research

Biomedical engineer Elliot Botvinick uses optical tweezers to understand how disease takes hold

Fostering tomorrow's leaders

Summer Research and Competitive Edge programs give graduate students a head start.

Stem cell researcher Weian Zhao tapped for prestigious TR35 list

The assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, a member of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, is deemed one of the world’s top 35 innovators under the age of 35.

Global warming could release carbon from forest soils

Vast amounts of additional carbon would warm the atmosphere even more, leading to escalation of climate change.

Targeting ovarian cancer

Dr. Robert Bristow finds disparities in access to the top-quality care that boosts survival.