UC Irvine partners with KIPP schools to boost college graduation rates

The Knowledge Is Power Program announced today that it will join with UC Irvine in an effort to increase the college completion rates of underserved KIPP students nationwide.

Inspired by moth eyeballs, UC Irvine chemists develop gold coating that dims glare

All that’s gold does not glitter, thanks to new work by UC Irvine scientists that could reduce glare from solar panels and electronic displays and dull dangerous glints on military weapons.

President Obama to speak at UC Irvine commencement celebration

A student-produced video invitation including a challenge to “play ball” with UC Irvine’s seven-feet-six-inch center Mamadou Ndiaye, and 10,000 postcards signed by Anteaters of all stripes involved the entire campus in the effort to woo the president.

UC Irvine's School of Biological Sciences renamed in honor of Francisco J. Ayala

UC Irvine has renamed its School of Biological Sciences the Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences, recognizing Dr. Ayala’s vast body of scientific work, international acclaim, and decades of contributions to the school and the campus.

UC Irvine supports national effort to double study abroad participation by 2020

UC Irvine has pledged to join the Institute of International Education’s Generation Study Abroad initiative to double the number of American students who study abroad by the end of the decade.

Advisory committee named for UC Irvine chancellor search

University of California President Janet Napolitano today (Feb. 24, 2014) announced the appointment of an advisory committee of university faculty, staff, students, alumni and foundation representatives to help in the national search for a new chancellor to lead UC Irvine. Bruce Varner, Board of Regents chair, also appointed five regents to serve. Outgoing Chancellor Michael […]

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.

UC Irvine-led study finds ‘truthiness' in people's names

Why look up the facts when you can find “truthiness” in a name? The same scientists who discovered that photographs lend legitimacy to all kinds of claims have discovered a new route
to Stephen Colbert’s “truthiness,” which is the gut feeling that something is true regardless of what the facts support.

UC Irvine establishes Institute for Innovation to expedite technology transfer and commercialization of research

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 25, 2014 – The University of California, Irvine today announced the creation of the UC Irvine Institute for Innovation, an interdisciplinary and campuswide center focused on integrating research, entrepreneurship and technology to create real-world applications that benefit the public and drive the economy. The institute is envisioned to be “an epicenter of innovation […]

Bevacizumab prolongs survival in advanced cervical cancer, UC Irvine-led trial finds

Orange, Calif., Feb. 20, 2014 — Women with advanced cervical cancer now have a new treatment option that could lengthen their lives. A trial led by UC Irvine gynecologic oncologist Dr. Krishnansu S. Tewari found that combining chemotherapy with bevacizumab, also known as Avastin, extended median survival to 17 months, compared to 13.3 months for those receiving chemotherapy […]