Crowdsourcing is better predictor of celebrity deaths than chance or age, UCI research team finds

UC Irvine professor of cognitive sciences Michael Lee and colleagues discovered that the collective opinions of users of Ranker—a website that solicits crowd input on a variety of topics—predicted recent celebrity deaths better than individual users, chance or age.

Bill Maurer named dean of School of Social Sciences

Irvine, Calif., May 14, 2013 – After a nationwide search, UC Irvine anthropology professor Bill Maurer has been named dean of the campus’s largest academic unit, the School of Social Sciences. “It’s gratifying when we find that the very best person for the position in the country is already right here,” said Chancellor Michael Drake. “I’m […]

UCI's new School of Education jumps in U.S. News' graduate school ranking

Irvine, Calif., March 12, 2013 – UC Irvine’s School of Education is among a number of campus graduate programs moving up in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 ranking of “Best Graduate Schools,” announced today. The education school, approved in July by the University of California regents, leaped six spots, to 37th nationwide. Before its […]

Highlights of 2012 at UCI

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement and loss of campus stalwarts

Magazine again ranks UCI among nation's top 50 universities

U.S. News & World Report puts it 44th, a one-place improvement over last year. Among public institutions alone, it comes in 12th.

Study ranks UCI law school faculty seventh nationally in scholarly impact

Just two months after graduating its first class the school comes in seventh nationally.

UC Irvine Medical Center is ranked among America's best for 12th year in a row

Annual US News hospital survey includes UC Irvine program in geriatrics among the best in the nation.

UCI ranks first in the nation on list of top 100 universities under 50 years old

Times Higher Education analysis puts it fourth among young institutions worldwide.

UCI ranked fourth among 100 young universities worldwide

The Times Higher Education effort is intended to highlight the growth of young institutions with global ambitions.

Home court advantage

Over the past 40 years, UC Irvine’s tennis programs have boasted numerous national championships, conference titles and All-American performers. In their efforts to continue this tradition, coaches Mike Edles and Trevor Kronemann rely on extensive personal experience: As former UCI student-athletes themselves, they contributed much to this record of tennis excellence.