Transformative $30 million gift from Samuelis to fund convergent science building

New UCI facility will fuel major multidisciplinary research and innovation

With $1 million gift, UCI aims to become first university to launch rocket into space

Donation expands partnership with Base 11 to address STEM talent crisis

Historian awarded NEH summer stipend to finish book

David Fedman, assistant professor of history, has been awarded a $6,000 National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend to support the completion of his manuscript The Saw & the Seed: Forestry & the Politics of Conservation in Colonial Korea (under contract with the University of Washington Press). “I’m absolutely thrilled to have received this grant from the NEH […]

Di Xu shares $5,000 award for best academic paper

Di Xu, assistant professor of education, is co-author of a research report selected as the winner of the 2017 AEFP-Kauffman Foundation Award for best academic paper on the intersection of education and labor market outcomes. In “What About Certificates? Evidence on the Labor Market Returns to Non-Degree Community College Awards in Two States,” Xu and […]

President Barack Obama and UCI alumna Ferial Govashiri

Presidential sidekick

UCI alumna recounts her time as Obama’s personal assistant

Astrobiology's rising star

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

Over time, nuisance flooding can cost more than extreme, infrequent events

Long-term impact of climate change on US cities is rising, UCI researchers find

Pod pride

UCI team shows off its prototype for Hyperloop transportation system at competition

Out of the shadows

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

UCI's HyperXite team to compete in Hyperloop challenge at SpaceX headquarters

EVENT:  UCI’s HyperXite team is going head-to-head with more than 30 other university-based and independent engineering teams from around the world to determine which has designed and built the best human-scale pod for the Hyperloop transportation system proposed by SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk. Pods will be evaluated for speed, stability, braking and smoothness of ride on […]