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UCI biologist seeking to save coral reefs honored by Ecological Society of America

Joleah Lamb, a UCI biologist who studies the impact of infectious diseases on the oceans, has been named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America, the world’s largest association of professional ecologists. Early Career Fellows are chosen based on their advanced ecological knowledge and applications as well as potential to make notable […]

Provost Enrique Lavernia is elected a foreign member of Chinese Academy of Engineering

UCI Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Enrique Lavernia has been elected a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Lavernia was recognized for his distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and for his promotion of Chinese-American exchanges and cooperation in the field. He will be inducted in June 2020, during the academy’s annual […]

Eric Rignot, the Donald Bren Professor of Earth system science

Nine UCI researchers named AAAS fellows

Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields

Visual studies Ph.D. student is named to 1804 List of Haitian American change-makers

Ella Turenne, a UCI Ph.D. student in visual studies, has been included among 26 change-makers on The Haitian Roundtable’s 1804 List for 2019. Named in honor of the year of that country’s independence, the list recognizes Haitian American leaders who have helped foster a better understanding of Haiti and the Haitian community. A journalist, poet […]

David Fedman wins prize for best article on historical link between tech and environment

David Fedman, assistant professor of history, has received the 2019 Joel A. Tarr Envirotech Article Prize from the Society for the History of Technology’s Envirotech special interest group. His article, “The Ondol Problem and the Politics of Forest Conservation in Colonial Korea,” was published in The Journal of Korean Studies. It explores the ondol, a […]

UCI Athletics to retire Scott Brooks’ number

Former Anteater basketball star honored for achievements on, off the court

UCI Distinguished Professor wins Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

Svetlana Jitomirskaya is second woman to receive award – and first to receive it alone

Krzysztof Palczewski, UCI’s Irving H. Leopold Professor of Ophthalmology and a professor of physiology & biophysics

UCI vision scientist Krzysztof Palczewski elected to National Academy of Medicine

Distinction recognizes his contributions to understanding of retinal diseases

Oladele “Dele” Ogunseitan

Oladele Ogunseitan is appointed UC Presidential Chair at UCI

Public health professor will promote interdisciplinary programs

Ngugi wa Thiong’o receives honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Edinburgh

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of comparative literature and English, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Scotland’s University of Edinburgh on July 8. He was presented to the university’s academic senate by Thomas Molony of the School of Social & Political Science, who recognized the Kenyan author’s significant leadership in shifting the […]