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A feast of opportunity

UCI Basic Needs Center’s partnership with county inspires statewide initiative to combat student food insecurity

November 13, 2025
Andrea Mora, Director, standing in the UCI Basic Needs Center.

UC Irvine Basic Needs Center co-hosts record-breaking CalFresh enrollment parties

Partnership with county inspires statewide initiative to combat student food insecurity

November 12, 2025
Students pose with Peter the Anteater at the 2022 First Gen Day event at UC Irvine.

Onward and upward

First-Generation Students Day celebrates these trailblazers and UC Irvine’s commitment to supporting them – every day

October 29, 2025
Group of students sitting under a large tree.

UC Irvine receives 2025 Excellence in Mental Health and Well-Being Award

Campus is among 71 nationwide to be honored by Insight Into Academia magazine

August 05, 2025

UC Irvine expands national leadership in Alzheimer's research with $21 million grant

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding for 5 more years to further discovery

July 15, 2025
Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi (left), UC Irvine associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and materials science and engineering, is lead principal investigator on the Geophysicist.AI project, while colleagues Eric Mjolsness (center), professor of computer science, and Russ Detwiler (right), associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, are co-principal investigators.

UC Irvine to lead use of AI in solving grand challenges below Earth's surface

UC Office of the President-funded project involves 5 UC campuses and 2 national labs

June 09, 2025
Neha Gujjula (left), a third-year neurobiology major, and Kaitlin To, a third-year ecology and evolutionary biology major, are co-presidents of the Brain Exercise Initiative’s UC Irvine chapter.

Use it or lose it

Student members of the Brain Exercise Initiative work to improve cognition among residents of senior living facilities

May 30, 2025
Students show their Anteater spirit during fall 2024’s Welcome Week.

Understanding a culture of inclusion

U.C.I. Experience initiative seeks to optimize inclusive excellence

January 14, 2025
Students in front of the UC Irvine Student Center.

UC Irvine named Fulbright HSI Leader by US State Department for fourth year

Campus honored for its engagement with international academic exchange program

November 04, 2024
photo of Derek Dunn-Rankin and Pheather R. Harris

UC Irvine to lead next phase of UC's California Alliance for Minority Participation

National Science Foundation awards $2.5 million for longtime STEM initiative

October 25, 2024