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New freshmen move into Mesa housing.

Home away from home

As campus housing strives to keep pace with demand, focus is on affordability, sustainability and student support

June 27, 2025
Snow-capped San Gabriel mountains form a backdrop for the UC Irvine Medical Center-Irvine construction site in the foreground.

UC Irvine earns STARS Gold rating for sustainability excellence, continuing legacy

Green buildings, waste diversion, alternative transportation and community outreach cited

June 05, 2025
In an aeroponic garden on the patio of The Anteatery, leafy greens and herbs are grown for consumption by hungry UCI students.

America's greenest university

How UCI continues to lead the way in sustainability practices

December 11, 2023
Person bicycling in Aldrich Park.

UCI becomes two-time recipient of STARS Platinum rating for sustainability efforts

Rare recognition secures its place among world’s environmentally outstanding institutions

November 01, 2021
Ronald Fleming (right), executive director of UCI Transportation and Distribution Services, helps U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh connect an electric car to a campus charging station, with (from left) Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Regent John A. Pérez, UCI Vice Chancellor for Research Pramod Khargonekar, U.S. Rep. Mike Levin and Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan looking on.

UCI is No. 2 in Sierra magazine's 2021 ‘Cool Schools' ranking of sustainability leaders

Campus has been in top 10 for unmatched 12 straight years, with 4 first-place finishes

September 09, 2021
Campus housing and student volunteers plant various environmentally-friendly trees and ground cover in Palo Verde housing at UCI during Earth Week 2018.

Our campus, our Earth

UCI leads the way in environmental stewardship of the planet

April 20, 2021
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building

UCI researchers join forces to tackle challenges in human health and the environment

Newest building on campus is designed from the ground up to foster collaboration

February 22, 2021

UCI is No. 1 in Sierra magazine's 2020 ‘Cool Schools' ranking of sustainability leaders

Campus has been in top 10 for unmatched 11 straight years, with 4 first-place finishes

September 28, 2020

Middle Earth - elevated

New towers add modern touch to student housing community inspired by Tolkien mythology

September 27, 2019

UCI is No. 1 in U.S., No. 2 overall in Sierra magazine's 2019 ‘Cool Schools' ranking

With unmatched 10 straight years in top 10, campus is higher ed sustainability leader

September 03, 2019