UCI is ranked third among nation’s best-value colleges by Money

Acknowledging the University of California, Irvine’s stellar blend of accessible, high-quality education and alumni success, Money magazine has ranked it No. 3 on its 2018 list of the “50 best colleges in the U.S.”
13-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Chilling with recycled water: UCI, IRWD celebrate plant conversion to save 80 million gallons of drinkable water each year

Officials from UCI and the Irvine Ranch Water District are hosting a celebration of UCI’s renovated Central Plant, which has been retrofitted to use recycled water for cooling campus buildings.
8-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Smartphones act as digital security blankets in stressful social situations

Not only can your smartphone serve as your wallet, watch and map, it can also be your digital security blanket. In a new study led by the University of California, Irvine, researchers found that when people are in awkward social situations, having...
7-Aug-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

World renowned vision scientist Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, to join UCI School of Medicine

The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine welcomes Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, to the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology and the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, effective September 2018.
7-Aug-2018 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Climate Change-Driven Droughts Are Getting Hotter, UCI Study Finds

Dry months are getting hotter in large parts of the United States, another sign that human-caused climate change is forcing people to encounter new extremes.
1-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Mother’s teenage smoking habit is key risk factor for low-birth-weight baby, UCI-led study finds

Of all the risk factors associated with low birth weight, a mother’s teenage smoking habit is by far the strongest observed, according to a recent study led by Jennifer B. Kane, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California,...
1-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UCI graduate joins University of California Board of Regents

The University of California, Irvine Alumni Association has chosen William T. Um ’90 to represent all UC alumni as a two-year member of the UC Board of Regents, effective July 1.
30-Jul-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UCI awarded $9M grant to determine the long-term effects of cannabis on adolescents and study the impact of cannabis across the lifespan

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, a 4-year, $9 million grant aimed at determining the long-term impact of cannabis...
30-Jul-2018 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites