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Red leaves add color to the campus palette. (Photo by Steve Zylius / UC Irvine) |
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Plans and costs are changing – know your options and act early. Open Enrollment for 2026 begins Oct. 30 at 8 a.m. and ends Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. It’s your annual opportunity to review current benefits and make decisions for 2026. With significant changes to plans and costs, it’s important to understand the available options. Learn more by visiting the UC Irvine HR Open Enrollment web page and the UC Open Enrollment web page. Enroll in benefits in UCPath. |
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UCI Health breast cancer survivor Barbara Cortez has a message for all women, young and old alike: “Get your annual mammogram!" Five years after undergoing targeted therapy for late-stage cancer, Cortez is grateful that regular scans and blood tests continue to show no evidence of the disease. Early detection, she says, is key to survival. "If I can reach just one woman who schedules this all-important test, I will have done my part,” she said. |
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Federal government shutdown |
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As the government shutdown enters its fifth week, the federal closure is becoming one of the longest ever. To help you understand how this impacts the university, UC Irvine is hosting a Federal Government Shutdown webpage to outline the impact to various units. As the shutdown continues, updates will be added with date stamps. |
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Researchers find new Alzheimer's mechanism |
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UC Irvine researchers have uncovered a molecular partnership that reshapes scientists’ understanding of how brain inflammation arises in Alzheimer’s disease. “This finding is exciting because it starts to explain why Hv1 channels operate differently in different tissues in health, information we need to target them effectively to treat disease,” said Dr. Steve Goldstein, senior author and vice chancellor for health affairs. Funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund helped support the work. #SpeakUp4Science |
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UC faculty and alumni awarded MacArthur ‘genius grants’ |
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Six University of California alumni and one faculty member are among the 22 winners of the 2025 MacArthur Foundation fellowships. The awards, known as “genius” grants, recognize outstanding scholars, creators and activists. Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Claire Trevor School of the Arts alumnus and multidisciplinary artist, was specifically lauded for his films and sculptures, which are grounded in the histories of communities grappling with traumas of war and displacement in places like his native Vietnam, the Philippines, Senegal, Papua New Guinea and the U.S. |
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The mysteries of the mind |
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When Allison Morehouse was in middle school, she visited UC Irvine for an event hosted by UCI MIND designed to connect community members with the university’s research. For Morehouse, one moment stood out – the chance to hold a human brain in her hands. “I tried to learn everything I could about the brain,” said Morehouse. “I would read pop psychology books, watch videos, whatever I could find.” Now, as a cognitive sciences Ph.D. student, Morehouse works in the sleep and cognition lab of professor Sara Mednick, where her research focuses on how sleep supports emotional memory, spatial navigation and cognitive health. |
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#UCIconnected spotlights interesting updates from the UC Irvine community. #IamUCI spotlights profiles of students, faculty, staff and alumni. Send submissions via email or post on social media with the #UCIconnected or #IamUCI hashtags. |
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LAist, Oct. 24 Cited: Joe Brothman, director of UCI Health general services |
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The Orange County Register, Oct. 24 Cited: Brett Sanders, Chancellor's Professor of civil and environmental engineering |
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Orange County Business Journal, Oct. 27 Cited: Michael Demetriou, professor of neurology |
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