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| New and returning students busily move into their campus homes. (Photo by Steve Zylius / UC Irvine) Scroll to see photos from move-in. |
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| This month, UC Irvine is celebrating how thoughtful choices about campus design, future populations and infrastructure can help students thrive, advance discovery and shape a university that continues to serve Orange County. UC Irvine is preparing to break ground on its most ambitious student housing project yet. East Campus Student Apartments Phase 5 will deliver approximately 1,065 new beds in 308 apartment units on 3.2 acres of East Campus. “On-campus housing is one of the most important investments we can make in our students’ success,” said Willie Banks, vice chancellor for student affairs. “When students live on campus, they build friendships, participate more fully in campus life, access support services more easily and develop a stronger sense of belonging. Those experiences help students persist to graduation and make the university community stronger.” |
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| Second cohort of climate collaborations |
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| The Climate Collaboration – now in its second year with a second cohort of five Climate Collaborations for 2026-27 – will address the growing stresses and disruptions in California brought on by increasing heat, extreme weather, drought and other climate concerns. Tapping into more than a dozen academic schools on campus with disciplinary strengths in climate and sustainability, the Climate Collaboration enables problem-focused projects where external partners with front-line management expertise work alongside UC Irvine’s leading research teams. “The breadth of participation in this year’s call shows how much momentum there is across UC Irvine for collaborative, solutions-oriented climate research,” said Brett Sanders, director of the UC Irvine Climate Collaboration and Chancellor’s Professor of civil and environmental engineering. “These projects bring together faculty with very different areas of expertise and connect them directly with partners who are confronting climate challenges in California every day. Just as importantly, they create opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to work on problems where their research can have a tangible impact on communities, infrastructure and decision-making.” |
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| | UCI Health expands robot-assisted surgery |
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| (Dr. David Lee (center), UCI Health urologic oncologist, successfully performed a prostatectomy using the modular Hugo system) |
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| UCI Health has expanded its robot-assisted surgery program with the Hugo Robotic-Assisted Surgery System, becoming the first health system on the West Coast to use the technology for patient care. Dr. David Lee, UCI Health urologic oncologist, successfully performed a prostatectomy by using the modular system on Aug. 18. The patient went home the same day and is recovering well. The milestone builds on more than two decades of robot-assisted surgery at UCI Health, and it personifies the academic health system’s continued commitment to advancing minimally invasive surgical care to support education, research and quicker patient recoveries. |
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| | UC innovators who are changing the world |
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| UC is a worldwide leader in discovery, as the No. 1 public university for academic research with the most influential scientists and a world record for Nobel prizes. UC’s real-world impact is represented by the winners of the inaugural UC Regents Innovation Awards. The awards honor 23 people in five categories, chosen from a group of nominees representing all 10 UC campuses and three affiliated national labs. Michael Leon, emeritus professor of neurobiology and behavior; Chang Liu, professor of biomedical engineering; and Jean-Claude Falmagne, research professor of cognitive sciences, were specifically lauded for their impact and innovations. |
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| | | (Photos by Steve Zylius/UC Irvine) |
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| | (Photo by Xanat Hernandez) |
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| UC Irvine faculty, staff and graduate students attended the fourth annual Teach Day Sept. 17 at the Anteater Learning Pavilion to discuss fostering a culture of inclusion and equity for undergraduates. This year, Teach Day centered on the theme “Beyond the Algorithm: Reimagining What We Teach for Student Success.” |
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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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SF Gate, Sept. 21 Cited: UC Irvine study |
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The Orange County Register, Sept. 20 Cited: Mark Warschauer, Distinguished Professor of education and WRITE AI Center director; and Tamara Tate, associate project scientist and associate director of the WRITE AI Center |
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Bolde, Sept. 20 Cited: Susan Charles, professor of psychology and associate dean of graduate programs in the School of Social Ecology |
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