News Briefs

Oct 15, 2021
David MacMillan earned a Ph.D. from UC Irvine in 1996 and was a scientist at UC Berkeley and Caltech in Pasadena
Oct 14, 2021
The center will foster research at the intersection of Earth science, physics and data science.
Oct 6, 2021
David W.C. MacMillan, who earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in developing better catalysts for…
Oct 6, 2021
A huge congratulations to Professors David MacMillan and Benjamin List for winning this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis. We at the UCI Department of…
Sep 27, 2021
The UCI award will give the physicist $50,000 to support research into quantum magnets.        
Sep 27, 2021
Thinning of rift-healing slush is identified as a major cause of iceberg calving events
Sep 24, 2021
The lecture honors Zender’s work to manage and analyze scientific data related to climate science.
Sep 24, 2021
The cosmologist adapted to remote learning in innovative ways when the campus switched to remote learning.
Sep 23, 2021
Interdisciplinary researchers will examine impacts on overburdened communities
Sep 21, 2021
The appointments are for Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Sep 15, 2021
The physicist’s research is pushing fusion energy technology into the realm of reality.
Sep 15, 2021
The instrument will allow scientists the world over to study how permafrost thaw, wildfires and land use change are contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and to evaluate efforts to decarbonize economies and reign in climate change.