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In the latest U.S. News rankings, UC Irvine also placed 16th in Best Colleges for Veterans and 50th among Most Innovative Schools, underscoring a breadth of strength that extends well beyond a single headline ranking. Steve Zylius / UC Irvine

UC Irvine places eighth among nation's...

September 22, 2026

For the 12th year running, the University of California, Irvine has landed among the top 10 public universities in the country, placing eighth in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 list of “Best Colleges” – its highest public-university ranking in over a decade.

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Professor Jonathan Posner Ph.D ’01, B.S.’95 at Lake Washington

Q&A: Creator of Safest Football Helmet...

July 10, 2026

Jonathan Posner Ph.D ’01, B.S.’95, designed the world’s safest football helmet and most efficient natural draft portable wood stove, which has helped millions enjoy safer cooking in East Africa. He is a professor of mechanical engineering and chemical engineering at University of Washington and an adjunct professor of medicine.

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Anteater engineers gather at the Bren Event Center on June 15 to celebrate their commencement.

UC Irvine Engineering Class of 2026...

June 22, 2026

UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering hosted its commencement ceremony on June 15 at the Bren Events Center, which was packed with family and supporters ready to celebrate the recent graduates. The school expects to award 73 doctorates, 294 master's degrees and 934 bachelor's degrees for the 2026 academic year.

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UCI biomedical engineering graduate Christopher Tan

Q&A: Chancellor’s Award Winner Christopher...

June 15, 2026

Christopher Tan just graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biomedical engineering-premed from UC Irvine. He was president of the award-winning student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society, a researcher in four labs and founder of the Neovi Medical startup, which won awards in the BioEngine and Beall Butterworth Competitions for its invention NeoFusion.

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2026 Engineering and ICS Hall of Fame inductees

Six Alumni Inducted into Hall of Fame

May 20, 2026

The 2026 Engineering and ICS Alumni Hall of Fame at the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art in Costa Mesa combined beautiful weather and an art-filled venue with a celebration of alumni success. Three engineering and three information and computer sciences outstanding alumni were inducted this year for making a significant impact in their profession, or in other ways bringing distinction to their alma mater.

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The initiative pulls together faculty from both Samueli Schools of Engineering and is designed to deepen cross-campus partnerships and accelerate high-impact research.

Samueli Foundation Selects 6 UCI-UCLA...

April 14, 2026

The Samueli Foundation has funded another round of the UCLA–UC Irvine Collaborative Grants Program. Established in 2024, the initiative pulls together faculty from both Samueli Schools of Engineering and is designed to deepen cross-campus partnerships and accelerate high-impact research.

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Tiantian Yang (right) with his UCI mentor Distinguished Professor Soroosh Sorooshian (left) at the American Geophysical Union 2025 Honor Ceremony, where Yang was awarded the Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award.

Q&A with Alumnus Tiantian Yang ‘15

January 13, 2026

UC Irvine engineering alumnus Tiantian Yang, M.S. 2011, Ph.D. 2015, has been recognized with the Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The award honors early career scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the hydrologic sciences, education or societal impacts and show promise of contributions to hydrology.

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