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The Anteater advantage: From generous financial aid to well-paying careers, UC Irvine is equipping students to lead more informed, engaged and successful lives. 🔖 bit.ly/47IZIpX

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🐾 🚔 💙💛 Congratulations to K-9 Max of the @UCIrvinePD on a well-deserved retirement! The seven-year-old yellow lab has served the @UCIrvineHealth and campus community with pride since 2022, alongside his dedicated handler Sergeant Corey Chavez.

Congratulations to UC Irvine's new @aaas fellows! The seven fellows work in disciplines as diverse as chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, neurobiology, and physics. 🔖 bit.ly/3PWEw9T @UCIBioSci @UCIPhysSci @UCIEngineering

🎉🥼 💙💛 Congratulations to our graduating @UCIMedSchool students who matched on March 20! Match Day is when medical students nationwide learn where they will begin their residency training. #MatchDay #Match2026 youtu.be/__BLd9twutQ?si…

UC Irvine researchers have designed a device that makes heart tissue respond to pulses of light. The invention can be used in the future to test cardiac therapeutics safely and effectively. @UCIEngineering @NIH-funded 🔖 bit.ly/4t0UY7b

A research team co-led by UC Irvine professor Shane Ardo has developed a device that removes salt and other charged compounds from water. The device aids in seawater desalination, energy and biomedical applications. @UCIPhysSci @UCIEngineering 🔖 bit.ly/4lIZoNE

UC Irvine launches Spotlight OC to give insider insights into the county. Designed for locals, Spotlight OC features immersive, expert-led Saturday experiences four times a year, beginning in April. @UCIContinuingEd 🔖 bit.ly/4uRtYJm

UCI has been named a Top Producing Institution by the US Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to talented undergrads with high financial need to study or intern abroad. @GilmanProgram 🔖 bit.ly/4dh08Hx

UC Irvine medical students reflect on hopes, challenges and triumphs as #MatchDay unfolds @UCIMedSchool 🔖 bit.ly/3PhTNBW

Seth Cohen has been appointed dean of UC Irvine's School of Physical Sciences. Cohen, an internationally recognized inorganic chemist, comes to UC Irvine from UC San Diego. @UCIPhysSci 🔖 bit.ly/4bwzJmS

Women are driving discovery at UC Irvine. From cancer care to cosmic breakthroughs, UC Irvine’s female researchers are expanding the frontiers of science. uci.edu #WomensHistoryMonth

Oso Tower, UC Irvine's newest residential building, earns federal certification for advancing physical, mental and social well-being of UCI students. @UCIHousing 🔖 bit.ly/3P6Q5Ll

UC Irvine scientists have discovered how muscle stem cells “flip a switch” to rebuild damaged muscle – a finding that could help address muscle loss linked to aging, injury and widely used weight-loss medications such as GLP-1 therapies. @UCI_SPPS 🔖 bit.ly/4umSe5A

California Has the Sand—Just Not Where It Needs It. Could Trains Fix That? UC Irvine researchers are studying the use of trains to transport sediment from the Prado Dam Basin, near Corona, to eroded beaches. @UCIEngineering @Social_Ecology 🔖 bit.ly/4lm6HKZ

Wow! Researchers at @UCIrvine created a laser device that detects melanoma earlier and monitors treatment without invasive biopsies. Federal funding from the @NIH made this breakthrough possible.

It’s time to VOTE for @UCIrvine in this year’s #STATMadness! Vote for our #UCIMedSchool researchers from our Department of Physiology & Biophysics. Keep voting once a day until Round 1 ends on Monday, March 9, at 1 a.m. PT. Read more: bit.ly/4b5NYyz

Cataracts impact 65 million people globally. @NIH-funded UCI chemists have uncovered how age-related cataracts may develop, identifying a subtle chemical change in a lens protein that increases its tendency to clump together over time. @UCIPhysSci 🔖 bit.ly/46HUdr3

March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth. The experts at the UCI Health Chao Digestive Health Institute encourage you to #MoveForYourColon, as physical activity, including simple walking, can help support digestive health at any age. bit.ly/3OCcXCi

The @SloanFoundation has named two UC Irvine faculty as 2026 Sloan Research Fellows. Congrats to Herdeline Ann “Digs” Ardoña of @UCIEngineering and Seunghyun Sim of @UCIPhysSci More: bit.ly/4la09zg