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Anteater Time Machine: Chief Clarence Lobo of the Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribe, along with his wife, Bess, and son stand near the marker of the original 1,000 acres donated to the UC Board of Regents by the Irvine Company, circa 1963. (Photo courtesy of UC Irvine Libraries Archives) |
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Financial stability progress |
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The approved fiscal year 2025-26 budget and the latest financial update are now available on the Budget Office website.
UC Irvine has made important progress toward greater financial stability, thanks in part to the stewardship and work across schools and divisions. Central reserve trends have improved, and new revenue strategies are underway. At the same time, many units continue to face financial pressures from rising costs and unfunded salary increases. A plan is in place to close the previously defined structural deficit (estimated at $70 million in fall 2024) over the next few years through a mix of cost reductions, new revenues and operational efficiencies. Please connect with your unit leadership for more information about specific strategies in your area.
A key part of this effort is UC Irvine’s new mission-based budget model implemented this fiscal year. The model uses formulas to allocate core resources to schools, aligning funding with available resources and providing more robust data and multiyear tools for planning and decision-making. For institutional support and academic support units, the budget model will remain primarily incremental, with new funds flow logic under development for specific activities such as indirect cost recovery. |
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The Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health hosted its 11th Annual Women’s Health Summit, uniting 200 attendees under this year’s theme, Menopause Matters: A Public Health Call to Action. Speakers underscored how menopause remains one of the most underresearched and underdiscussed areas of women’s health and why advancing care requires aligning science, practice and policy. |
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A living organ donor's lasting impact |
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Clayton Moore is on a mission to demystify living-donor kidney transplants. In June, the 26-year-old gifted his kidney to a complete stranger, and he couldn’t be happier about his decision. Living-donor kidney transplants are the gold standard for end-stage renal disease, says UCI Health transplant surgeon Dr. Christina Papageorge, who removed Moore’s kidney for transplantation. “They offer better long-term outcomes, faster recovery and no wait times,” she says. “A living-donor kidney, on average, will last twice as long as one received from a deceased donor.” |
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Open enrollment ends tomorrow |
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Researchers link Antarctic ice loss to ‘storms' |
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UC Irvine researchers have identified stormlike circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves that are causing aggressive melting, with major implications for global sea level rise projections. The study is the first to examine ocean-induced ice shelf melting events from a weather timescale of just days versus seasonal or annual timeframes. “These findings demonstrate that fine oceanic features at the submesoscale – despite being largely overlooked in the context of ice-ocean interactions – are among the primary drivers of ice loss,” says Mattia Poinelli, UC Irvine postdoctoral scholar in Earth system science and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory research affiliate. Funding from NASA helped support the work. #SpeakUp4Science |
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A 100-day message from UC President James B. Milliken |
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UC President James B. Milliken posted a message to mark Nov. 8 – 100 days since he joined the University of California. “Thank you for all that you do in helping to build and sustain a university like no other. Each day, our students, faculty and staff embody the mission we are meant to pursue: creating new knowledge, engaging with a new generation of learners, and generating discoveries that change the world – for the benefit of everyone, everywhere. It’s a mission we should all be proud of, and I’m excited to keep pushing it forward – with you,” he said. |
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‘Little Women: The Broadway Musical’ Nov. 20, 8 p.m., multiple subsequent dates (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts)
‘MAKE: Symbols of Strength’ Nov. 22, 11 a.m. (sponsored by UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art)
UCI Symphony Orchestra Nov. 25, 8 p.m. (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts)
UCI Wind Ensemble Dec. 1, 8 p.m. (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts)
UCI Jazz Orchestra Dec. 3, 8 p.m. (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts)
French film series – ‘Deux Jours, Une Nuit’ Dec. 3, 6 p.m. (sponsored by the French language program and Department of European Languages and Studies)
UC Irvine Choral Concert: Sounds of the Season Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts)
New Slate 2025 Dec. 4, 8 p.m., multiple subsequent dates (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts)
For more events, visit UC Irvine Today. |
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Kathleen Medriano, a cognitive sciences Ph.D. student, is interested in how people make decisions and how cognitive processes can be better captured through data-driven modeling. Medriano is developing new approaches to cognitive modeling that challenge conventional assumptions. “I want to understand how we think in a way that doesn’t skip steps,” Medriano said. “One way to check that is by focusing on the data and seeing what potential models might have generated it.” |
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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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The Orange County Register, Nov. 16 Cited: Jess Langerud, UCI Health principal project manager |
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Learning Well Radio, Nov. 18 Cited: Richard Arum, professor of sociology |
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U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 19 Cited: Dr. Yesim Demirdag, UCI Health allergist and immunologist |
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