For a campus that is only fifty-two years old, the UCI community has already experienced numerous memorable moments as faculty have won major awards, academic programs have gained distinction, renowned architects have designed intriguing new buildings, students have gone on to become notable alumni, and community members have generously contributed to enable the growth of UCI's teaching and research programs.
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | UCI Alumni Association is created | |
| 1971 | First Lauds and Laurels Banquet is held | |
| 1975 | UCI has 8,453 alumni | |
| 1979 | UCI has 15,000 alumni | |
| 1984 | Alumni House designed by Charles Moore | |
| 1984 | Greg Louganis wins two Olympic Gold medals in diving | |
| 1985 | UCI has 27,272 alumni | |
| 1986 | Patrick Hanratty donates a copy of Shakespeare's 1623 'First Folio' to UCI Libraries | |
| 1989 | UCI has 40,000 alumni | |
| 1993 | Yusef Komunyakaa receives Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | |
| 1994 | Michael Ramirez receives Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning | |
| 1996 | Richard Ford receives Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | |
| 2001 | Michael Chabon receives Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | |
| 2005 | Kathie L. Olsen nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| 2005 | UCI has 85,000 alumni | |
| 2010 | Scott Brooks named NBA Coach of the Year | |
| 2013 | Ami Bera elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
| 2016 | Gregory Pyatt appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Greece | |
| 2017 | UCI has 170,000 alumni | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The first two UCI buildings open, located on North Campus: Interim Office Building and the Faculty Research Facility | |
| 1965 | The first eight permanent buildings open on UCI's main campus: Campus Hall (now Crawford Hall), Central Plant, Science Lecture Hall (now Schneiderman Hall), Biological Sciences I, Main Library (now Langson Library), Humanities/Social Sciences (now Krieger Hall), Commons (now Gateway Study Center) and Humanities Hall. All were designed by William Pereira | |
| 1967 | UCI Faculty Club opens in Town Center | |
| 1974 | Administration building designed by Richard Dorman | |
| 1982 | University Club designed by Harold Zook | |
| 1984 | Alumni House and University Extension complex designed by Charles Moore | |
| 1984 | Central Park renamed Daniel Aldrich Park | |
| 1984 | Grunigen Medical Library designed by Leo A. Daly | |
| 1986 | ICS/Engineering Research Facility designed by Frank O. Gehry | |
| 1987 | Bren Events Center designed by Parkin Architects | |
| 1988 | Campus receives Progressive Architecture's design award for "outstanding work in architecture and related environmental design" for its "Main Street" concept. | |
| 1988 | Graduate School of Management designed by Robert Venturi | |
| 1990 | Rockwell Engineering Center designed by Frank O. Gehry | |
| 1990 | Studio Four designed by Robert A.M. Stern | |
| 1994 | Science Library designed by James Stirling | |
| 1997 | Humanities Instructional Building designed by Albert C. Martin | |
| 2005 | Arts Plaza designed by Maya Lin | |
| 2008 | UC Irvine Medical Center completed | |
| 2009 | Engineering Hall completed | |
| 2010 | Sue and Bill Gross Hall designed by DES Architects + Engineers | |
| 2013 | Gavin Herbert Eye Institute designed by DES Architects + Engineers | |
| 2016 | Mesa Court Towers designed by Mithun and Hensel Phelps | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Friends of UCI forms to support the creation of campus | |
| 1960 | The Irvine Company donates 1,000 acres to UC for Irvine campus | |
| 1961 | Town and Gown founded | |
| 1965 | Big I Boosters Club formed | |
| 1967 | UCI Faculty Club opens in Town Center | |
| 1967 | UCI Foundation established | |
| 1972 | Chancellor's Club founded | |
| 1984 | Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation donates $2.5 million for construction of Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic | |
| 1984 | The Irvine Company donates $1.1 million for events center, Beckman Laser Institute, Medical Clinic, and Aldrich Chair endowment | |
| 1984 | UCI adds $382 million to Orange County economy | |
| 1984 | UCI Medal established as the highest honor awarded by the campus | |
| 1988 | Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering is named in honor of Arnold and Mabel Beckman's gift of $20 million | |
| 1988 | Bren Events Center named in honor Donald Bren's gift of $1.5 million | |
| 1989 | Campus adds $820 million to Orange County economy | |
| 1991 | Irvine Barclay Theatre named in honor of Richard and Marjorie Barclay's gift of $1 million | |
| 1995 | UCI adds $1.1 billion to County economy | |
| 1998 | Henry T. Nicholas III donates $1.28 million to the Athletics Department's crew program | |
| 1999 | Henry Samueli School of Engineering named in honor of Samueli's gift of $20 million | |
| 2001 | Claire Trevor School of the Arts named in honor of Claire Trevor Bren | |
| 2003 | Jack Langson Library named in honor of Langson | |
| 2003 | John V. Croul Hall named in honor of Croul's gift of $6 million | |
| 2003 | UCI adds $3 billion to Orange County economy | |
| 2004 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences named in honor of Bren's gift of $20 million | |
| 2005 | Paul Merage School of Business named in honor of Merage's gift of $30 million | |
| 2006 | Sue and Bill Gross donate $10 million to stem cell research at UCI | |
| 2007 | Donald Bren donates $20 million to the School of Law | |
| 2009 | UC Irvine Douglas Hospital named in honor of M.A. Douglas' gift of $21 million | |
| 2014 | Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences named in honor of Ayala's gift of $10 million (renamed The School of Biological Sciences in 2018) | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | UCI Academic Senate holds first official meeting | |
| 1965 | UCI is awarded $1.8 million in grants and contracts | |
| 1966 | UCI Academic Senate votes to replace College of Arts, Letters, and Science with five individual schools | |
| 1967 | Agreement signed to make California College of Medicine part of UC Irvine | |
| 1968 | Edward A. Steinhaus 1st UCI professor to be elected to the National Academy of Science | |
| 1969 | First nuclear reactor built in Orange County is the first reactor in the U.S. operated by a university chemistry department | |
| 1972 | Marianne McDonald donates $1 million to found the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae | |
| 1975 | Only university in the country offering a doctoral degree in critical theory, chosen as the founding campus for the National School for Criticism and Theory | |
| 1975 | UCI is awarded $28 million in grants and contracts | |
| 1983 | Frederick Reines receives National Medal of Science | |
| 1985 | UCI is awarded $52 million in grants and contracts | |
| 1995 | UCI is awarded $106 million in grants and contracts | |
| 1995 | Frederick Reines (Physics) and F. Sherwood Rowland (Chemistry) receive UCI's first two Nobel Prizes | |
| 1996 | John R. Miles receives Pulitzer Prize | |
| 2001 | Francisco J. Ayala receives National Medal of Science | |
| 2002 | Barry Siegel receives Pulitzer Prize | |
| 2003 | R. Duncan Luce receives National Medal of Science | |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Loftus becomes the 10th UCI faculty member elected to the National Academy of Sciences | |
| 2004 | UCI is awarded $236 million in grants and contracts | |
| 2004 | Irwin Rose (Chemistry) receives UCI's third Nobel Prize | |
| 2005 | Chancellor Ralph Cicerone is elected President of the National Academy of Sciences | |
| 2005 | Michael Ryan receives the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the largest prize given for a single book of poetry | |
| 2006 | UCI launches Program in Nursing Science and Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| 2006 | UCI School of Law approved by UC Board of Regents | |
| 2008 | UCI scientists play a key role in the launch of the Large Hadron Collider | |
| 2012 | UCI School of Education approved by UC Board of Regents | |
| 2015 | Vicki Ruiz receives the National Humanities Medal | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Orange County chosen by University of California Regents for new campus site | |
| 1958 | William Pereira contracted as Master Architect for the UC Orange County campus, later to become UC Irvine | |
| 1960 | The Irvine Company donates 1,000 acres to UC for Irvine campus | |
| 1961 | UC Regents name Orange county campus "University of California, Irvine" | |
| 1962 | Daniel Aldrich appointed first Chancellor | |
| 1962 | Ivan Hinderaker appointed first Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs | |
| 1963 | The Irvine Company sells an additional 510 acres to UC, priced at $6,500 per acre | |
| 1964 | President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicates campus | |
| 1965 | First day of classes (October 4) | |
| 1966 | First Graduation (June 25) | |
| 1967 | Agreement signed to make California College of Medicine part of UC Irvine | |
| 1984 | Jack Peltason appointed UCI's second Chancellor | |
| 1988 | National Academies of Sciences and Engineering buildling opens on campus | |
| 1993 | Laurel Wilkening appointed UCI's third Chancellor | |
| 1994 | Comparative Literature (8th) and French (10th) graduate programs ranked in top ten by National Research Council | |
| 1995 | Frederick Reines (Physics) and F. Sherwood Rowland (Chemistry) receive UCI's first two Nobel Prizes | |
| 1995 | UCI is ranked 48th among all U.S. universities by U.S. News & World Report | |
| 1996 | UCI elected to the American Association of Universities | |
| 1998 | Ralph Cicerone appointed UCI's fourth Chancellor | |
| 2000 | Governor Gray Davis establishes California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)2) at UCI | |
| 2002 | UCI is ranked 12th among public universities by U.S. News & World Report | |
| 2004 | Irwin Rose (Chemistry) receives UCI's third Nobel Prize | |
| 2005 | Michael V. Drake appointed UCI's fifth Chancellor | |
| 2012 | UCI is named the nation's best university under 50 years old by Times Higher Education | |
| 2014 | Howard Gillman appointed UCI's sixth Chancellor | |
| 2014 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognizes UCI with Climate Leadership Award | |
| 2014 | President Barack Obama delivers keynote speech at all-graduate commencement ceremony | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Anteater chosen as official mascot | |
| 1965 | First UCI newspaper, Spectrum, is published | |
| 1965 | First undergraduate students move into Mesa Court residence halls | |
| 1965 | Opening day enrollment is 1,589 students | |
| 1965 | First day of classes (October 4) | |
| 1966 | First ASUCI (Associated Students of UCI) government takes office | |
| 1966 | First graduate students move into Verano Place residence halls | |
| 1966 | First Graduation (June 25) | |
| 1966 | Students vote to establish an honor code | |
| 1967 | ASUCI passes resolution to affirm student's rights to present any speakers or programs, even if controversial | |
| 1968 | 500 students protest the firing of professors George Kent, Don Brannan, and Steve Shapiro | |
| 1968 | New University publishes first issue | |
| 1969 | First four-year class graduates | |
| 1969 | KUCI airs first show | |
| 1969 | Swim and Dive team wins UCI's first NCAA championship | |
| 1970 | Co-ed dorms introduced in student housing | |
| 1970 | Men's Water Polo team wins its first NCAA championship | |
| 1973 | First fraternities and sororities established | |
| 1974 | Middle Earth residence hall opens | |
| 1974 | Cross-Cultural Center established | |
| 1975 | Men's Golf team wins its first NCAA championship | |
| 1975 | Total enrollment is 9,547 students | |
| 1976 | Jennifer Chandler (Gold) and Greg Louganis (Silver) capture UCI's first Olympic medals | |
| 1977 | Men's Cross Country team wins first Big West championship | |
| 1977 | Men's Tennis team wins first NCAA championship | |
| 1978 | Steve Scott wins NCAA 1,500 Meter Outdoor Champion (3:37:58) | |
| 1979 | Campus Village residence hall opens | |
| 1979 | Irvine Meadows West trailer park opens | |
| 1981 | Student Center opens | |
| 1981 | UCI hosts first Homecoming | |
| 1983 | Women's Cross Country team wins first Big West championship | |
| 1986 | Total enrollment is 14,500 students | |
| 1990 | Palo Verde residence halls open | |
| 1991 | KUCI increases its signal by 200 watts | |
| 1995 | Total enrollment is 17,280 students | |
| 1997 | Women's Soccer team wins first Big West championship | |
| 2000 | Student Recreational Facility (known as the ARC) opens | |
| 2002 | Women's Golf team wins first Big West championship | |
| 2004 | Irvine Meadows West trailer park closes | |
| 2004 | Vista del Campo residence halls open | |
| 2005 | Total enrollment is 24,986 students | |
| 2007 | Men's Volleyball team wins first NCAA championship | |
| 2007 | Baseball team competes in College World Series | |
| 2015 | Total enrollment is 31,551 students | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Orange County chosen by University of California Regents for new campus site | |
| 1958 | William Pereira contracted as Master Architect for the UC Orange County campus, later to become UC Irvine | |
| 1959 | Friends of UCI forms to support the creation of campus | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Irvine Company donates 1,000 acres to UC for Irvine campus | |
| 1961 | Town and Gown founded | |
| 1961 | UC Regents name Orange county campus "University of California, Irvine" | |
| 1962 | Daniel Aldrich appointed first Chancellor | |
| 1962 | Ivan Hinderaker appointed first Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs | |
| 1963 | The Irvine Company sells an additional 510 acres to UC, priced at $6,500 per acre | |
| 1964 | President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicates campus | |
| 1964 | The first two UCI buildings open, located on North Campus: Interim Office Building and the Faculty Research Facility | |
| 1965 | Anteater chosen as official mascot | |
| 1965 | Big I Boosters Club formed | |
| 1965 | First day of classes (October 4) | |
| 1965 | First UCI newspaper, Spectrum, is published | |
| 1965 | First undergraduate students move into Mesa Court residence halls | |
| 1965 | Opening day enrollment is 1,589 students | |
| 1965 | The first eight permanent buildings open on UCI's main campus: Campus Hall (now Crawford Hall), Central Plant, Science Lecture Hall (now Schneiderman Hall), Biological Sciences I, Main Library (now Langson Library), Humanities/Social Sciences (now Krieger Hall), Commons (now Gateway Study Center) and Humanities Hall. All were designed by William Pereira | |
| 1965 | UCI Academic Senate holds first official meeting | |
| 1965 | UCI is awarded $1.8 million in grants and contracts | |
| 1965 | First day of classes (October 4) | |
| 1966 | First ASUCI (Associated Students of UCI) government takes office | |
| 1966 | First graduate students move into Verano Place residence halls | |
| 1966 | First Graduation (June 25) | |
| 1966 | First Graduation (June 25) | |
| 1966 | Students vote to establish an honor code | |
| 1966 | UCI Academic Senate votes to replace College of Arts, Letters, and Science with five individual schools | |
| 1967 | Agreement signed to make California College of Medicine part of UC Irvine | |
| 1967 | Agreement signed to make California College of Medicine part of UC Irvine | |
| 1967 | ASUCI passes resolution to affirm student's rights to present any speakers or programs, even if controversial | |
| 1967 | UCI Faculty Club opens in Town Center | |
| 1967 | UCI Faculty Club opens in Town Center | |
| 1967 | UCI Foundation established | |
| 1968 | 500 students protest the firing of professors George Kent, Don Brannan, and Steve Shapiro | |
| 1968 | Edward A. Steinhaus 1st UCI professor to be elected to the National Academy of Science | |
| 1968 | New University publishes first issue | |
| 1968 | UCI Alumni Association is created | |
| 1969 | First four-year class graduates | |
| 1969 | First nuclear reactor built in Orange County is the first reactor in the U.S. operated by a university chemistry department | |
| 1969 | KUCI airs first show | |
| 1969 | Swim and Dive team wins UCI's first NCAA championship | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Co-ed dorms introduced in student housing | |
| 1970 | Men's Water Polo team wins its first NCAA championship | |
| 1971 | First Lauds and Laurels Banquet is held | |
| 1972 | Chancellor's Club founded | |
| 1972 | Marianne McDonald donates $1 million to found the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae | |
| 1973 | First fraternities and sororities established | |
| 1974 | Middle Earth residence hall opens | |
| 1974 | Administration building designed by Richard Dorman | |
| 1974 | Cross-Cultural Center established | |
| 1975 | Men's Golf team wins its first NCAA championship | |
| 1975 | Only university in the country offering a doctoral degree in critical theory, chosen as the founding campus for the National School for Criticism and Theory | |
| 1975 | Total enrollment is 9,547 students | |
| 1975 | UCI has 8,453 alumni | |
| 1975 | UCI is awarded $28 million in grants and contracts | |
| 1976 | Jennifer Chandler (Gold) and Greg Louganis (Silver) capture UCI's first Olympic medals | |
| 1977 | Men's Cross Country team wins first Big West championship | |
| 1977 | Men's Tennis team wins first NCAA championship | |
| 1978 | Steve Scott wins NCAA 1,500 Meter Outdoor Champion (3:37:58) | |
| 1979 | Campus Village residence hall opens | |
| 1979 | Irvine Meadows West trailer park opens | |
| 1979 | UCI has 15,000 alumni | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Student Center opens | |
| 1981 | UCI hosts first Homecoming | |
| 1982 | University Club designed by Harold Zook | |
| 1983 | Women's Cross Country team wins first Big West championship | |
| 1984 | Alumni House designed by Charles Moore | |
| 1984 | Alumni House and University Extension complex designed by Charles Moore | |
| 1984 | Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation donates $2.5 million for construction of Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic | |
| 1984 | Central Park renamed Daniel Aldrich Park | |
| 1984 | Greg Louganis wins two Olympic Gold medals in diving | |
| 1984 | Grunigen Medical Library designed by Leo A. Daly | |
| 1984 | Jack Peltason appointed UCI's second Chancellor | |
| 1984 | The Irvine Company donates $1.1 million for events center, Beckman Laser Institute, Medical Clinic, and Aldrich Chair endowment | |
| 1984 | UCI adds $382 million to County economy | |
| 1984 | UCI Medal established as the highest honor awarded by the campus | |
| 1985 | UCI has 27,272 alumni | |
| 1985 | UCI is awarded $52 million in grants and contracts | |
| 1986 | ICS/Engineering Research Facility designed by Frank O. Gehry | |
| 1986 | Patrick Hanratty donates a copy of Shakespeare's 1623 'First Folio' to UCI Libraries | |
| 1986 | Total enrollment is 14,500 students | |
| 1987 | Bren Events Center designed by Parkin Architects | |
| 1988 | Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering is named in honor of Arnold and Mabel Beckman's gift of $20 million | |
| 1988 | Bren Events Center named in honor Donald Bren's gift of $1.5 million | |
| 1988 | Campus receives Progressive Architecture's design award for "outstanding work in architecture and related environmental design" for its "Main Street" concept. | |
| 1988 | Graduate School of Management designed by Robert Venturi | |
| 1988 | National Academies of Sciences and Engineering buildling opens on campus | |
| 1989 | Campus adds $820 million to Orange County economy | |
| 1989 | UCI has 40,000 alumni | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Palo Verde residence halls open | |
| 1990 | Rockwell Engineering Center designed by Frank O. Gehry | |
| 1990 | Studio Four designed by Robert A.M. Stern | |
| 1991 | Irvine Barclay Theatre named in honor of Richard and Marjorie Barclay's gift of $1 million | |
| 1991 | KUCI increases its signal by 200 watts | |
| 1993 | Laurel Wilkening appointed UCI's third Chancellor | |
| 1993 | Yusef Komunyakaa receives Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | |
| 1994 | Comparative Literature (8th) and French (10th) graduate programs ranked in top ten by National Research Council | |
| 1994 | Michael Ramirez receives Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning | |
| 1994 | Science Library designed by James Stirling | |
| 1995 | Frederick Reines (Physics) and F. Sherwood Rowland (Chemistry) receive UCI's first two Nobel Prizes | |
| 1995 | Total enrollment is 17,280 students | |
| 1995 | UCI adds $1.1 billion to County economy | |
| 1995 | UCI is awarded $106 million in grants and contracts | |
| 1995 | UCI is ranked 48th among all U.S. universities by U.S. News & World Report | |
| 1995 | Frederick Reines (Physics) and F. Sherwood Rowland (Chemistry) receive UCI's first two Nobel Prizes | |
| 1996 | Richard Ford receives Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | |
| 1996 | UCI elected to the American Association of Universities | |
| 1997 | Humanities Instructional Building designed by Albert C. Martin | |
| 1997 | Women's Soccer team wins first Big West championship | |
| 1998 | Henry T. Nicholas III donates $1.28 million to the Athletics Department's crew program | |
| 1998 | Ralph Cicerone appointed UCI's fourth Chancellor | |
| 1999 | Henry Samueli School of Engineering named in honor of Samueli's gift of $20 million | |
| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Governor Gray Davis establishes California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)2) at UCI | |
| 2000 | Student Recreational Facility (known as the ARC) opens | |
| 2001 | Claire Trevor School of the Arts named in honor of Claire Trevor Bren | |
| 2001 | Michael Chabon receives Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | |
| 2002 | UCI is ranked 12th among public universities by U.S. News & World Report | |
| 2002 | Women's Golf team wins first Big West championship | |
| 2003 | Jack Langson Library named in honor of Langson | |
| 2003 | John V. Croul Hall named in honor of Croul's gift of $6 million | |
| 2003 | UCI adds $3 billion to Orange County economy | |
| 2004 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences named in honor of Bren's gift of $20 million | |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Loftus becomes the 10th UCI faculty member elected to the National Academy of Sciences | |
| 2004 | Irvine Meadows West trailer park closes | |
| 2004 | Irwin Rose (Chemistry) receives UCI's third Nobel Prize | |
| 2004 | UCI is awarded $236 million in grants and contracts | |
| 2004 | Vista del Campo residence halls open | |
| 2004 | Irwin Rose (Chemistry) receives UCI's third Nobel Prize | |
| 2005 | Arts Plaza designed by Maya Lin | |
| 2005 | Chancellor Ralph Cicerone is elected President of the National Academy of Sciences | |
| 2005 | Total enrollment is 24,986 students | |
| 2005 | Kathie L. Olsen nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| 2005 | Michael Ryan receives the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the largest prize given for a single book of poetry | |
| 2005 | Michael V. Drake appointed UCI's fifth Chancellor | |
| 2005 | Paul Merage School of Business named in honor of Merage's gift of $30 million | |
| 2005 | UCI has 85,000 alumni | |
| 2006 | Sue and Bill Gross donate $10 million to stem cell research at UCI | |
| 2006 | UCI launches Program in Nursing Science and Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| 2006 | UCI School of Law approved by UC Board of Regents | |
| 2007 | Donald Bren donates $20 million to the School of Law | |
| 2007 | Men's Volleyball team wins first NCAA championship | |
| 2007 | Baseball team competes in College World Series | |
| 2008 | UC Irvine Medical Center completed | |
| 2008 | UCI scientists play a key role in the launch of the Large Hadron Collider | |
| 2009 | Engineering Hall completed | |
| 2009 | UC Irvine Douglas Hospital named in honor of M.A. Douglas' gift of $21 million | |
| Year | Event |
| 2010 | Sue and Bill Gross Hall designed by DES Architects + Engineers |
| 2010 | Scott Brooks named NBA Coach of the Year |
| 2012 | UCI School of Education approved by UC Board of Regents |
| 2012 | UCI is named the nation's best university under 50 years old by Times Higher Education |
| 2013 | Gavin Herbert Eye Institute designed by DES Architects + Engineers |
| 2013 | Ami Bera elected to the U.S. House of Representatives |
| 2014 | Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences named in honor of Ayala's gift of $10 million |
| 2014 | Howard Gillman appointed UCI's sixth Chancellor |
| 2014 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognizes UCI with Climate Leadership Award |
| 2014 | President Barack Obama delivers keynote speech at all-graduate commencement ceremony |
| 2015 | Vicki Ruiz receives the National Humanities Medal |
| 2015 | Total enrollment is 31,551 students |
| 2016 | Mesa Court Towers designed by Mithun and Hensel Phelps |
| 2016 | Gregory Pyatt appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Greece |
| 2017 | UCI has 170,000 alumni |
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