 Campus also receives high marks for low student debt, serving veterans
ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2017Irvine, Calif., Sept. 12, 2017 — U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of California, Irvine ninth among public universities nationwide in its 2018 Best Colleges report, released today. The ranking is derived from 15 measures of academic excellence, weighted by relevance to high-quality education. “Once again, we are delighted that UCI is deservedly recognized as one of the finest public universities in the U.S.,” said Chancellor Howard Gillman. “We are especially proud that UCI provides world-class opportunities to those who traditionally have not had access to higher education, as more than half of our undergraduates are first-generation students.” It’s the third consecutive year that UCI has claimed the No. 9 spot. Among all American universities – public and private – it ranks 42nd. Evaluators considered 1,611 institutions this year. U.S. News & World Report has rated UCI’s undergraduate engineering program 40th in the country. Steve Zylius / UCI The report also rates programs and selected undergraduate majors. UCI climbed in the following categories:
These rankings – available online at www.usnews.com/colleges – come on the heels of the third annual New York Times College Access Index, which names UCI the No. 1 university in the U.S. “doing the most for the American dream” via its commitment to economic diversity. It’s the second time UCI has topped the index. This year, UCI also became the only U.S. News top 50 university eligible for U.S. Department of Education designation as both a Hispanic-serving institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution, demonstrating its dedication to providing a world-class education to every qualified student. U.S. News’ Best Colleges report categorizes universities by mission, based on factors developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and then applies weighted measurements of graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity and more. In addition, analyses by administrators at peer institutions are taken into account. About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UCI is the youngest member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. The campus has produced three Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UCI has more than 30,000 students and offers 192 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $5 billion annually to the local economy. For more on UCI, visit www.uci.edu. Media access: Radio programs/stations may, for a fee, use an on-campus ISDN line to interview UCI faculty and experts, subject to availability and university approval. For more UCI news, visit news.uci.edu. Additional resources for journalists may be found at communications.uci.edu/for-journalists. Source: UCI
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 Donation from Susan and Henry Samueli to advance research, education and clinical practice for individual and population wellness
ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2017Irvine, Calif., Sept. 18, 2017 — The University of California, Irvine today announced the largest gift in its history: $200 million from Susan and Henry Samueli, longtime campus supporters, to name a first-of-its-kind College of Health Sciences focused on interdisciplinary integrative health. The far-reaching donation – the seventh-largest to a single public university – positions UCI as a bold, new leader in population health, patient care, education and research. “This gift catalyzes UCI’s belief that human health and well-being requires a science-based approach that engages all disciplines in caring for the whole person and total community,” said Chancellor Howard Gillman. “Susan and Henry Samueli’s dedication, their vision for what is possible and their deep generosity will help UCI set a standard that, over time, other medical centers in the U.S. can follow.” Longtime UCI supporters Susan and Henry Samueli received in 2000 the UCI Medal – the university’s highest honor – for their exceptional contributions to the campus mission of teaching, research and public service. Steve Zylius / UCI First systematic approach to integrative health The Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences will be the first university-based health sciences enterprise to incorporate integrative health research, teaching and patient care across its schools and programs. Integrative health redefines the relationship between the practitioner and patient by focusing on the whole person and the whole community. It is informed by scientific evidence and makes use of all appropriate preventatives, therapeutic and lifestyle approaches, and healthcare professionals and disciplines to promote optimal health and wellness. The existing Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine will become the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and will focus on improving medical care by supporting multidisciplinary research, education, clinical service and community programs. Faculty and students in computer science, engineering, social sciences, business and other areas will collaborate within the institute to study the future of human health. The Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences will ultimately include the institute and the following UCI schools, as well as other research entities:
“Through its five academic medical centers, the University of California brings together top clinicians and researchers to provide world-class care, and with this gift from Susan and Henry Samueli, both valued UC alumni and supporters, UCI will help lead the way with important advances in personal and community health that will benefit Californians and others across the nation,” said UC President Janet Napolitano. Gift will support state-of-the-art facility and generous endowment The Samuelis’ gift will provide $50 million toward construction of a facility to house the college and $5 million for state-of-the-art technology and labs – forming the foundation of a national showcase for integrative health. It also earmarks $145 million to create an endowment for:
Inquiry and discovery in service of the global community are at the heart of UCI’s mission. Key to the success of the college – and this model of healthcare delivery – is research and care that crosses all departments and disciplines. “As a preventive cardiologist and researcher, I cannot stress enough the critical need for society to adopt a truly integrative approach to health, whether we are talking about community health, nutrition, prevention or appropriate medications. It must start with those who provide care and guidance,” said Dr. Shaista Malik, director of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine and the endowed chair of integrative medicine. “Through this exciting new college, we will demonstrate to everyone involved in the health system – from patients to providers to policymakers – the value of an integrative approach.” Goal: recognition as ‘standard of care’ Fundamental change in thinking about healthcare and how it’s delivered will take time, a steady stream of new evidence and strong academic leadership. The Samuelis’ transformational gift is the first step toward creating an expanded health sciences campus, integrating the affiliated schools and programs of the college as well as new teaching, research and clinical spaces. “Susan and I have supported healthcare research for nearly 20 years, and over that time, we have seen a significant expansion of the scientific evidence demonstrating the value and efficacy of integrative health. This evidence base is critical as UCI – a young, innovative institution – takes this big and influential step,” said Henry Samueli, Ph.D., an engineer and co-founder of Broadcom Corporation. “We are very excited for the UCI College of Health Sciences to become a national model for integrative health. We believe this model will eventually become the standard approach for promoting health and well-being in our society.” Planning for this effort will be a central feature of an upcoming UCI fundraising campaign, with Susan and Henry Samueli as honorary co-chairs. Their latest pledge continues the Samuelis’ generous support of UCI, more than $70 million prior to this announcement, highlighted earlier this year by a $30 million gift from the Samueli Foundation for a convergent sciences building. In 2000, the couple received the UCI Medal – the university’s highest honor – for their exceptional contributions to UCI’s mission of teaching, research and public service. About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UCI is the youngest member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. The campus has produced three Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UCI has more than 30,000 students and offers 192 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $5 billion annually to the local economy. For more on UCI, visit www.uci.edu. Media access: Radio programs/stations may, for a fee, use an on-campus ISDN line to interview UCI faculty and experts, subject to availability and university approval. For more UCI news, visit news.uci.edu. Additional resources for journalists may be found at communications.uci.edu/for-journalists. Source: https://news.uci.edu  The UC system boasts five of the nation’s top 10 public universities, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2018 rankings (released today, Sept. 12).
The list of best American colleges and universities is published by the magazine each fall. Its primary focuses are academic reputation, financial resources and selectivity in undergraduate admissions. UC Berkeley and UCLA shared the honor of top public university in the country, with UC Santa Barbara at No. 8 and UC Irvine and UC San Diego tied for No. 9. UC Davis ranked No. 12 among public universities, with UC Santa Cruz at No. 33, UC Riverside at No. 58 and UC Merced at No. 86. All nine of UC’s undergraduate campuses are included in the top 100. In addition to its strong performance among public universities, six UCs also were among the top 50 nationally, a list that includes both public and private universities around the country. Those schools were UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC Davis and UC San Diego. UC also earned recognition for its commitment to supporting students from all economic backgrounds: UCLA ranked No. 1 for economic diversity among the top 25-ranked universities, and UC Merced was first in the nation among public universities for financial aid given to first-year students. “What’s truly extraordinary about the nine UC undergraduate campuses is the fact that they not only are ranked among the best in the nation, but also are providing educational opportunity for large numbers of students from low-income families, and young men and women who are the first in their families to graduate from a university,” UC President Janet Napolitano said. “We’re as proud of the opportunity that our campuses create as the recognition they receive for academic excellence.” The U.S. News and World Report rankings are only the latest instance of praise for the UC system as the purveyor of both an excellent education and social mobility. Washington Monthly recently put six campuses in its top 25 for serving the public interest, while Times Higher Education and Academic Ranking of World Universities praised UC as among the global academic elite. Source: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu  University of California President Janet Napolitano today (Sept. 13) announced the formation of a task force that will review how UC’s nine undergraduate campuses verify academic credentials, such as grades and test scores, that admitted students provide before enrollment.
The Admissions Verification Task Force will evaluate current procedures and recommend policies and best practices in order to standardize and make UC’s academic verification process more effective, efficient and student-friendly. The review comes in the wake of problems with the verification process at UC Irvine that led to the rescission of a number of admission offers. The campus, which has publicly apologized, has since resolved those problems. Each summer, UC campuses verify the academic accomplishments of admitted students to ensure they have met all the conditions of their admission to UC. Campuses typically request official high school or community college transcripts, as well as official test scores from testing agencies. These documents are used to verify that students have earned a high school diploma, completed all necessary “a-g” courses, maintained at least a C average in their senior year of high school, and in the case of transfer students, completed pre-major requirements for transfer at the junior level. “As a public institution, the University of California has an obligation to maintain the integrity of its admissions process by verifying the credentials of the students we admit,” Napolitano said. “We are also committed to ensuring that all admitted students are afforded every opportunity to supply the necessary documentation to validate their academic credentials. I expect the task force’s recommendations will help us strike just the right balance between our responsibility to verify and the need to serve as advocates for our students.” In developing its recommendations to make UC’s admission verification process more efficient and responsive to UC students, the task force will:
Provost and Executive Vice President Michael Brown will chair the task force, whose members will include representatives from campuses, the Academic Senate, the student body and the Office of the President. Source: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu  UCLA has been named the No. 2 public university in the United States and the 12th best in the world — public or private — in the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The rankings, which were issued Aug. 15, use six criteria to measure excellence, including number of alumni and faculty winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in the journals Nature and Science, papers listed in major citation indices and the per capita academic performance of an institution. Besides UCLA, two University of California campuses placed in the top 15: UC Berkeley (No. 5), the only U.S. public university ranked higher than UCLA; and UC San Diego (No. 15). The top 11 in order were Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UC Berkeley, Princeton University, University of Oxford, Columbia University, California Institute of Technology, University of Chicago and Yale University. UCLA consistently performs well in multiple rankings that use a wide range of criteria. In June, UCLA was ranked No. 2 among all U.S. public universities and No. 13 among all universities worldwide in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. In January, UCLA was ranked No. 3 by the Princeton Review in its annual national ranking of best-value public universities. In October, U.S. News and World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings placed UCLA second among American public universities and 10th overall. In addition, U.S. News and World Report ranked UCLA No. 2 among the country’s national public universities and No. 24 overall in its 2017 Best Colleges rankings. UCLA also received the highest score for economic diversity among top universities in those rankings.CLA has been named the No. 2 public university in the United States and the 12th best in the world — public or private — in the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The rankings, which were issued Aug. 15, use six criteria to measure excellence, including number of alumni and faculty winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in the journals Nature and Science, papers listed in major citation indices and the per capita academic performance of an institution. Besides UCLA, two University of California campuses placed in the top 15: UC Berkeley (No. 5), the only U.S. public university ranked higher than UCLA; and UC San Diego (No. 15). The top 11 in order were Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UC Berkeley, Princeton University, University of Oxford, Columbia University, California Institute of Technology, University of Chicago and Yale University. Source: http://newsroom.ucla.edu |
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