UCI Fun Facts
This dean of the School of Biological Sciences created the first triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease at UCI.
Who is Dean Frank LaFerla?
Chlorine, Bromine, and Fluorine belong to this family of elements in the periodic table.
What are Halogens?
The powerhouse of the cell.
What are mitochondria?
He slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.
Who is Will Smith?
"It's tearing up my heart when I'm with you, but when we are apart I feel it too, and no matter what I do.."
"I FEEL THE PAIN, WITH OR WITHOUT YOU!"
This school within UCI is the only one of its kind to exist within the UC system.
What is the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences?
The most abundant element in the universe.
What is Hydrogen?
The father of Genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This artist won Record of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
Who is Lizzo?
"My man full, he just ate, I don't duck nobody but tape.."
"Yeah, that was a setup, for a punchline on duct tape"
This American heist film starring A-list celebrities such as George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt had a scene filmed in UCI's Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility.
What is "Ocean's Eleven"?
The element whose symbol is Sn.
What is Tin?
The scientific term for the production of light by living organisms.
What is bioluminescence?
She dressed up as a worm for Halloween 2022.
Who is Heidi Klum?
"This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town, I was a dreamer before you went and let me down..."
"...Now it's too late for you and your white horse to come around"
The year that UCI was founded.
What is 1965?
The name of the phase change in which a solid turns directly into a gas.
What is sublimation?
Characterized by tremors, stiff muscles, and uncontrollable movement, this neurological disease kills the dopaminergic neurons of the basal ganglia.
What is Parkinson's disease?
Steve Harvey accidentally named Miss Columbia as the 2015 Miss Universe winner instead of this contestant.
Who is Miss Philippines?
"Ringing the bell, and nobody's coming to help. Your daddy lives by himself..."
"He just wants to know that you're well, OHHHHH..... IN THIS WORLD, IT'S JUST US, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS"
The park that UCI was originally modeled after.
What is Central Park (New York)?
The only letter that doesn't appear in the periodic table of elements.
What is J?
The cell type that Albert Einstein had more of than the average person.
What are astrocytes?
The number of cats that Taylor Swift has.
What is 3?
"And if I only could, I'd make a deal with God, And I'd get him to swap our places..."
"Be runnin up that road, be runnin up that hill, Be runnin up that buildin"