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Irvine Innovators Making An Impact

May 4, 2023

Irvine Innovators Making An Impact

RYAN WESTERDAHL CEO and co-founder, Turion Space This SpaceX veteran is now focused on space sustainability, providing orbital space services that include monitoring, repairing and…

local experts offer tips on the journey to innovation success

May 4, 2023

local experts offer tips on the journey to innovation success

Melinda Kim is the entrepreneur who co-organized Irvine’s successful Tech Week in March, when hundreds of ambitious entrepreneurs converged to learn, network and advance their ideas by engaging with the city’s thriving startup community.

Making a difference around the world

Mar 3, 2022

Making a difference around the world

Already, more than 10 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered throughout the world. And all of those vaccines can be traced back to one man…

22 Irvine innovators to watch in 2022

Mar 2, 2022

22 Irvine innovators to watch in 2022

1. LIBBY DUANE ADAMS Chief advocacy officer, co‑founder, Alteryx In 1997, Adams co-founded Alteryx, whose worldwide customers now include AT&T, Walmart and McDonald’s. As one…

New Police Chief Michael Kent

Nov 1, 2021

New Police Chief Michael Kent

Irvine’s new police chief, Michael Kent, is the first to grow up in Irvine and rise through the ranks from Police Explorer to chief.

Nobel Prize winner has local roots

Nov 1, 2021

Nobel Prize winner has local roots

A UC Irvine alumnus has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for development of a new tool to build molecules using organic catalysts.

Irvine’s very own astronaut

Sep 1, 2020

Irvine’s very own astronaut

Former UC Irvine student Tracy Caldwell Dyson is a veteran of two NASA missions and a candidate for a moon landing in 2024.