UC Irvine News Brief: Earth systems science grant
A team of UC Irvine professors has been awarded $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to assess the below-ground effects of environmental change.
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Visiting Distinguished Professor Simon Levin to receive National Medal of Science
Simon Levin, a Visiting Distinguished Professor in ecology & evolutionary biology, will receive the National…
11 physical sciences students earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Nine students from the Department of Chemistry and two from the Department of Earth System Science have earned graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation. An equal number received honorable mentions.
World’s challenges demand science itself change – and fast, UCI’s Steve Davis, others say in article
UCI Earth system scientist Steve Davis is among a group of leading scientists who make a…
Earth system scientists to conduct sky-high and ocean-deep research, thanks to NASA award
UC Irvine and other scientists have won a coveted $30 million NASA Earth Venture award for their Atmospheric Tomography Mission, which will study how air pollution affects fast-acting greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere.
2 School of Physical Sciences researchers receive early-career funding from Department of Energy
Michael Pritchard, UCI assistant professor of Earth system science, and Jenny Yang, UCI assistant professor of chemistry, are among 35 individuals selected from 750 applicants to receive funding under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program.
Pangea World unveils transnational model for science research and conservation
Irvine, Calif., Feb. 11, 2014 – An international endeavor combining science research with a business…
Bill Maurer named dean of School of Social Sciences
Irvine, Calif., May 14, 2013 – After a nationwide search, UC Irvine anthropology professor Bill…
3 UCI physical sciences professors earn Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grants
Assistant professors Matt Law, Jeffrey Streets and Jing Xia represent early-career researchers that show great promise.
Weighing the Earth’s fate
Using sophisticated satellite technology, Isabella Velicogna documents the ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica. The assistant professor of Earth system science has shown that glaciers are losing mass at an increasing rate — a trend with dire implications for the planet.