Barbara Finlayson-Pitts is awarded the 2019 Royal Society of Chemistry Environment Prize

Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded its Environment Prize to Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, UCI professor of chemistry and co-director of AirUCI, “for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.” Specifically, she was recognized for her pioneering research revealing new processes in the formation of photochemical air pollution and […]

Finlayson-Pitts awarded Tolman Medal

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, chemistry professor at UC Irvine, has been awarded the Tolman Medal from the Southern California section of the…

Lead study authors Adam Thomas (right) and Paulus Bauer (left) hold a brake rotor and caliper next to the lathe they and their UCI team used to measure car brake emissions.

UC Irvine study: vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public health

The work could help efforts to contain an important source of air pollution

Jo and Paul Butterworth.

Alumni couple Paul and Jo Butterworth to receive UC Irvine’s Extraordinarius award

Philanthropists will be among 24 honorees at Lauds & Laurels event

UCI’s graduate programs shine in U.S. News & World Report rankings

12 fields of advanced study place in top 20 among public universities on annual list

AirUCI institute awarded nearly $2 million to study non-tailpipe vehicle emissions

Interdisciplinary researchers will examine impacts on overburdened communities

Hal Stern, UCI provost and executive vice chancellor

Hal S. Stern is named UCI provost and executive vice chancellor

Acclaimed administrator and scholar will remain campus’s chief academic and operating officer

UCI professor emerita and trustee recognized as Assembly District 74 Women of Distinction

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, UCI Distinguished Professor emerita of chemistry, and UCI Foundation trustee Carol Choi have been named Assembly District 74 Women of Distinction 2021 by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris. The awards, announced in March in honor of Women’s History Month, annually recognize six Orange County women for their extraordinary work, mentorship and leadership in the community. […]

Making their mark

For the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, we take a look at some current UCI trailblazers

Rubén Rumbaut

UCI Distinguished Professor Rubén Rumbaut elected AAAS fellow

Rubén Rumbaut, UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of sociology, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.