Heyduk, Tomlinson awarded Sloan fellowships

UC Irvine professors Alan F. Heyduk and Bill Tomlinson (pictured) have each been awarded a 2008 Sloan Research Fellowship, one…

Bill Tomlinson, UCI professor of informatics

UC Irvine researcher authors ‘scientists’ warning’ on climate and technology

Academics explore roles of clean energy and AI in combating global warming

UCI faculty create curricula for kids worldwide confined by coronavirus

U.N.-sponsored Earth School will help children learn about environment

Sasha Strauss at TEDxUCI

Community conference

TEDxUCIrvine, set for May 31, will explore ‘The Adventure of Discovery’

UCI professor receives $11 million grant from Department of Education

Carol Booth Olson, director of the UC Irvine Writing Project and associate professor of education, has received an $11 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand a reading and analytical writing intervention program for English-language learners to Southern California middle and high schools. The program will reach more than 100,000 students and 240 teachers in districts with predominantly low-income populations.

UC Irvine News Brief: Study suggests patent protection may dampen innovation

Finding by UCI and University of Kansas researchers builds on earlier work about the effect of the patent system on the inventive process.

Bill Tomlinson

The growth of ‘green IT’

Emerging field helps create a more sustainable future, though information technology itself is part of the problem.

How big is your carbon footprint?

UCI research group uses collaborative filtering to build a better online carbon footprint calculator.

Bill Tomlinson

Study finds patent systems may discourage innovation

Bill Tomlinson, informatics assistant professor, uses a computer game to test the efficiency of the U.S. patent system, and it doesn’t score well.

Computer patent game

The U.S. patent system may stifle innovation and technical progress, according to a study from UC Irvine and University of Kansas School of Law.