Year: 2014

UCI neurobiologist Ivan Soltesz to receive research support from President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative

Ivan Soltesz, Chancellor’s Professor and chair of anatomy & neurobiology at UC Irvine, is among some 100 researchers being honored Sept. 30 at a White House ceremony for the BRAIN Initiative.

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UCI underground drought research gets big visibility

UCI Earth system science professor Jay Famiglietti and his team have made the cover of the Sept. 26 issue of the prestigious journal Science.

UCI students to attempt Guinness world record for largest pillow fight

EVENT: UC Irvine will try to set a Guinness world record for the largest pillow fight. Associated Students of UCI will host the effort, which aims to recruit more than 4,000 campus and community participants. WHEN/WHERE: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the fields near the Anteater Recreation Center, 680 California Ave. […]

Natural gas usage will have little effect on CO2 emissions, UCI-led study finds

Abundant supplies of natural gas will do little to reduce harmful U.S. emissions causing climate change, according to researchers at UC Irvine, Stanford University, and the nonprofit organization Near Zero. They found that inexpensive gas boosts electricity consumption and hinders expansion of cleaner energy sources, such as wind and solar.

Natural gas usage will have little effect on CO2 emissions, UCI-led study finds

Abundant supplies of natural gas will do little to reduce harmful U.S. emissions causing climate change, according to researchers at UC Irvine, Stanford University, and the nonprofit organization Near Zero. They found that inexpensive gas boosts electricity consumption and hinders expansion of cleaner energy sources, such as wind and solar.

All about fall’s new faces

Accomplished, diverse group of students arrives on campus

New QS survey ranks UCI eighth internationally and first in US among universities less than 50 years old

UC Irvine ranks eighth in the world and No. 1 in the nation among international universities under 50 years old, according to a new survey by Quacquarelli Symonds.

Recent graduate honors heritage by donating Living Our Values Award funds to Southeast Asian Archive

Andy Nguyen Le ’14 donates Living Our Values Award funds to UCI Libraries’ Southeast Asian Archive.

UCI-Stanford study finds complex link between income inequality, race

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 22, 2014 – A new study by UC Irvine and Stanford University sociologists shows that issues of income inequality and race are not as black and white as most people in the U.S. think. “Americans have long [considered] whites as the most privileged, highest income earners and blacks as the least,” said […]