Month: December 2016

UCI team to play key role in national study on how physical activity benefits child health

Identifying exercise-driven molecular changes could enhance long-term well-being

UCI’s Stanley Grant to lead $1.9 million UC effort to become ‘stormwater-neutral’

Drought-ravaged California misses out on billions of gallons of freshwater each year, as rain washes into storm drains and out to sea. University of California researchers say it’s time for that to change. Led by UCI civil engineer Stanley Grant, they hope to start a revolution in how urban stormwater is collected and managed. Faculty […]

On the water front

Renowned hydrologist joins UCI to lead interdisciplinary research efforts

UCI launches Center for Critical Korean Studies

Unit will foster interdisciplinary research, international collaboration

Student population growth at UCI spurs construction of high-tech classroom facility

New learning space is part of fast-paced campus building boom

UCI sociologist named William T. Grant Scholar

Kristin Turney, associate professor of sociology, has been named a 2016 William T. Grant Scholar – one of only five researchers selected from a nationwide pool. The recognition includes a five-year, $350,000 award to support her work on the intergenerational consequences of paternal incarceration during childhood and adolescence. She will combine information from in-depth and […]

In a national first, UCI injects renewable hydrogen into campus power supply

Power-to-gas technique offers new way to store and use excess wind and solar energy