Month: August 2017

Campus’s green transportation, water conservation, innovation are credited

UCI has received $100,000 from the National Science Foundation to fund a conference on strengthening pathways for Latino students in science, technology, engineering and math. The award comes shortly after the university’s designation as a Hispanic-serving institution by the U.S. Department of Education. As an HSI, it’s eligible for funding and grants to help support […]

Grad student’s year away from UCI results in plutonium science breakthrough

$378 million in grants, contracts reflects strong support for campus mission

EVENT:  The University of California, Irvine is hosting a webinar to present the results of the latest quarterly report from the School of Social Ecology’s Metropolitan Futures Initiative, this one on business relocations in Southern California. MFI director John Hipp and postdoctoral researcher Kevin Kane will provide further insights and answer questions. WHEN/WHERE:  1:30-2:15 PDT […]

UCI-led study shows low-calorie diet may help keep body young

Hosun Kang, assistant professor of education, has been selected as a 2017-18 Hellman Fellow. Her project explores whether and how a collaborative approach to curriculum design can promote children’s analytical and problem-solving abilities. She will conduct a summer STEM workshop involving science teachers, science teacher educators and scientists, who will develop two curricula – one […]

Community internships introduce Ph.D. students to nonacademic career options

UCI researchers have devised a new method of dynamically forming a platinum shell on a metallic alloy nanoparticle core, a development that may lead to better materials for oxygen reduction reactions in fuel cells that power some cars and electronic devices. In a first, engineers were able to observe the process directly, in real time, […]

Researchers expect more gravitational-wave evidence of collisions in the near future