UCI to start construction on Samueli College of Health Sciences complex
State-of-the-art 9-acre campus will be national showcase for integrative health
February 16, 2020
Month: February 2020
UCI-led project seeks to combat wildfires
A University of California, Irvine-led team has received $3.6 million over three years for a project that uses science and engineering to help California fight wildfires. The funding comes from the University of California Laboratory Fees Research Program competition, a contest designed to promote the development of multicampus projects and collaborations that advance the missions […]
February 14, 2020
UCI Podcast: Douglas Haynes urges inclusivity during coronavirus scare
In the latest UCI Podcast, Douglas Haynes, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, shares a message with the UCI community about inclusivity during challenging times. The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus, now called COVID-19, a global health emergency. This pandemic has far-reaching effects on physical as well as mental health. Fear, stress […]
February 14, 2020
Rookie researchers
UCI undergrads partner with faculty in projects promoting sustainability
February 14, 2020
UCI Esports receives $50,000 gift from top video game streamer Pokimane
Donation will establish program’s first endowment for student scholarships
February 13, 2020
UCI to host two-day conference on artificial intelligence
EVENT: The UCI Forum for the Academy and the Public will host a two-day conference on “The Future of the Future: The Ethics and Implications of AI.” Keynote speaker Bruce Sterling, an award-winning science fiction author, and an interdisciplinary and international panel of writers, academics and communicators will tackle an advance in technology that touches […]
February 12, 2020
Stacey Nicholas donates $5 million to UCI in support of diversity and inclusiveness
Gift will aid recruitment, retention, graduation of underrepresented STEM students
February 10, 2020
Heading off an ‘election meltdown’
Feb. 28 conference will explore what-if scenarios that could undermine public acceptance of November vote results
February 10, 2020
UCI to host public seminar on coronavirus
EVENT: The “2019 Novel Coronavirus: Current State of Knowledge and Public Health Response” seminar will feature a panel of experts from UCI, as well as Dr. Matt Zahn, medical director for the Orange County Health Care Agency’s Division of Epidemiology & Assessment. WHEN/WHERE: 6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in the Doheny Beach meeting rooms at […]
February 05, 2020
Astronomers discover once-productive galaxy that fizzled out in early universe
An international team of astronomers, including a researcher from UCI’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, has found an ultramassive galaxy as it existed more than 12 billion years ago. Galaxy XMM-2599 was extremely productive early on – hatching more than 300 billion suns by the time the universe had its 1 billionth birthday (it’s now […]
February 05, 2020