Month: April 2024

UC Irvine’s third Teaching for Justice conference will focus on ‘communities of care’

EVENT: The UC Irvine School of Education Teacher Academy will host a two-day Teaching for Justice conference for K-12 educators and community members interested in integrating the principles of Asian American and Pacific Islander studies into their professional work. WHEN/WHERE: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18. The conference […]

UC Irvine astronomers’ simulations support dark matter theory

The tests addressed the elusive matter’s existence despite it never having been observed

Leigh Turner, director of UC Irvine’s Center for Health Ethics

Rethinking healthcare

Program in Public Health’s new Center for Health Ethics will explore issues, inform debates and propose policy solutions

Roxane Cohen Silver

Roxane Cohen Silver elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Renowned scholar recognized as international expert in the field of stress and coping

Shahrdad Lotfipour

UC Irvine to lead study of how DNA genetic variations might influence nicotine addiction

Findings may improve prevention and treatment strategies for smoking, vaping habits

Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects’ annual forum symposium to explore ways to address environmental literacy and climate challenges in schools, communities

EVENT:  The Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects (ECCLPs) is hosting its annual forum symposium, with this year’s theme being “Collaborating for Change: Bridging the Gap in Climate and Environmental Literacy, Justice and Action Across PK-12, Higher Education, and Community Partners.” The annual forum symposium is designed to facilitate dialogue and collaboration among preschool to […]

Shayan Doroudi and Nia Nixon, assistant professors of education
UCI Podcast Indicator

The past, present and future of AI in education

On UCI Podcast, Shayan Doroudi and Nia Nixon share expertise on tech evolutions in teaching and learning

Jack Brouwer lecturing in front of a diagram.

Clean energy for ‘everyone and for everything’

An Earth Day talk with Clean Energy Institute director Jack Brouwer

The 2024 Climate Action Fellows are, from left, Jazmín Romero, Angelu Lesaca and Kendall Lankford.

Champions of change

UC Irvine’s Climate Action Fellows spearhead campus sustainability

From left, Jenny Yang, Daniel Guillen, Tim Tait and Filipp Furche.

4 UC Irvine researchers are elected AAAS fellows

Scholars are honored for their efforts to advance science or its applications