UCI among Sierra magazine's top 10 ‘Cool Schools' for seventh consecutive year
Energy, transportation scores make campus highest-ranked comprehensive university
Energy, transportation scores make campus highest-ranked comprehensive university
The cover story for the Sept. 2 issue of Newsweek was written by Erika Hayasaki, UCI associate professor of literary journalism. In her article, “How Poverty Affects the Brain,” she explores a growing field called the neuroscience of poverty. Though largely based on correlations between brain patterns and particular environments, she writes, “the research points to a […]
For the fourth year in a row, UCI has won a spot on The Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll, which rates schools on the environmental friendliness of their policies and practices, academic offerings and quality of campus life. Out of 640 colleges surveyed for the 2017 list, UCI was one of just 21 to earn a perfect score. UC Santa Cruz […]
A UCI team led by Ilya Krivorotov, professor of physics & astronomy, is one of nine interdisciplinary groups to share a new $18 million research grant from the National Science Foundation. The UCI scientists and engineers will receive $2 million to study “nonreciprocal magneto-acoustic waves in chiral magnetic systems” under the NSF’s NewLAW program, which was established […]
Jacquelynne Eccles will be recognized for pioneering work in developmental psychology
Half a billion dollars in grants and giving reflects growing support for campus vision
A research paper written by UCI Heart Disease Prevention Program researchers was chosen by Hypertension as the top 2015 paper in the category of population science. The American Heart Association journal annually selects the best original work published in its pages in the categories of basic, clinical and population sciences. The UCI study – “Does Low Diastolic […]
The American Chemical Society has named James Nowick, UCI professor and chair of chemistry, to its 2016 class of fellows. He is one of 57 distinguished scientists chosen as ACS fellows this year for “outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society.” “I am honored to be included,” Nowick […]
Two UCI graduates have received 2016 awards of excellence for their work as teachers at Success Academy Charter Schools, New York City’s largest network of public charter campuses. Delia Hong ’09, an international studies and political science alumna, and Foluwaseewa Lawanson ’10, who studied biological sciences, were recognized for their ability to improve student performance.
UCI atmospheric chemist Don Blake is about to rack up some serious air miles. As co-principal investigator, along with UCI Earth system scientist Michael Prather, on the upcoming NASA Atmospheric Tomography Mission, Blake will fly from the North Pole to New Zealand, east to the tip of South America, and then north to Greenland. He will […]