UCI receives record $529 million in research funding for fiscal 2019-20
20 percent more than last year, the total reflects strong support for campus mission
July 20, 2020
Campus News
Cannabis shows potential for mitigating sickle cell disease pain
Clinical trial co-led by UCI professor is first of its kind to use gold-standard methods
July 17, 2020
UCI Podcast: Practicing harm reduction to flatten the coronavirus curve – again
Major portions of society are continuing to open back up in Orange County, even as some restrictions return amidst surging coronavirus cases in California. In the spring, Orange County managed to flatten the COVID-19 curve and even served as an exemplary model for other areas around the nation. Now, the question is whether Orange County […]
July 14, 2020
UCI researchers use campus as test bed for coronavirus contact tracing system
Wi-Fi-based application expected to be transferable to other universities and beyond
July 08, 2020
UCI Chancellor Emeritus Michael V. Drake named University of California president
Renowned academic leader shepherded campus though era of unprecedented growth
July 07, 2020
UCI Podcast: Professor Davin Phoenix on the political impact of the Black Lives Matter movement
The protests over George Floyd’s death and the wider activism seeking to end police brutality and fight anti-Black racism are swiftly reshaping political discourse. With the elections in November, the question is whether the energy and anger of this moment will lead to lasting political change. Davin Phoenix, an associate professor of political science at […]
July 07, 2020
UCI Podcast: Top Chef winner and UCI alumna Melissa King dishes out college cooking tips
Melissa King, a 2005 UCI alumna with a bachelor’s degree in cognitive sciences, won Top Chef: All-Stars L.A., the 17th season of the show. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, King dishes on the final moments of the show and her unique California-Asian culinary style. She also shares cooking tips for college students and […]
July 02, 2020
UCI Podcast: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of WW II
When Russ Dalton’s mother Sandy passed away in 2018, his sister Janet found a trove of letters their father Bob, a soldier in Patton’s Third Army, had sent during his deployment to Germany. Earlier this year, Russ and Janet published a book, “Love Letters from World War II: Robert W. Dalton’s WW II Service” that […]
June 29, 2020
UCI researchers: carbon in Earth’s soil older than previously thought
Analyzing radiocarbon dating on a massive database of soil samples from around the world, University of California, Irvine researchers have determined that globally, the average age of the carbon in the ground is about 5,000 years old. In a study published today in Nature Geoscience, a team led by Zheng Shi, UCI postdoctoral scholar in […]
June 29, 2020
Five UCI junior faculty named Hellman Fellows for 2020-21
Assistant professors in chemistry, computer science, dance and psychological science awarded grants to support research, scholarly work
June 25, 2020