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Patagonia ice sheets thicker than previously thought, study finds

UCI, South American glaciologists characterize protected region with new methods

Combination of water scarcity and inflexible demand puts world’s river basins at risk

UCI-led study examines consumption patterns and suggests resilience strategies

Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus wins award from Society for Study of Southern Literature

Brook Thomas has won the 2018 C. Hugh Holman Award from the Society for the Study of Southern Literature for The Literature of Reconstruction: Not in Plain Black and White (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017), described as “the go-to book on Reconstruction for at least a generation” by the SSSL panel. Drawing on 19th-century historiography […]

UCI research helps shed new light on circadian clocks

Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain, studies show

Distinguished Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o wins 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of comparative literature and English, has been awarded the 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize for Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature, about language and its constructive role in national culture, history and identity. The collection of essays advocates for linguistic decolonization and is one […]

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UCI Podcast: Special esports episode available

A new episode of the UCI Podcast is available for listening. The guests are Mark Deppe, director of UCI Esports, and Avi Behar, a player on UCI’s five-member League of Legends team. The Anteaters are preparing to defend their title as national collegiate LoL champions in a tournament starting Friday, May 24, at Riot Games’ […]

UCI table tennis team competes for first time in national championships, takes fourth place

For the first time in Anteater history, the UCI varsity table tennis team competed in the iSET National Collegiate Table Tennis Association’s championships. The tournament took place April 12-14 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Anteaters placed a respectable fourth, topping teams from UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego. The UCI squad […]

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Liz Griffin named chief of UCI Police Department

Commander has spent 27 years in Long Beach law enforcement

UCI Esports to star in ESPN2 series in run-up to League of Legends College Championship

UCI’s esports organization is the focus of a four-part documentary series, the first three episodes of which premiere on ESPN2 on Tuesday, May 21, at 5 p.m. PST. Good Game: UC Irvine follows UCI’s varsity computer gaming team in the lead-up to the defense of their title in the 2019 League of Legends College Championship. […]

James Bullock to become new dean of UCI School of Physical Sciences

Noted cosmologist is currently chair of Department of Physics & Astronomy