Education

Enhanced e-book features unrelated to narrative may reduce learning for preschoolers

UCI researchers also find that shared reading of books, print or digital, boosts literacy

Research A to Z

Life-changing undergraduate opportunity lets students explore, invent and experiment with everything from robotic coats to a video game of the human digestive tract

Unconventional Instruction

Innovative teachers shake up traditional lectures to engage students and improve learning

Informatics professor attends White House summit on computer science initiative

UCI informatics professor Debra Richardson was at the White House last week for the Computer Science for All summit, a progress report on President Barack Obama’s call for greater resources and actions to encourage more students to learn about computing. Richardson heads UCI’s CS1C@OC program, which was created with funding from the National Science Foundation to produce 100 well-trained computer […]

Robotic surrogates help chronically ill kids maintain social, academic ties at school

UCI is first to conduct formal study of virtual inclusion for homebound students

UCI professor to receive honorary doctorate from Finland’s Jyvaskyla University

Jacquelynne Eccles will be recognized for pioneering work in developmental psychology

Eloy Ortiz Oakley

Alum to helm higher ed system

Eloy Ortiz Oakley will be first Latino chancellor of California’s community colleges

Graduation days

Newly minted Anteater alumni ready to take on the world

Meet Keith Murphy, UCI’s professor of the year

‘Celebration of Teaching’ highlights campus commitment to excellence in the classroom and a superior student experience

Solving problems

UCI program fosters math skills and college dreams in underprivileged middle schoolers