UCI is one of 12 member universities active in the Association of American Universities‘ STEM Education Network chosen to receive up to $50,000 along with UCI matching funds to further existing efforts to improve undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The network is an outgrowth of the AAU Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative, launched in […]
Nine times more ice is melting annually due to warmer temperatures
Data are dramatically increasing knowledge of how the ocean is melting the ice sheet
UCI faculty bring hidden figures into the light for Black History Month
Elements and metals fall from sky, affecting marine ecosystems, UCI-led study finds
UCI mathematics professor Qing Nie and his collaborators have been awarded $455,000 to study cancer drug resistance by the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health & Policy and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Along with an interdisciplinary team of experimental cancer biologists, engineers and mathematicians, Nie hopes to identify novel and more effective treatments for patients with breast […]
Calit2 researchers advance biotechnology with fast computers and carnivorous plants
Channels give warm ocean water access to their undersides, speeding glacier retreat
From Nobel Prize-winning findings about the planet’s rapidly changing atmosphere to innovative technologies and solutions, the campus is ahead of the curve on the most daunting challenges of our time. Surging king tides and fiercer storms along the West Coast are being plotted on real-time three-dimensional maps by UCI engineers for Newport Beach and Tijuana, and social […]