Press Releases

Scientists discover a way Earth’s atmosphere cleans itself

UC Irvine chemist helped shed light on the formation of an air-clearing molecule

April 07, 2023
UCI’s Bernadette Boden-Albala, center, pictured with Irvine Health Foundation Board Chair Timothy L. Strader Sr., left, and President Edward B. Kacic, right.

Irvine Health Foundation’s $14 million grant to UC Irvine will establish 7 endowed chairs

Funding will assist in establishing a School of Population and Public Health and promote health equity for all O.C. residents

April 03, 2023

UC Irvine Earth system scientists uncover ice-age shift in Pacific Ocean circulation

Fossil radiocarbon measurements show effect on CO2 uptake, carbon storage and climate

March 29, 2023
Liz Griffin

UC Irvine Police Department commits to advancing women in law enforcement

National 30×30 Pledge aims to improve public safety, community outcomes and trust

March 21, 2023
Virginia Parks, professor of urban planning and public policy; Walter Nicholls, professor and chair of urban planning and public policy; and Sameer Ashar, clinical professor of law and director of UCI’s Workers, Law and Organizing Clinic, (from left) will lead the UCI Labor Center.

UC Irvine Labor Center opens on campus

Goals are to provide research, expand education programs, advance workers’ rights

March 21, 2023
The FASER particle detector that received CERN approval to be installed at the Large Hadron Collider in 2019 has recently been augmented with an instrument to detect neutrinos.

UC Irvine-led team is first to detect neutrinos made by a particle collider

Discovery promises to help physicists understand nature of universe’s most abundant particle

March 20, 2023

OLLI at UCI celebrates 25 years of delivering excellence in lifelong learning

Anniversary gala honoring OLLI’s success planned for April

March 20, 2023

‘Terminator zones’ on distant planets could harbor life, UC Irvine astronomers say

These in-between regions could be prime sites for liquid water

March 16, 2023
Jun Wu

Exposure to green space linked to reduced risk of postpartum depression

Tree coverage, physical activity intensify effect, UCI-led study finds

March 06, 2023

Wildfires in 2021 emitted a record-breaking amount of carbon dioxide

UC Irvine-led study found northern-latitude forest fires to be the highest source

March 02, 2023