UCI, Tsinghua U.: California’s 2018 wildfires caused $150 billion in damages
Study shows health and socio-economic costs extended far beyond burned areas
December 07, 2020
Research
Gates Foundation grant funds study of factors that prompt youth interest in certain careers
June Ahn, associate professor of education, has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct a study identifying factors that motivate youth toward occupational careers. Ahn and his team will be working with K-12 after-school program educators and participants to gain an understanding of the key experiences that shape […]
December 01, 2020
Smiling sincerely or grimacing can significantly reduce the pain of needle injection
Genuine smile also blunts stress-induced physiological responses, UCI-led study finds
December 01, 2020
Liquid assets
Interdisciplinary UCI team receives NSF grant to improve water infrastructure
November 30, 2020
What’s next: The future of film
COVID-19 is likely to permanently alter the production, distribution and viewing of movies
November 30, 2020
Nine UCI researchers named AAAS fellows
Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields
November 24, 2020
Cartographers of the brain
UCI’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping is redrawing our understanding of mechanisms underlying several common disorders
November 18, 2020
UCI Podcast: What’s next with COVID
Public health researcher Andrew Noymer discusses how the novel coronavirus will be us for a while
November 09, 2020
Vice Provost Michael Dennin wins Idea Competition
His “Eliminating Institutional Racism in Undergraduate STEM Education” project provides roadmap for undergraduate education advances
November 05, 2020
UC researchers pioneer more effective method of blocking malaria transmission in mosquitoes
New CRISPR-based gene drive approach successfully overcomes issue of resistance in females
November 03, 2020