Social Ecology

Michael Méndez, UCI assistant professor of urban planning & public policy, in front of #UCOP26 signage at the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference

Michael Méndez’s COP26 adventure

The UCI professor reflects on his first trip to the UN Climate Change Conference

Photos of Damien Sojoyner and Yousuf Al-Bulushi, co-directors of "Black Reconstruction as a Portal."

Mellon Foundation supports yearlong interdisciplinary series on Black Reconstruction

UCI faculty will examine post-Civil War history’s contemporary relevance

Zayda Sorrell-Medina (left) and Allison Dziuba

Fellowships help duo focus on finishing dissertations

American Association of University Women provides $20,000 each to UCI students Allison Dziuba and Zayda Sorrell-Medina

Photo of two UCI graduate students who received AAUW fellowships.

Two UCI graduate students earn prestigious AAUW fellowships

Support allows students to commit their full focus to the pursuit of their Ph.D.s

Michael Méndez

UCI’s Michael Méndez to lead press conference at UN climate change summit

Event will focus on California’s efforts to advance environmental justice

UCI Podcast Indicator

California’s climate crisis examined on UCI special report website

Cross-disciplinary expertise shared through stories, videos, podcasts and more

Michael Méndez

UCI researcher gets NSF-backed grant to study wildfires’ effects on farmworkers

Joint project will investigate their disproportionate impact on vulnerable population

J. Zoe Klemfuss

NIH awards over $2.5 million for research to improve interviewing of young witnesses

UCI study to focus on questions about the sequence of events in child maltreatment cases

L.L.Bean funds UCI research on the science of awe

Program expands its ongoing efforts to inspire people to spend more time outside

UCI Podcast Indicator

UCI Podcast: The technologies that could solve California’s droughts

Policies, and especially attitudes toward water, will have to shift as climate change makes drought more severe, says David Feldman