Society & Community

UCI hydrologist Jay Famiglietti calls much-needed attention to California’s dwindling groundwater supply.

It took scarcely 35 seconds Jan. 12 for a magnitude 7.0 earthquake to cripple Haiti, flattening its capital and killing more than 200,000 people, but it will take many years for the island nation to recover. While devastating quakes have since struck in Chile, Japan and elsewhere, Haiti’s situation is unique. Desperately poor before the […]

Political science graduate student Kathy Rim studies the political involvement of Asian Americans and is writing content about their contributions to American history that will be included in new textbooks.

Francisco Ayala, UC Irvine professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, who has vigorously opposed the entanglement of science and religion while also calling for mutual respect between the two, has won the 2010 Templeton Prize.

Sociology professor Judith Treas consulted on the design of U.S. census forms arriving in more than 120 million mailboxes this month. Census results affect the allocation of more than $400 billion in federal funding.

UCI’s George Tita and colleagues use math to explain crime hot spots, recommend prevention strategies.

UCI Earth science graduate students created a blog that predicts and explains the science behind Orange County weather.

Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, UCI doctoral candidate in mechanical & aerospace engineering, won a fellowship to develop a cell-sorting device that will make blood and other tests quicker and cheaper.

New UCI program introduces staff members to aspects of campus they might otherwise miss.

Rafe Day, a technician with Down syndrome, is important to the mix in physical sciences lab