Society & Community

Study finds that race matters in public’s opinion of President Barack Obama and his policies.

UCI History Project helps K-12 teachers improve lessons.

UCI student embarks on a new mission to more fully integrate his fellow veterans into higher education and the future of the country.

Study could shed light on adaptive decision-making in humans.

UCI’s Lilith Mahmud discusses the society’s portrayal in a hit novel – and reveals its “best-kept secret.”

Future physician Benji Zachariah hopes to make a difference among the world’s poor.

UC Irvine neuroscientists have found that retinas in mice genetically altered to have Alzheimer’s undergo changes similar to those that occur in the brain – most notably the accumulation of amyloid plaque lesions.

Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists.

A toxin produced by mold on nuts and grains can cause liver cancer if consumed in large quantities. UC Irvine researchers for the first time have discovered what triggers the toxin to form, which could lead to methods of limiting its production.

Biologist Bruce Blumberg believes industrial pollutants called obesogens are contributing to America’s obesity epidemic.