Students

New school of thought

First ‘active learning’ building in California to open at UCI

Latinx leaders

To mark Hispanic Heritage Month, we highlight some exceptional Anteaters

UCI campus; student center

UCI ranked highest-ever 7th among public universities by U.S. News & World Report

Campus also jumps nine spots to record 33rd overall in annual evaluation

Toddlers choose winners who win fairly, UCI study finds

Everybody loves a winner, but when in comes to toddlers, they also care about how they win, according to a new study from University of California, Irvine cognitive science researchers. In a series of experiments involving toddlers aged 21 to 31 months, Ashley Thomas, ’18 psychology Ph.D., and Barbara Sarnecka, associate professor of cognitive sciences, […]

Student wins award for paper on ad blocking

UCI’s Anastasia Shuba won the Andreas Pfitzmann Best Student Paper Award at the 2018 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, held in Barcelona, Spain, in July. Her manuscript, “NoMoAds: Effective & Efficient Cross-App Mobile Ad-Blocking,” was selected based on “scientific quality and expected impact on the field.” The paper describes a technology to prevent pop-up advertisements from […]

Smartphones act as digital security blankets in stressful social situations

Possession, not use, of a mobile phone counteracts feelings of isolation, UCI-led study finds

A pipeline to higher education

Now 25 years old, UCI’s Summer Scholars Transfer Institute continues to empower local community college students

Climate change-driven droughts are getting hotter, UCI study finds

Temperature increases during dry periods outpace average climate warming

Glaciers in East Antarctica also ‘imperiled' by climate change, UCI researchers find

Usually seen as less vulnerable, they carry the potential to add 16 feet to global sea level

10 years of olive branches

Program focused on Middle East tensions has spread to other campuses, conflicts