UC Irvine named host university of clean energy expo at Orange County Great Park

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 12, 2013 – UC Irvine has been named the official host university of the inaugural XPO clean energy exposition, which will take place in October alongside the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 at the Orange County Great Park. The XPO will include the first-ever California Challenge energy-efficient race car time trials. Student-engineered […]

UCI partners with Sandra Tsing Loh to produce popular radio show “The Loh Down on Science”

UC Irvine and Sandra Tsing Loh’s LDOS Media Lab, Inc. are partnering to produce the “Loh Down on Science,” bringing witty science lessons and the university’s world-class research to a wide national audience.

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Saving the planet, one home at a time

Grad student wins Public Impact Fellowship for her efforts to spur energy conservation

Central Valley irrigation intensifies rainfall, storms across the Southwest

Agricultural irrigation in California’s Central Valley doubles the amount of water vapor pumped into the atmosphere, ratcheting up rainfall and powerful monsoons across the interior Southwest, according to a new study by UC Irvine scientists.

Major cuts to surging CO2 emissions are needed now, not down the road, study finds

Halting climate change will require “a fundamental and disruptive overhaul of the global energy system” to eradicate harmful carbon dioxide emissions, not just stabilize them, according to new findings by UC Irvine and other scientists.

Atmospheric methane mystery closer to being solved

UCI researchers find that methane decline was probably linked to increased natural gas capture and use.

UROP event highlights undergrad research, faculty mentors

More than 800 students participate in 16th annual symposium Saturday, May 19.

UCI wins 9 CASE awards

Issues management, alumni meet-ups, science writing and photography win top awards from CASE.

UC Irvine News Brief: UCI biologists turn up the heat on bacteria, discover mutation pattern

Findings by Brandon Gaut, Albert Bennett and Anthony Long appear in the current issue of the journal Science.

Donation funds new Newkirk Alumni Center

Construction begins with groundbreaking. Center will open in fall 2012 to serve more than 140,000 former students.