Emily Penner, UCI assistant professor of education and William T. Grant Scholar.

Emily Penner among 5 early-career US researchers named William T. Grant Scholars

UCI assistant professor of education seeks to advance high school ethnic studies teaching

Chopsticks were used in the study to help subjects hold one of four facial expressions: A. neutral, B. non-Duchenne smile, C. Duchenne smile and D. grimace.

Smiling sincerely or grimacing can significantly reduce the pain of needle injection

Genuine smile also blunts stress-induced physiological responses, UCI-led study finds

West Coast governors urge COVID quarantine after travel

AP, Nov. 13, 2020

UCI engineers evaluate snow drought in different parts of the world

Deficit in Western United States found to be of increased intensity in recent years

Nancy Rodriguez, UCI professor of criminology, law & society and principal investigator

$2.7 million gift by Arnold Ventures to UCI funds most comprehensive prison violence study to date

Unique multi-strategy approach will identify evidence-based reduction, prevention policies

Ilhem Messaoudi Powers, associate professor of molecular biology & biochemistry, who’s leading a study of UCI Health workers’ exposure to COVID-19.

Couple on the coronavirus front lines

UCI virologist and her pulmonologist husband balance pandemic response with parenthood

UCI engineers receive NSF grant to develop biosensors for measuring neurotransmitters

UCI engineers have received $1 million from the National Science Foundation to design integrative approaches for measuring real-time brain activity during social interactions in sleep-disrupted animal models. Early-life sleep disruption has been shown to affect the development of complex social behaviors in prairie voles, the studied model, impairing social bonding in a manner similar to […]

Laurel Wilkening, third UCI chancellor and noted planetary scientist, dies at 74

She led campus during era of impressive growth in national recognition, academic quality

UCI Athletics Reveling In Its Shine

Historic March Madness win puts spotlight on a rich sports program that prides itself on making champions both on and off the court

Underwater sleuth

UCI researcher investigates threats to coral and other ocean life