Campus housing and student volunteers plant various environmentally-friendly trees and ground cover in Palo Verde housing at UCI during Earth Week 2018.

Our campus, our Earth

UCI leads the way in environmental stewardship of the planet

UC Irvine Research Program Takes Step Toward Affordable Energy

Patch, Nov. 23, 2020

SDG&E and SoCalGas Announces Hydrogen Blending Demonstration Program

Times of San Diego, Nov. 23, 2020

UCI Advanced Power and Energy Program to research making steel with renewable resources

Department of Energy-funded project seeks to replace coal-fired plants with hydrogen electrolysis process

UCI is No. 1 in Sierra magazine’s 2020 ‘Cool Schools’ ranking of sustainability leaders

Campus has been in top 10 for unmatched 11 straight years, with 4 first-place finishes

UCI chosen to have 10th greenest fleet in U.S.

Green Fleet Awards also honored campus for best university fleet of vehicles

Making ‘First Choice’ Possible

Profiles of four Anteater scholarship recipients and their academic journeys in pursuit of fulfilling their own American dreams

Huolin Xin is awarded $2.5 million grant to research next-generation lithium-ion batteries

Huolin Xin, UCI assistant professor of physics & astronomy, has been awarded $2.5 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to advance research in next-generation lithium-ion batteries. His project is one of 42 supported by an $80 million fund for promising vehicle technologies to enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, reduce our dependence […]

New faculty faces

Hiring of 78 educators goes a long way toward strategic plan goal of adding 250 by 2021

Heavy-duty emissions must be eliminated to halt climate change, UCI-led review shows

Clean, low-cost energy for air travel, cement and steel, trucks and barges is critical