Community conference
TEDxUCIrvine, set for May 31, will explore ‘The Adventure of Discovery’
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USC/UCI study finds dramatic drop in driving after Expo Line stations open
Los Angeles residents who live near an Exposition Light Rail station dramatically reduced the number of miles they drove and tripled their rail ridership after the opening of the rail line last year, according to a new study co-authored by Doug Houston, UC Irvine assistant professor of planning, policy & design.
Foot soldiers in the war on poverty
Students who volunteer with Global Brigades work in the trenches – sometimes literally – to make the world a better place
Power player
Vice Chancellor Wendell Brase is widely credited with curbing campus’s energy consumption and costs
Breath analysis reliably indicates presence, level of infection, UCI study finds
Breath analysis may prove to be an accurate, noninvasive way to quickly determine the severity of bacterial and other infections, according to a UC Irvine study appearing online today in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.
Title company
Newest Chancellor’s and Distinguished professors join select group
UCI loses the legendary F. Sherwood Rowland
His research is credited with saving Earth’s critical ozone layer.
UCI Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Rowland passes away at 84
Renowned chemist and founding faculty member discovered that aerosol propellants were creating a hole in Earth’s ozone layer.
Past master
Kenneth Pomeranz, UCI expert on China, is new American Historical Association president.
Using water to predict fire
UCI researchers can forecast wildfires using sea surface temperatures.