Barbara Finlayson-Pitts

AirUCI expands horizons

UCI is ramping up its focus on air quality and climate change research in an effort to tackle some of today’s most pressing environmental challenges.

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New researchers elevate climate change research

Renewable energy guru to talk at UC Irvine

Did “An Inconvenient Truth” pique your curiosity about global climate change? If so, check out a free public lecture by…

Pay dirt

Susan Trumbore discovers clues to global climate change in soil and plant life

Michael Prather standing in front of John V. Croul Hall.

Smarter flight decisions can cool the planet, UC Irvine study shows

Reducing plane contrails, emissions can mitigate climate impact without undue sacrifice

Snow-capped San Gabriel mountains form a backdrop for the UC Irvine Medical Center-Irvine construction site in the foreground.

UC Irvine earns STARS Gold rating for sustainability excellence, continuing legacy

Green buildings, waste diversion, alternative transportation and community outreach cited

An academic first in Antarctica

UC Irvine Ph.D. student defends dissertation at South Pole after 24-day research expedition

Head shot photos of two men.

Two UC Irvine faculty members elected to National Academy of Engineering

Kyriacos Athanasiou and Eric Rignot recognized for outstanding research leadership

Annual UC Irvine conference to explore current challenges for journalism, journalists

EVENT: The theme for the 2025 conference held by the UC Irvine Forum for the Academy and the Public is “Facts Under Fire: Reporting in Impossible Times.” Experts from a diverse range of contexts will explore various serious threats to journalism and journalists due to extreme technological shifts and autocratic trends that menace democracy and […]

Alec Glasser

OC philanthropist and businessman's donation supports visionary School of Social Ecology initiative

Gift ensures future of Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change