Researchers collect data about plant growth for a study near the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center.

Using science to serve nature

UCI natural reserve sites host researchers, students and volunteers addressing ecological challenges

California's wildfire season has lengthened, and its peak is now earlier in the year

UCI environmental engineers analyzed a century’s worth of the Golden State’s blazes

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UCI Podcast: California environmental justice advocates lead the way

Michael Méndez talks about the crucial years of the environmental justice movement

UCI professor emerita and trustee recognized as Assembly District 74 Women of Distinction

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, UCI Distinguished Professor emerita of chemistry, and UCI Foundation trustee Carol Choi have been named Assembly District 74 Women of Distinction 2021 by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris. The awards, announced in March in honor of Women’s History Month, annually recognize six Orange County women for their extraordinary work, mentorship and leadership in the community. […]

Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe, UCI professor of ecology & evolutionary biology with a blue butter fly on her hand.

UCI's Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe is named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow

Renowned biologist is among 184 diverse recipients of prestigious award this year

Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building

A Home for Research Partnerships

New campus building reconfigures interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle some of the future’s most complex issues

Assistant professor Michael Méndez named to L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Board

Michael Méndez, assistant professor of urban planning & public policy, has been appointed by state Gov. Gavin Newsom to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. The panel, one of nine statewide, is part of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Its mission is to preserve and enhance water quality in the L.A. area for […]

UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts.building

Beall Center for Art + Technology awarded Getty Foundation grant for SoCal collaboration

Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x LA to explore intersections of art and science

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UCI Podcast: Undoing Trump's environmental regulation rollbacks

Alex Camacho discusses ways the Biden administration can advance its environmental agenda.

UCI joins national manufacturing cybersecurity collaboration

Calit2 to develop wireless platforms to promote sustainable factory processes