Two male scientists in a research laboratory.

UC Irvine-led research team discovers new property of light

Photon momentum discovery unlocks novel, silicon-based optoelectronic capabilities

Special Report: Clearing the Air

Clearing the Air

Welcome to this special report highlighting clean and sustainable energy research at the University of California, Irvine. As UC Irvine was being established in the mid-1960s, its leaders envisioned an institution designed with an architecture – both figuratively and literally – to address emerging environmental consequences of the industrial age. In those early days, Scott […]

The 2024 Climate Action Fellows are, from left, Jazmín Romero, Angelu Lesaca and Kendall Lankford.

Champions of change

UC Irvine’s Climate Action Fellows spearhead campus sustainability

From left: Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dyonne Bergeron and Tamara Inoue

Formidable females

UCI’s ‘kickass women’ define excellence in leadership

Parry’s Phacelia, a plant with purple flowers, native to Southern California, grows beneath burnt brush.

Study finds drought fuels invasive species after wildfires

UCI biologists highlight critical link between drought, wildfires and coastal ecosystem transformations

Bill Tomlinson, UCI professor of informatics

UC Irvine researcher authors ‘scientists' warning' on climate and technology

Academics explore roles of clean energy and AI in combating global warming

UCI medical students standing in front of a shuttle bus in India.

Forging global understanding

UCI medical students return from clinical trip to India with new insights into its healthcare system – and new friends

UCI campus map showing location of combined heat and power plan and location of where heating and cooling water and natural gas service goes.

UCI embarks on decarbonization study

Strategy will be developed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2045

Blue-ringed octopus.

UC Irvine engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that can deceive and signal

Unique design approach enables ease of fabrication and self-repair capabilities

The Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.

3 tips for a healthier 2024

UCI’s Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute offers helpful, achievable advice