A fire in a tropical peat forest on Sumatra in Indonesia

Drought, deforestation link fuels climate change

In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, the practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially in dry years, releasing huge amounts of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study analyzing six years of weather and fire observations.

Chris Slay

Bacteria teach evolution, climate adaptation

How will Earth’s tiniest organisms adapt to climate warming? UC Irvine scientists are consulting bacteria in an effort to find out.

Dr. Toni Pusateri

Cruising toward calm

Shaky economy has more people turning to Dr. Toni Pusateri for help with anxiety

Fostering human rights

Carter Center internship allows honors student to study life in Middle East refugee camps

Wilderson honored with American Book Award

Frank B. Wilderson III, professor of African American studies and drama at UC Irvine, has received the 2008 American Book…

Computer science professor named engineering fellow

Michael T. Goodrich, Chancellor’s Professor of computer science and associate dean for faculty development in UC Irvine’s Donald Bren School…

'Paper Citizens' author looks at undocumented migration

An era of mass migrations, porous borders and easily obtained fraudulent documents is blurring the definition of citizenship and putting…

UCI neuroscientists play key role in new book

UC Irvine’s strength as a top institution for neuroscience research is well represented in the new book, “From Development to…

Water droplet on puddle

Water winners

UC Irvine and other organizations recently challenged Orange County students to “imagine life without water” and create multimedia projects promoting water conservation in California.

Professor Kamal Sadiq

Citizens on paper only

An era of mass migrations, porous borders and easily obtained fraudulent documents is blurring the definition of citizenship and putting national security at risk around the globe, says UC Irvine political science professor Kamal Sadiq in his new book, Paper Citizens: How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries.