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Connie Valencia

For Connie Valencia, this research is personal

The public health doctoral student’s dissertation looks at the community impacts of air pollution in her home neighborhood of Boyle Heights

Aerial photo of the city of Irvine

Approaching its golden anniversary, Irvine sets a gold standard for safety

UCI criminologists examine how the city defies expectations by keeping crime levels low

UCI-led study offers framework for including racism’s health effects in pharmacy curricula

Racism has been declared a national public health crisis by the American Public Health Association. With the minority population in the U.S. being the fastest-growing demographic, experts say, it’s essential that healthcare professionals recognize the social determinants of health among racial and ethnic minorities. Education and training, they say, should begin in school so that […]

Pheather Harris

NSF funds UCI project to boost STEM degree success for underrepresented students

The Institute for Meaningful Engagement will emphasize faculty, classroom impact

UICI student Sahana Vij standing in front of a tree and holding the cookbook Bake away that she wrote.

Recipe for change

Anteater Sahana Vij fights child hunger with proceeds from her new cookbook

NSF Civic Innovation Challenge awards $1 million to UCI for disaster resilience in aging communities

Project prototype to be implemented at senior health facility in Anaheim

Cliff, a chocolate Labrador retriever K-9 dog

Working like a dog

UCI’s first K-9 police officer uses his nose to help keep the campus safe

Jun Wu (left) and Alana M.W. LeBrón (right)

UCI Public Health launches Center for Environmental Health Disparities Research

Center will be a regional leader in promoting health equity and environmental justice through public health research and practice

Candice Odgers (left), UCI professor of psychological science, and Gillian Hayes, UCI vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate Division

Jacobs Foundation awards UCI $11 million to improve digital technologies for children

University-led international network of leading scholars will work to advance learning

Elizabeth Cauffman, professor of psychological science

National Institute of Justice funds UCI evaluation of new Orange County Jail program

Research will gauge effectiveness of measures to curb recidivism among young men