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informatics

Building a community that’s got game

Games+Learning+Society Conference seeks to unite and enlighten the multibillion-dollar industry

Games + Learning + Society Conference set for June 2022 on UCI campus

Relaunched event to focus on gaming’s role in confronting systemic challenges

UCI informatics professors relaunch center on computer games, learning and society

Research to focus on interactive media in politically tumultuous, post-pandemic time

Stacy Branham, a UCI assistant professor of informatics

UCI’s Stacy Branham highlighted on Popular Science Brilliant 10 list

Informatics innovator creates useful technologies with and for people with disabilities

Chancellor’s Professor of informatics Crista Lopes exhibits an OpenSimulator program she developed.

Beyond Zoom: Virtual reality classrooms

UCI informatics professor uses open-source app she helped design to create simulated learning environment

Gates Foundation grant funds study of factors that prompt youth interest in certain careers

June Ahn, associate professor of education, has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct a study identifying factors that motivate youth toward occupational careers. Ahn and his team will be working with K-12 after-school program educators and participants to gain an understanding of the key experiences that shape […]

Gillian Hayes named UCI vice provost for graduate education, dean of Graduate Division

Informatics professor has interdisciplinary background, is committed to inclusive excellence

Outdated gaming equipment gets new life

UCI Esports donates original arena PCs to informatics department, research labs and student clubs

The UCI Podcast: New episode explores the history of video games, hunt for exoplanets

A new episode of The UCI Podcast featuring interviews with two UCI faculty members is now available. The first segment is a conversation on the history of video games through the lens of LGBTQ theory with Bonnie “Bo” Ruberg, assistant professor of informatics. Ruberg’s new book, Video Games Have Always Been Queer, is on shelves […]

Paddling toward a more accessible future

Mark Baldwin’s hands-on research is helping visually impaired rowers enjoy their sport in new and exciting ways