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Aomawa Shields, Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy, UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences.

Exoplanet explorer

Astrobiologist Aomawa Shields uses computer modeling to gauge extraterrestrial life possibilities

July 01, 2024
Roxane Cohen Silver standing in front of theater seats.

Exploring tragedy’s aftereffects

Twists of fate influenced Roxane Cohen Silver’s groundbreaking work

June 14, 2024
Cascade Sorte

Coastal ecosystems: cracking the code

Marine biologist Cascade Sorte delves into the complex interactions between climate change and ocean species

May 20, 2024
Philip Kiser, UCI associate professor of physiology & biophysics as well as ophthalmology,

UC Irvine study shows similarities and differences in human and insect vision formation

Discovery offers insights into retinal disease origins and potential therapeutic targets

February 22, 2024
Photograph of Roxane Cohen Silver, UCI Distinguished Professor of psychological science, medicine and public health
UCI Podcast Indicator

UCI Podcast: Managing media intake amid traumatic times

Roxane Cohen Silver on how graphic images from catastrophic events depicted in the news may affect health

November 21, 2023
Clockwise from left: Assistant professor of education Symone Gyles, Professor of Civil & Environmental Enginnering Brett Sanders, Sara Ludovise with the OCDE, Associate professor of education Hosun Kang, and professor of education Rossella Santagata. The National Science Foundation has awarded an interdisciplinary team from the University of California, Irvine a three-year, $1.6 million grant focused on creating an accessible and equity-centered model for high school environmental engineering education intended to inspire and properly prepare students for careers in this field.

NSF funds UC Irvine project to improve climate science learning in high schools

Biological sciences, education and engineering schools team up to create curriculum

October 30, 2023
Greenland is dotted with frozen meltwater lakes such as the one above, photographed during a NASA expedition in 2012.

Ice sheet surface melt is accelerating in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica

UC Irvine-led researchers identify contributions of downslope winds and ozone layer

October 16, 2023
Butterfly on a branch.

UC Irvine biologists find what colors a butterfly’s world

Study identifies first known gene change in sex-differentiated vision

August 10, 2023
Richard Van Etten looking into a microscope

UC Irvine receives record $653 million in research funding for fiscal 2022-23

12.7 percent more than last year, amount reflects strong support for campus mission

July 31, 2023
A photograph of two Mandarin oranges, one of which is rotting.

Curbing waste improves global food security but has limited environmental benefits

UC Irvine, CU Boulder researchers find that better efficiency leads to more consumption

July 24, 2023