Five UC Irvine students have been awarded $2,500 fellowships to fund research and related projects that focus on food issues. They’re among 54 University of California students receiving support from the UC president’s Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship Program.
UC Irvine’s global sustainability effort has been chosen to be part of a White House initiative aimed at climate education and literacy that will distribute science-based information to students, teachers and the broader public.
UC Irvine is quadrupling the amount of green power it generates on-site with the addition of solar photovoltaic canopies on three campus parking structure roofs.
President Barack Obama connects the ‘Zots!’ at a historic all-graduate commencement
Vice Chancellor Wendell Brase is widely credited with curbing campus’s energy consumption and costs
First-of-its-kind summer institute cultivates environmental activism – and leadership skills – among incoming students
Students help outfit campus with new hydration stations to turn the tide against wasteful consumption
Bicycle commuter Ramon Zavala hopes others follow his lead.
Green Building Council reserved the rating for construction that attains the highest level of sustainability and energy conservation.