KEYWORD

sustainability

UCI named top doctoral university, U.S. institution in AASHE’s sustainability index

Three more campus buildings also receive LEEDS Platinum certification

Astrophysicist Gregory Benford

Addressing climate change: plants instead of plants?

Rather than an industrial solution to excess atmospheric carbon dioxide, a retired UCI physicist looks to nature

LOCATION?

The cool campus

A group effort and a green conscience fuel UCI’s environmental record

Two UCI teams to participate in Orange County Sustainability Decathlon 2023

Competition challenges engineers to design and build net-zero carbon energy buildings

Aerial photo of the city of Irvine

UCI receives Excellence in Action Award for water conservation

National award recognizes partnership with the Irvine Ranch Water District

Using her power to empower others

Dinorah Hernandez is driven to inform and lift her community to overcome inequities

Earth Week events at UCI

Campus leads the way in environmental stewardship of the planet

Anteatery chef Harold Duenas puts the finishing touches on a pasta dish.

Turning Anteaters into plant eaters

Campus dining halls are offering more meals that minimize meat and feature fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes as main ingredients

Ian Smith

UCI has skin in the lab-grown meat game

Neurobiologist Ian Smith will lead campus effort to create new cell lines for research

Squid skin-inspired cup cozy will keep your hands cool and your coffee hot

UCI engineers develop method for economical mass production of insulating material