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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
Dennis Kim, holding his violin and bow stands on a bridge with students in the background.

He teaches another kind of string theory

Pacific Symphony concertmaster Dennis Kim joins UCI music faculty

June 12, 2023
Photo of Frances Contreras, dean of UCI's School of Education
UCI Podcast Indicator

UCI Podcast: What’s next in education?

Dean Frances Contreras discusses the future of teaching and learning at all levels

January 23, 2023

UCI and 3 other UC campuses collaborate on teaching professor diversity initiative

NSF-funded UC HIRE alliance addresses Hispanic representation in STEM instruction

March 31, 2022
Frances Contreras

New education dean seeks to serve all stakeholders

The first Chicana/Latina to hold this position in the UC system, Frances Contreras sees inclusivity as key to excellence

March 14, 2022
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

June 14, 2021
Julio Torres (center), UCI associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, teaching students sitting at a table

Boosting the number of bilingual teachers

Newly accredited UCI program will help meet increasing demand for K-12 dual language immersion instructors

May 24, 2021
Zoom screenshot of 12 UCI campus leaders

UCI town hall addresses workforce reentry, vaccinations

Campus leaders host a virtual event to share plans for an in-person 2021-22 academic year

May 20, 2021
Virginia Nguyen

Finding her voice

Alumna speaks out as both an educator and an advocate for AAPI and other communities affected by racism

May 18, 2021
Emily Penner, UCI assistant professor of education and William T. Grant Scholar.

Emily Penner among 5 early-career US researchers named William T. Grant Scholars

UCI assistant professor of education seeks to advance high school ethnic studies teaching

May 11, 2021