KEYWORD

urban planning & public policy

Richard Matthew (left), UCI professor of urban planning and public policy, Alec Glasser (center), founder and CEO of The Drake Gives and Jon Gould (right), dean of UCI’s School of Social Ecology.

The Drake Gives contributes $1.5 million to UC Irvine's Power of Music initiative

New School of Social Ecology effort will leverage music for social good

March 07, 2024
UCI Water director David Feldman standing behind a pool of water.

Water warriors

UCI experts work to inform public policy and educate about California’s water future

April 10, 2023
Virginia Parks, professor of urban planning and public policy; Walter Nicholls, professor and chair of urban planning and public policy; and Sameer Ashar, clinical professor of law and director of UCI’s Workers, Law and Organizing Clinic, (from left) will lead the UCI Labor Center.

UC Irvine Labor Center opens on campus

Goals are to provide research, expand education programs, advance workers’ rights

March 21, 2023
Scenic photo of UCI campus in foreground and city of Irvine in background

UC Irvine's School of Social Ecology launches Climate and Urban Sustainability Program

Program goal is to solve complex environmental challenges

January 11, 2023
Photos of Maura Allaire, assistant professor of urban planning & public policy, and Jun Wu, professor of public health.

NSF supports UCI team investigating inequities in drinking water

California water districts and ratepayers will serve as test subjects

September 21, 2022
Michael Méndez

UCI's Michael Méndez is named a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Assistant professor of urban planning and public policy is one of 28 recipients across US

April 26, 2022
Michael Méndez, UCI assistant professor of urban planning & public policy, in front of #UCOP26 signage at the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference

Michael Méndez's COP26 adventure

The UCI professor reflects on his first trip to the UN Climate Change Conference

December 07, 2021
Zayda Sorrell-Medina (left) and Allison Dziuba

Fellowships help duo focus on finishing dissertations

American Association of University Women provides $20,000 each to UCI students Allison Dziuba and Zayda Sorrell-Medina

November 15, 2021
Photo of two UCI graduate students who received AAUW fellowships.

Two UCI graduate students earn prestigious AAUW fellowships

Support allows students to commit their full focus to the pursuit of their Ph.D.s

November 09, 2021
Michael Méndez

UCI's Michael Méndez to lead press conference at UN climate change summit

Event will focus on California’s efforts to advance environmental justice

November 04, 2021