Feature Stories

Apr 16, 2024
Vazquez is the first person in her family to enroll in graduate school, and she’s also one of UCI’s very first climate justice fellows. 
Mar 25, 2024
Professor Sarah Finkeldei is bringing new life to the decades-old facility.
Mar 22, 2024
The UCI Ph.D. candidate is unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and pushing the culture of physics in new directions by asking a simple, powerful question.
Mar 22, 2024
The UC Irvine postdoctoral researcher studies neutrinos, or “ghost” particles.
Feb 21, 2024
The UCI Earth system scientist, originally from Cameroon, uses his science to ignite lights for others.
Feb 20, 2024
A University of California, Irvine professor is being tasked to help design the most powerful laser in the world. Franklin Dollar, a professor of physics & astronomy at UCI, is part of the effort to build the laser called the EP-OPAL (Optical Parametric Amplifier Lines).
Jan 26, 2024
The fellows, chosen from each department, will cover the news happening in each of the School’s four departments.
Dec 11, 2023
How UCI continues to lead the way in sustainability practices
Dec 1, 2023
Professor Jenny Yang of the UC Irvine Department of Chemistry was awarded the tenth annual Beall Innovation Award in the Physical Sciences. Yang received the award after presenting a winning talk…
Nov 20, 2023
New study cites the success of programs like Cal-Bridge in the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy.
Nov 14, 2023
A long-awaited federal climate report, released Tuesday, delivers a blunt warning: Rapidly curb planet-warming emissions or face dire consequences to human health, infrastructure and the economy.
Nov 14, 2023
The dire effects of human-caused climate change are worsening and they threaten to bring more extreme heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires unless urgent actions are taken, scientists warned in a major national report.