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One phone call can alter the trajectory of a person’s future. That’s exactly what happened to David Feldman, professor emeritus of urban planning & public policy and political science. While pursuing his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Missouri in the late ’70s – with a focus on political theory and public policy…

As an El Nino condition is gathering strength in the tropical Pacific Ocean this year, researchers from various schools around the UC Irvine campus are preparing to monitor its effects. Those may include high surf and tides at our region’s beaches and heavy precipitation that can cause landslides and flooding in inland areas. One of…

A $23 million gift from Cary and Will Singleton will accelerate UC Irvine’s efforts to understand, treat and, ultimately, prevent Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The funding includes $13 million for Ann Hutchinson Quilter Hall, the future home of UCI MIND, and $10 million for advanced MRI and PET scanners to expand research and clinical…

There is a super El Niño brewing in the tropical Pacific Ocean. That means the sea surface temperature in this region is much higher than normal, a condition that has, in the past, led to heavy rainfall in the Southwestern United States during the winter months. Will this year’s El Niño bring torrential rainfall to…

Among patients with both diagnoses, depression was more often recorded before irritable bowel syndrome, while Crohn’s disease was more often recorded before depression. Ulcerative colitis showed a more mixed pattern. The study analyzed records from more than 630,000 participants in the NIH All of Us Research Program. It confirmed the findings using the University of…

This story is a digital preview from the forthcoming fall 2026 edition of UC Irvine Magazine. For Dr. Dan Cooper, caring for individual patients and engaging with the communities where they live go hand in hand. “My interest in community goes way, way back to my time as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz in the…

MAESTRO project experts will use AI to discover and tap into geothermal energy resources safely and economically. Department of Energy-funded initiative was established to improve energy independence and security in the United States. Researchers from UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, four national laboratories (Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, Lawrence…

The National Science Foundation has awarded a round of funding toward a total of $13.7 million to advance the development of the world’s most powerful laser into its final design phase. The NSF Optical Parametric Amplifier Line laser facility, being developed with participation by UC Irvine researchers, will serve as a shared resource by the…