Focus on first-gen
The University of California defines a first-generation college student as “a student where neither parent nor guardian have earned a four-year college degree.” At UC Irvine, Institutional Research, A...
31 Okt 202526min
UC Irvine Podcast: Studying a Nearby Exoplanet
Paul Robertson, associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, is co-author of a new paper in The Astronomical Journal on an exoplanet that is tantalizingly clos...
23 Okt 202515min
Research realities in the face of funding restrictions
Internationally recognized neuroscientist Aileen Anderson – a professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, anatomy & neurobiology and neurosurgery, and the former director of the Sue & Bill Gross ...
10 Okt 202517min
Julie Washington on her love of language and the future of teaching
On April 3, 2025, Julie Washington was appointed interim dean of the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. No stranger to leadership roles, the professor of education was alread...
26 Sep 202525min
The past, present and future of labor
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on July 29, 2025, showed 7.44 million jobs open in the United States at the end of June, a decrease from May’s number of 7.71 million, the highest num...
31 Juli 202526min
On writing, a pioneer writer, Pride and maintaining one's courage
In his 1988 semiautobiographical novel "The Beautiful Room Is Empty," author Edmund White relates his experiences on the night of June 28, 1969, as he and others passed by the Stonewall Inn, a New Yor...
27 Juni 202522min
The power of positive emotions
“Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.” That’s a memorable line from the 2013 tune “Happy,” by Pharrell Williams – a song that reached No. 1 in the charts in over 20 countries, including...
27 Maj 202531min
A lesson in social movements, protests and polarization
Social movements – and the protests they give rise to – have happened on American soil since before the country’s establishment as an independent nation. On Dec. 16, 1773, American colonists demonstra...
2 Maj 202522min
