UCI Podcast: The legal fallout of the Orange County oil spill
The cleanup of the oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach earlier this month is essentially complete, but responsibility for the spill of up to 131,000 gallons has yet to be assigned. In the comi...
15 Okt 202120min
Nurses’ trauma and the two fronts of the war against COVID-19
As COVID-19 patients are isolated in hospital rooms trying to stay alive, nurses are the ones serving every role, from caretaker to chaplain to stand-in loved one. And when those patients die, nurses ...
6 Okt 202120min
Hector Tobar on the diverse faces of Latino America
Latino people from all 50 states shape American culture and politics, but despite their diversity, they are too often viewed as belonging to a single category. That diversity appears across the U.S.: ...
28 Sep 202126min
UCI's Black Thriving Initiative one year later
Launched last year in response to the killing of George Floyd, UCI's Black Thriving Initiative is a whole university response aimed at mobilizing the whole university to promote Black student success,...
20 Sep 202128min
The technologies that could solve California’s droughts
Water was never abundant in California, and the state has gone to great lengths to engineer a landscape where millions of people can live. As climate change grows more severe, it is only going to be m...
8 Sep 202123min
A second chance for teens marked by felony’s scarlet letter
The line between a misdemeanor and a felony is thin, and the teenagers who cross it bear a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives — long after they’ve grown into more mature people. Even though th...
24 Aug 202116min
Did COVID-19 cause a mental health pandemic?
The financial uncertainty, chaotic scheduling demands and fear of illness and death during the COVID-19 pandemic have all caused stressors to multiply. And the weight of the last year and a half has f...
17 Aug 202120min
Uncovering the cause of the soil lead crisis in Santa Ana
In Santa Ana, lead contamination in the soil has driven residents to organize and advocate for environmental justice. Researchers from UCI are working with them to assess the severity of the problem a...
28 Juli 202120min
