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Released: 16-May-2022 11:05 AM EDT
UCI is No. 9 university in Money magazine’s ‘Best Colleges’ 2022 ranking
University of California, Irvine

Money magazine has ranked the University of California, Irvine ninth in its 2022 list of the U.S.’s “Best Colleges” – making it the highest-rated California university.

   
Released: 11-May-2022 2:40 PM EDT
The Future is Flexible
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Dedicated CSU faculty and staff continue to employ flexible pedagogy and leverage technology to support more equitable learning, both online and in person.

Newswise: CSU Student Success Analytics Certificate Program Now Open for National Fall Enrollment
Released: 10-May-2022 3:05 PM EDT
CSU Student Success Analytics Certificate Program Now Open for National Fall Enrollment
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Higher education professional development program shifts to semi-annual schedule due to unprecedented demand.

Newswise: U.S. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff: CSU Education Foundational to his Professional Success
Released: 3-May-2022 6:05 PM EDT
U.S. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff: CSU Education Foundational to his Professional Success
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Husband of Vice President Kamala Harris and CSUN alumnus reflects on his Cal State experience during virtual alumni event.

Newswise: San José State University Presidential Search Committee to Hold Open Forum
Released: 22-Apr-2022 5:05 PM EDT
San José State University Presidential Search Committee to Hold Open Forum
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

San José State University Presidential Search Committee to Hold Open Forum

Newswise: New Evidence Suggests California’s Environmental Policies Preferentially Protect Whites
Released: 12-Apr-2022 1:55 PM EDT
New Evidence Suggests California’s Environmental Policies Preferentially Protect Whites
University of California San Diego

Asian and Hispanic communities experience significantly more air pollution from economic activity compared to predominantly white neighborhoods across the state of California, according to new research from the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.

Newswise: U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal visits CSUDH
Released: 11-Apr-2022 12:05 PM EDT
U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal visits CSUDH
California State University, Dominguez Hills

Kvaal visited CSUDH on April 7 to learn how the campus works to support a population of students who have been historically underserved and underrepresented in higher education, and the unique challenges and opportunities that presents.

Released: 7-Apr-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Study Examines Financial Risks of Water Resilience Planning in California
Cornell University

Partnerships between water utilities, irrigation districts and other stakeholders in California will play a critical role in funding new infrastructure under the Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative announced in 2020 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, but a new study warns that benefits might not be evenly distributed without proper structure to the agreements.

Released: 29-Mar-2022 12:00 PM EDT
UCI’s graduate programs shine in U.S. News & World Report rankings
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., March 29, 2022 — The University of California, Irvine’s graduate programs in education and chemistry place in the nation’s top 10 among public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual graduate school rankings, published online today. Nine other fields of advanced study are in the top 20 among public universities, marking UCI as one of the leading locations in the country for students to pursue graduate degrees.

Released: 28-Mar-2022 10:30 AM EDT
Location chosen for Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., March 28, 2022 — Spellbinding views – both indoors and out – will grace the future home of the Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art at the University of California, Irvine when it opens along Campus Drive near Jamboree Road – a location UCI officials announced today. The North Campus site – which is near where the UCI Medical Center-Irvine complex is also being constructed – will offer visitors “sweeping views of the San Joaquin Marsh Reserve to complement Langson IMCA’s remarkable collection of California impressionist and contemporary art and serve as a vibrant hub for discovery, exchange and engagement,” said museum director Kim Kanatani.

Newswise: Jolene Koester Appointed Interim Chancellor of the CSU
Released: 23-Mar-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Jolene Koester Appointed Interim Chancellor of the CSU
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

California State University, Northridge president emerita to assume university leadership on May 1, 2022

Newswise: CSU Trustees Committee on Educational Policy Votes to Amend Title 5 to Remove SAT and ACT Tests for Undergraduate Admissions
Released: 22-Mar-2022 7:05 PM EDT
CSU Trustees Committee on Educational Policy Votes to Amend Title 5 to Remove SAT and ACT Tests for Undergraduate Admissions
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

The full Board of Trustees to vote on approval of amendments, which would result in the discontinuation of the use of standardized tests in undergraduate admissions, during March 23 portion of public meeting

Newswise: CSUDH South Bay Economics Institute Releases Study on California’s Freight Competitiveness
Released: 22-Mar-2022 5:05 PM EDT
CSUDH South Bay Economics Institute Releases Study on California’s Freight Competitiveness
California State University, Dominguez Hills

The study, “Achieving Excellence for California’s Freight System,” found that the state's seaports and airports are very competitive, but Southern California's major weaknesses are its highways and distribution centers.

Released: 21-Mar-2022 3:00 PM EDT
CSU Alumnae: Women Changemakers in Wine
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

California’s wine industry is benefitting from a handful of female pioneers, including four inspiring CSU alumnae who are exploring new frontiers in a male-dominated business.

Newswise: CSU’s Statewide Super Sunday to Highlight the Transformative Power of Higher Education
Released: 24-Feb-2022 6:05 PM EST
CSU’s Statewide Super Sunday to Highlight the Transformative Power of Higher Education
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

All-time high number of African American students earned a degree from the CSU in 2020-21.

Newswise: Opportunities for Growth
Released: 14-Feb-2022 5:05 PM EST
Opportunities for Growth
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Campus gardens and farms help address basic needs across the CSU by providing fresh produce for students.

Newswise: Meet 10 Members of the CSU Community Who Are Paving the Way for Social Justice
Released: 11-Feb-2022 10:20 AM EST
Meet 10 Members of the CSU Community Who Are Paving the Way for Social Justice
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

The California State University is proud to hold the title of the nation's most diverse university. Nearly one-third of our students are the first in their families to attend college. Almost 50 percent are underrepresented minorities. And we provide more than half of all undergraduate degrees earned by California’s Latinx, African American and Native American students combined.

Released: 4-Feb-2022 1:05 PM EST
CSU Dominguez Hills to Host COVID-19 Vaccination Pop-Up Clinic Feb. 16
California State University, Dominguez Hills

CSUDH is partnering with Rite Aid to bring this vaccination clinic to campus to make it easier for everyone to get vaccinated and stop the spread of COVID-19.

Newswise: CSU Dominguez Hills Ranked Second in the Nation for Economic Mobility
Released: 3-Feb-2022 2:45 PM EST
CSU Dominguez Hills Ranked Second in the Nation for Economic Mobility
California State University, Dominguez Hills

A new report from public policy think tank Third Way has ranked California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) second in the United States for economic mobility, with six CSU campuses in total claiming the top ten spots. The report utilized the Economic Mobility Index (EMI), which examines how higher education helps low-income students achieve economic success.

Released: 3-Feb-2022 1:25 PM EST
CSU Institutions Provide Greatest Economic Mobility, Return on Investment
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

National rankings continue to confirm that a CSU education is life-changing and transformative, offering a good return on investment—particularly for students from underserved and underrepresented communities. A new report from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, and an analysis from public policy think tank Third Way, both demonstrate the power of a California State University degree in lifting students' socioeconomic trajectory.

Newswise: Mobility Health Partners with Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley and UCSF
to Provide Free Mobile Diagnostic Testing and Vaccines in Northern California Communities
Released: 2-Feb-2022 2:30 PM EST
Mobility Health Partners with Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley and UCSF to Provide Free Mobile Diagnostic Testing and Vaccines in Northern California Communities
Innovative Genomics Institute

The Innovative Genomics Institute, founded by Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, is partnering with Mobility Health to bring rapid PCR-based testing to migrant workers and their families in the Salinas Valley region of Northern California. Mobile service will provide COVID testing, vaccines and wraparound services.

Newswise:  CSU Receives $634 Million in Charitable Giving
Released: 2-Feb-2022 1:35 PM EST
CSU Receives $634 Million in Charitable Giving
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Donations from 2020-21 will support CSU students on their educational journey by helping fund academic programs, scholarships and Graduation Initiative 2025.

Newswise: Looking Out for the Coast
Released: 31-Jan-2022 5:30 PM EST
Looking Out for the Coast
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

With funding from COAST, these CSU faculty members launched new research projects in response to the October 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill.

Released: 28-Jan-2022 5:05 PM EST
New study improves understanding of Southern California’s intense winter rains
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Long, skinny strips of rain can deliver brief but punishing rainfall as they sweep across the land, which may initiate landslides and flash floods.

Newswise: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $8.3 Million to Study Long-Term Effects of COVID in Children
Released: 26-Jan-2022 4:00 PM EST
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $8.3 Million to Study Long-Term Effects of COVID in Children
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

A team of experts at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has received $8.3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study long-term effects of COVID-19 in children and young adults in order to determine the most effective ways to treat the serious consequences of this condition.

Newswise: CSU Standouts: Faculty and Staff to be Honored for Extraordinary Dedication to Student Success
Released: 24-Jan-2022 12:55 PM EST
CSU Standouts: Faculty and Staff to be Honored for Extraordinary Dedication to Student Success
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Annual Wang Family Excellence Awards honor contributions in teaching, scholarship and service to CSU students.

Released: 19-Jan-2022 2:35 PM EST
California Marijuana Growers Can’t Take Much to the Bank
Ohio State University

Legalization of marijuana in California has helped some financial institutions in the state increase their assets at the same time many banks, feeling stifled by federal regulations, deny services to licensed growers, manufacturers and retailers, a new study shows.

   
Newswise: Housing a President: Challenges and Unique Opportunities at Harvey Mudd College in California
Released: 19-Jan-2022 1:15 PM EST
Housing a President: Challenges and Unique Opportunities at Harvey Mudd College in California
Academy Communications

In preparation for a leadership transition, Harvey Mudd College officials’ search for a solution to the challenges of housing its next president met with excellent timing as an historic nearby home—the recipient of three recent awards for historical renovation, sustainable innovation and landscape design—emerged on the market.

Newswise: Increasing the Diversity of CSU Faculty
Released: 19-Jan-2022 1:10 PM EST
Increasing the Diversity of CSU Faculty
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

The California State University Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program prepares future faculty who are needed to teach the university’s unique student population. Fellows learn to be student role models, advocates and mentors as they pursue their doctorate degrees.

Newswise: Latino smokers in California on Medi-Cal still not getting help needed to quit
Released: 19-Jan-2022 1:00 PM EST
Latino smokers in California on Medi-Cal still not getting help needed to quit
UC Davis Health

A new study by researchers with the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center shows Latino smokers on Medi-Cal are still not getting the cessation information they need to help them get treatment for tobacco addiction.

Newswise:Video Embedded toyota-taps-csudh-students-to-bring-kids-dream-cars-to-life
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Released: 18-Jan-2022 5:25 PM EST
Toyota taps CSUDH students to bring kids’ dream cars to life
California State University, Dominguez Hills

Each year, children aged 4-15 enter the Toyota Dream Car Contest, drawing fantastical images that illustrate the car of their dreams. CSUDH students transformed the 2D drawings into 3D models in campus fabrication labs. The works are now on exhibit at Petersen Automotive Museum until March 27, 2022.

Newswise: UCI awarded additional $5.2 million grant to support GEAR UP project
Released: 12-Jan-2022 2:05 PM EST
UCI awarded additional $5.2 million grant to support GEAR UP project
University of California, Irvine

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $5.2 million Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs partnership grant to the University of California, Irvine. This supplements a GEAR UP grant of $5.4 million awarded to the UCI Center for Educational Partnerships in the fall of 2018.

Newswise: Down to Business
Released: 11-Jan-2022 4:05 PM EST
Down to Business
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

A conversation with three CSU alumni currently serving as president and CEO of chambers of commerce.

Newswise: New Research: Almost 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water
11-Jan-2022 8:05 AM EST
New Research: Almost 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

An estimated 370,000 Californians rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the chemicals arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium, and contaminated drinking water disproportionately impacts communities of color in the state, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles.

   
Newswise: Nursing Pathway Program Expands at the CSU
Released: 10-Jan-2022 1:40 PM EST
Nursing Pathway Program Expands at the CSU
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

More CSU campuses are partnering with their local community colleges after the success of the first cohorts at Cal States Fullerton and San Bernardino.

Newswise: Tarina Kang, MD, MHA, named chief medical officer for USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Released: 4-Jan-2022 3:05 PM EST
Tarina Kang, MD, MHA, named chief medical officer for USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Keck Medicine of USC

Tarina Kang, MD, MHA, named chief medical officer for USC Verdugo Hills Hospital

Newswise: Games + Learning + Society Conference set for June 2022 on UCI campus
Released: 16-Dec-2021 11:25 AM EST
Games + Learning + Society Conference set for June 2022 on UCI campus
University of California, Irvine

Videogame research and development experts at the University of California, Irvine are inviting the world’s gaming community to the Games + Learning + Society Conference to be held June 15 to 17, 2022, on the UCI campus.

Released: 14-Dec-2021 1:05 PM EST
CSU Institutions Serve as Engines of Social Mobility, CollegeNET Index Shows
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

​CollegeNET's 2021 “Social Mobility Index" highlights the transformative power of a CSU degree to improve students’ lives.

Newswise: 3-2-1…Happy New Year!
Released: 13-Dec-2021 3:05 PM EST
3-2-1…Happy New Year!
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Take a trip back in time as we revisit 2021 at the CSU.

Released: 13-Dec-2021 1:40 PM EST
UCI Institute and Museum of California Art receives naming gift from Jack and Shanaz Langson
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 13, 2021 — A naming gift from Jack and Shanaz Langson to the University of California, Irvine will support the construction and operation of a state-of-the-art building facility to house the Institute and Museum of California Art and its important collection of California art. In recognition of their generous support, IMCA will be named the Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art.

Newswise: Climate Cycles Create California Precipitation Uncertainty
Released: 10-Dec-2021 3:50 PM EST
Climate Cycles Create California Precipitation Uncertainty
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

What’s at the heart of California’s uncertain future precipitation? New study finds natural cycles are likely cause.

Released: 7-Dec-2021 2:55 PM EST
The Spirit of Giving
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

During this festive time of year, the CSU is taking the opportunity to give back to its community.

1-Dec-2021 1:30 PM EST
Microgrids and Solar Reduce Risk of Power Outages
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

Climate change is fueling more floods, droughts, wildfires, and extreme storms across the United States. As a result, aging power grids are being pushed beyond their limits, sometimes with deadly impacts. (In 2020, a series of unusual winter storms knocked the power out in Texas for days -- leading to shortages of water and heat and more than 100 deaths.)

Released: 1-Dec-2021 6:05 PM EST
Call to Action
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

The CSU is equipping teams across the state to respond when disaster strikes.

Newswise: UCLA to Sponsor Conference Series on Climate Change and Public Health in California
Released: 29-Nov-2021 5:05 PM EST
UCLA to Sponsor Conference Series on Climate Change and Public Health in California
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

In the aftermath of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) this month, experts from the public and private sectors will meet Tuesday, Nov. 30, at UCLA to discuss the expected impact of climate change on the health of Californians.

   
Released: 29-Nov-2021 5:05 PM EST
University of California Team’s Research Suggests More Than 400 Hazardous Sites in California Face Flooding
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Unless climate change is slowed significantly, more than three feet of sea level rise (SLR) is expected in California by the end of the century, potentially flooding communities that are currently home to more than 145,000 residents. In addition to the threat to residential neighborhoods, new research suggests sea level rise will expose over 400 industrial facilities and contaminated sites in California, including power plants, refineries, and hazardous waste sites, to increased risk of flooding. Increased flooding can come with risks of contamination releases into nearby communities.

Released: 29-Nov-2021 10:10 AM EST
DCRI, UNC Center for Health Equity Research, and Partners Launch Free Testing Project to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 with Scalable, Community-Engaged Research
Duke Clinical Research Institute

The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Center for Health Equity Research at UNC-Chapel Hill (UNC-CHER), and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) today announced plans to deliver their You & Me COVID-Free testing project in Merced County, Calif., in partnership with United Way.



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