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Teaching kitchen assistant Robert Plyer tends to spring plants in the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute garden. (Photo by Steve Zylius / UC Irvine) |
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For documentary filmmaker and Claire Trevor School of the Arts alumna Basia Myszynski ’78, storytelling has never been about spectacle. It’s about attention: what we choose to see, how we learn to see what shapes our lives and what we too often overlook. Women of Carbon, her most recent documentary, centers on female innovators working to reduce the climate impact of the built environment. The film examines how next-gen building materials such as mass timber, alternative cement and greener steel solutions can reshape construction and how women are leading many of those efforts. “We discovered that the built environment is one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions,” said Myszynski. “Yet it’s rarely talked about in human terms. What drew us in were the people – the women trying to change systems from the inside.” |
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Bad housing data? UC Irvine is on it |
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Nicholas J. Marantz, associate professor of urban planning and public policy at UC Irvine, is investigating how effectively current data sources track changes in residential housing stock. His aim is to understand how policy changes, such as new zoning laws and broader housing market forces, influence the availability and creation of homes, particularly affordable ones. With this information, he evaluates the quality and reliability of existing information tools used to monitor housing units – from single-family homes to larger residential developments – at the neighborhood level. Arnold Ventures supported the work. |
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A closer look at heart health |
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Your heart depends on careful coordination of its components, and even small disruptions can affect the whole system. One condition that troubles many people across the country is mitral valve stenosis – a narrowing of the valve that can restrict blood flow through the heart. A new study from UC Irvine researchers helps explain why two causes of valve narrowing – one from immune damage and another from calcium buildup – affect the heart in very different ways. As the population grows older and lives longer, heart valve disease is becoming more common – by uncovering the biological differences behind the two causes of mitral valve stenosis, doctors can move beyond a one-size-fits-all framework and toward more precise, individualized care. The National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) and the National Science Foundation supported the work. #SpeakUp4Science |
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Graduate students share their passions at Grad Slam |
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UC Irvine finalist Cameron Geller, from the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, presents cutting off cancer’s escape routes: a single drug that stops resistance. |
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How much science can you learn in the time it takes to watch an ad break? One graduate student from each of UC’s 10 campuses will put their science communication skills to the test at the 2026 Grad Slam in Sacramento – where they explain complex research in only three minutes. Watch UC Irvine finalist Cameron Geller, from the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, compete for the UC-wide championship at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 22 and vote for your favorite talk. |
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Law students provide pro bono legal services across five states |
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Law students devoted part of their spring break to serve communities in need through UC Irvine Law’s Alternative Spring Break program. This year, 24 students traveled to Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico and Northern California in early March to provide pro bono legal services at a variety of organizations. “I really enjoyed getting to spend a day as a student attorney,” said second-year law student Isaiah Roe. “Actually entering a plea before a judge was amazing.” |
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#UCIconnected spotlights interesting updates from the UC Irvine community. #IamUCI spotlights profiles of students, faculty, staff and alumni. Send submissions via email or post on social media with the #UCIconnected or #IamUCI hashtags. |
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The New York Times, April 14 Cited: Louis DeSipio, professor of Chicano/Latino studies and political science |
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U.S. News & World Report, April 13 Cited: Michael Imerman, assistant professor of teaching |
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Phys.org, April 13 Cited: Thomas Scaffidi, assistant professor of physics and astronomy |
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