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UCI Women’s Water Polo Player Under Investigation for Inappropriately Touching Opponents

Elena “Nina” Flynn, a UCI women’s water polo player and redshirt sophomore, is being investigated by the Title IX office for inappropriately touching two...

Anteater Love Stories

The New University collected reader submissions in the month leading up to Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14. Below is a collection of Anteater love...

I Watched the New Minions Movie and Had an End-of-Childhood Crisis

Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for “Minions: The Rise of Gru.” Five years since the last addition to the franchise "Minions: The Rise of...

Bird is the Word: The UCI Neuromechanics Lab

The UCI Neuromechanics Lab, run by associate professor Dr. Monica A. Daley of the ecology and evolutionary biology department, is currently studying guinea fowl...

Orange County’s Environmental Racism Issue

The state of California has made efforts to mitigate the climate crisis, such as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s N-79-20 Executive Order that requires all new...

The Impact of Climate Change on California’s Wildfires

Wildfires have recently become an increasingly concerning environmental issue in California as the summers become hotter and the fires burn longer, leading to lasting...

California and the COP26 Global Climate Summit

The 26th annual U.N. Climate Change Conference of Parties Summit (COP26) was held in Glasgow, Scotland from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12. This year,...

Facebook, Inc. Rebrands: It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Meta

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a full rebrand of his $1001 billion company at the Facebook Connect 2021 event on Oct. 28. A press release...

Something Smells Funny: UCI and Food Waste

UCI has made a name for itself in sustainability by providing incentives for switching to electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, indicating how much water...

Flower Power: Fighting the Opioid Crisis With Plants

The world has seen a striking uptick in opioid overdoses, a mortal side effect of the opioid epidemic, over the past two decades. This crisis...

The Environmental Effects of the Huntington Oil Spill

Orange County beaches are beginning to reopen after the Amplify Energy Corp. oil spill in Huntington Beach on Oct. 2, with one lasting consequence:...

Big Brain Brotherhood: Cognitive Science Association

The Cognitive Science Association (CSA) at UCI was founded by cognitive sciences alumna Angelina Quagletti with just three board members and a simple mission...

UCI in the Fight Against Cancer

Through cancer care and research, UCI has found ways to improve current treatments and new, drug-free innovations to serve the diverse population of Orange...