Since 2023, UCI's NSF CAREER Institute has helped dozens of assistant professors navigate the complex federal grant proposal process, increasing access and success securing millions in research funding


Andrew Noymer, Wen Public Health and CPIP affiliate, The Orange County Register, February 11, 2026


Michael Tesler and Louis DeSipio, political science, OC Register, Feb. 11, 2026


At 24 years old, UC Irvine economics alumna ('23) and Merage master's student Jessie Zheng already has business cred under her belt


Erin Lockwood, political science, explains in this piece for Project Syndicate


Gary Richardson, economics, NPR - Planet Money, Feb. 10, 2026


Richard Futrell, language science, Phys.org, Feb. 10, 2026


Don Hoffman, cognitive sciences, BBC, Feb. 10, 2026


Policy brief by UC Irvine economists David Neumark and Jyotsana Kala, published with the Cato Institute, finds job losses and earnings reductions from minimum wage increases between 2005 and 2019 were much more prevalent for black workers, especially black men, and were minimal for white workers


Vibhuti Ramachandran, global and international studies, PBS News, Feb. 5, 2026 (video)