by angelarr | Dec 23, 2019 | HT, Press Coverage, Research
Blum Center Director Richard Matthew recently wrote about how holiday consumerism fuels the economy, but it can also fuel the demand for cheap exploitative labor and modern slavery. Dr. Matthew shares how we can all take steps to ensure that the right accountability...
by angelarr | Dec 16, 2019 | HT, Press Coverage, Research
Blum Center Distinguished Visiting Scholar Siddharth Kara recently published an op-ed in the Guardian titled, “I saw the unbearable grief inflicted on families by cobalt mining. I pray for change.” The piece tells the story of some of the children and...
by angelarr | Dec 14, 2019 | Flood, Research
In an article published in Earth’s Future, researchers from the Division of Flooding and Poverty demonstrate a new process for communities to build flood resilience: collaborative flood modeling. As outlined in the article, collaborative flood modeling advances flood...
by angelarr | Nov 13, 2019 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
More than 7 million Californians live in places that are at risk of flooding. But not every community is well prepared to recover from floods. A new study, headed by experts at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), is looking at how flooding affects social...
by angelarr | Nov 7, 2019 | Events
November 12, 2019 5:30 p.m. MPAA Executive Commons Join UCI’s Innovation Ambassadors to learn how students can receive mentorship and funding for early-stage social innovations through the Big Ideas Contest! Big Ideas is an innovation contest that provides...
