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The UC Irvine Podcast
by University of California, Irvine
Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. For more on UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu.
Episodes
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If you name it, you can tame it
A 2022 study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that 67.7% of adults who smoked said they wanted to quit smoking, and 53.5% said they had tried to quit in the past year. Yet less than one in 10 adults who smoke cigarettes succeed in quitting each year. Research led by...
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Championing innovation via entrepreneurship
“Don’t go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” This was the sage advice shared by Dan Jenkins with the 10 teams participating in the grand finale of the 2026 Stella Zhang New Venture Competition, housed in UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business. The...
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How Disneyland subtly served as one of society’s first introductions to automation
When Disneyland opened to the public in 1955, visionary engineers and designers transformed technologies of the postwar assembly line into extraordinary entertainment experiences. In his new book, "Disneyland and the Rise of Automation: How Technology Created the Happiest Place on Earth," Roland...
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Challenging negative stereotypes and embracing strengths associated with aging
In 1949, Mental Health America established that each May would be recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month. The theme for 2026 is “More Good Days, Together,” and it encourages everyone to think about what a “good day” looks like – for both ourselves and our communities. Here to share insight…
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An Earth Day lesson in ‘forever chemicals'
When the first Earth Day was recognized, on April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans – at the time, 10 percent of the total U.S. population – demonstrated in gatherings around the country to protest industrial developments that had led to serious human health impacts. And so began the modern...
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In celebration of National Public Health Week
The American Public Health Association was formed in 1872, when scientific advances were starting to reveal the causes of contagious diseases. For over 150 years, the APHA has championed “optimal, equitable health and well-being for all,” and in 1995, President Bill Clinton signed an executive...
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In conversation with 2026 Stockholm Prize winner Charis Kubrin
For over two decades, Charis Kubrin, UC Irvine professor of criminology, law and society, has examined how the presence of immigrants in communities affects public safety. Her findings continually challenge a myth that has persisted throughout history: that immigrants bring crime to their new...
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Empowering healthy choices
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing,” said Abraham Lincoln in a letter to Isham Reavis dated Nov. 5, 1855. Health and well-being hold high importance for many people, and the approach of the holiday season and the following new year...
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Focus on first-gen
The University of California defines a first-generation college student as “a student where neither parent nor guardian have earned a four-year college degree.” At UC Irvine, Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning updated its student head count data on Oct. 24 to include fall of 2025…
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UC Irvine Podcast: Studying a Nearby Exoplanet
Paul Robertson, associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, is co-author of a new paper in The Astronomical Journal on an exoplanet that is tantalizingly close to Earth. The proximity of this exoplanet helps astronomers glean more details about it. They...
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Research realities in the face of funding restrictions
Internationally recognized neuroscientist Aileen Anderson – a professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, anatomy & neurobiology and neurosurgery, and the former director of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center – started her tenure as UC Irvine’s vice chancellor for research on…
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Julie Washington on her love of language and the future of teaching
On April 3, 2025, Julie Washington was appointed interim dean of the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. No stranger to leadership roles, the professor of education was already associate dean for faculty development and diversity at the school, where she’s been a member…
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The past, present and future of labor
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on July 29, 2025, showed 7.44 million jobs open in the United States at the end of June, a decrease from May’s number of 7.71 million, the highest number of job openings since November 2024. The lingering effects of the 11 interest rate hikes in...
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On writing, a pioneer writer, Pride and maintaining one's courage
In his 1988 semiautobiographical novel "The Beautiful Room Is Empty," author Edmund White relates his experiences on the night of June 28, 1969, as he and others passed by the Stonewall Inn, a New York City gay bar: “I suppose the police expected us to run away into the night, as we’d always done...
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The power of positive emotions
“Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.” That’s a memorable line from the 2013 tune “Happy,” by Pharrell Williams – a song that reached No. 1 in the charts in over 20 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and was the most played song of the 2010s. One...
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A lesson in social movements, protests and polarization
Social movements – and the protests they give rise to – have happened on American soil since before the country’s establishment as an independent nation. On Dec. 16, 1773, American colonists demonstrated their dissatisfaction with British tax policies by dressing in disguise and dumping 342…
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UCI Podcast: Women in science
In 1987, Congress passed Public Law 100-9, designating March as “Women’s History Month,” intended to honor “women of every race, class, and ethnic background” who have made “historical contributions to the growth and strength of the Nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways.” One academic...
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UCI Podcast: Bringing the classroom into the community
With a focus on early childhood education, Andres Bustamante and his team at the STEM Learning Lab are busy developing interactive learning spaces to enhance science, technology, engineering and math education in places where families gather – parks, playgrounds, grocery stores, even bus stops....
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UCI Podcast: Navigating stress related to the holiday season
According to poll results from the American Psychological Association last November, 89 percent of adults in the United States were overwhelmed as the holidays approached by concerns such as not having enough money, missing loved ones and anticipating family conflict. The goal of this episode of...
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UCI Podcast - KUCI turns 55
The much-loved and eclectic campus radio station KUCI, 88.9 FM, turns 55 this year, and it has been quite a ride. What started as an underground station was among the first to embrace the internet. With an audience that now spans the globe, KUCI continues to air a diverse schedule of music and...
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UCI Podcast: Directed evolution research at UC Irvine
Chang Liu, UC Irvine professor of biomedical engineering, is a leader in the field of directed evolution, an effort to train genes to evolve in a laboratory in order to perform desired functions. Through this method of gene engineering, researchers hope to create new biological substances for use...
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UCI Podcast: A trio of Anteaters look ahead to Election Day
Research released in June by the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans revealed that younger voters had a broad, decisive impact on the 2020 presidential election and on congressional elections in 2018 and 2022 – with the same being expected this year. In the latest episode of The UCI Podcast,...
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Bob Chang and his fight for justice
On the UCI Podcast, the law professor shares how the Korematsu Center and his students can make a difference
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UCI Podcast: How Latinos are shaping the future together
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the U.S. from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 each year. The theme for 2024 is “Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together.” Belinda Campos relishes that idea. Between her work as chair of UC Irvine’s Department of Chicano/Latino Studies and a faculty...
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UC Irvine's esports dynasty
Mark Deppe goes on The UCI Podcast to talk about the program he built and his new team of superstar gamers.
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UCI Podcast: Helping students, parents prepare for the new school year
According to a 2023 analysis by the Pew Research Center, new school years across the United States begin from as early as late July until after Labor Day. Regardless of when families prepare for the academic year, the process often looks the same: purchasing needed supplies, finishing a summer...
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UCI Podcast: Review of first presidential debate of 2024
On Thursday, June 27, in Atlanta, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off in the first debate of the 2024 presidential election. The event marked the first debate in U.S. history between a sitting and former president and was the first time the presumptive nominees for…
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UCI Podcast: The history of gay bars in America
Every June, the United States celebrates Pride Month, commemorating the 1969 uprising at the Stonewall Inn that inspired a global movement toward LGBTQ+ equality. The rich history of gay bars leading up to and since the Stonewall Riots is thoroughly explored in "The Bars Are Ours: Histories and...
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UCI Podcast: A commitment to wellbeing
In 2021, UC Irvine officially became a health-promoting university through the adoption of the Okanagan Charter. In this edition of the UCI Podcast, Doug Everhart, director of Student Wellness and Health Promotion, will discuss what it means to adopt the Okanagan Charter, how it enables UC Irvine...
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UCI Podcast: Exploring psychosis, stigma, inclusion and well-being
Each May, the U.S. recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month, established 75 years ago to highlight the importance of this essential issue in Americans’ lives. It’s also a time to recognize the resilience of people who live with mental health conditions and honor all those who stand by them – a...
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UCI Podcast: The past, present and future of AI in education
Various researchers in UC Irvine’s School of Education are studying the wide range of technological innovations available to enhance education, including assistant professors Shayan Doroudi and Nia Nixon. One facet of Doroudi’s research focuses on how different technologies improve learning. A...
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UCI Podcast: The role of women in the Black Lives Matter movement
March is Women’s History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the numerous contributions that women have made to American society. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, we’ll shine a spotlight on women who have worked tirelessly to bring attention to injustice via the Black Lives Matter movement and...
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Understanding the simplified FAFSA
In this special episode of the UCI Insider podcast, director of Financial Aid & Scholarships, Becki Sanchez, and senior associate director of Financial Aid & Scholarships, Crystal Maudale, explain the changes found in the simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
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UCI Podcast: Bridget R. Cooks takes us inside the Met
Bridget R. Cooks, UC Irvine professor and Chancellor’s Fellow of art history and African American studies, was invited to participate on the advisory committee for an upcoming six-month exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art titled “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic…
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UCI Podcast: Underground Scholar Shawn Khalifa shares his journey
Who are UCI’s Underground Scholars? In 2018, students established the Underground Scholars Initiative to create pathways into higher education for incarcerated, formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals. After three years, USI members advocated for a staff-led program, leading to the...
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UCI Podcast: Managing media intake amid traumatic times
Supported by funding from the National Science Foundation since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Roxane Cohen Silver focuses her research on how major tragedies – both mass violence and natural disasters – are depicted in the media and how this may affect the health – physical and mental…
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UCI Podcast: Admissions and AI
In this episode of the UCI Podcast, Sheri Ledbetter, UCI's director of internal and critical communications, speaks with Dale Leaman, the executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The discussion centers on requirements prospective students should keep in mind when applying to...
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UCI Podcast: How educational categories create inequality
Schools shape the lives of students in many ways. Along with teaching the basic skills that will help them function in and contribute to a society – such as reading, writing and arithmetic – ideally, a school will also help young people identify their strengths in order to reach their full...
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Anteater Insider: supporting student progress through analytics
In this episode of the Anteater Insider podcast, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Patty Morales and fourth-year Education Sciences student Ella Lee discuss the barriers UCI students face along the way to graduation and how the university is working to address those barriers through…
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UCI Podcast: What's next in business?
Ian O. Williamson, dean of UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business, is a globally recognized expert in the field of human resource management, a reputation earned by traveling the world over to examine how talent pipelines affect organizational and community outcomes. In this UCI Podcast, Williamson...
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UCI Podcast: What makes a hit?
What makes a hit? That’s a question that Noah Askin has devoted his career to answering. The assistant professor of teaching in the academic area of organization and management in UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business focuses his research on the production and consumption of culture. In this UCI...
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UCI Podcast: What's next in the School of Social Sciences?
Dean of UCI's School of Social Sciences for the past decade, anthropology professor Bill Maurer recently agreed to five more years at the helm of the school with the largest percentage of undergraduates majoring in their departments. In this UCI Podcast, Maurer describes how he morphed from...
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UCI Podcast: If you can't pay attention, you're not alone
People all over the world are taking notice of "Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity," a new book by UCI’s Gloria Mark, Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics. For over two decades, Mark has studied human-computer interaction, examining how the…
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UCI Podcast: Outreach program brings high school students into cardivascular research lab
Arash Kheradvar, UC Irvine professor of biomedical engineering, is co-principal investigator on a project to study congenital heart defects. As part of the National Science Foundation-funded initiative, Dr. Kheradvar invited local area high school students into his laboratory on the UCI campus.…
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UCI Podcast: An Earth Day conversation
With the 53rd annual Earth Week set to begin on Monday, April 17, we’ll ask one of UCI’s strongest student advocates for sustainability - UC Climate Action Fellow Joy Seo - to share what the concept means, how it shaped her future and for actions we can all take to better care of Earth and each...
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UCI Podcast: Insights into admissions once offers go out
In this episode of the UCI Podcast, we’re going to dive into undergraduate admissions and discuss what the process is once offers of admissions go out and how a waitlist works. Joining Sheri Ledbetter is Dale Leaman, the executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Leaman brings…
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UCI Podcast: A history lesson in sports television
As March Madness in college basketball begins this week, it’s a great time to talk with Victoria E. Johnson, UCI professor of film and media studies and African American studies and the author of the recently-published Sports TV, an introductory guide to the history of sports television in the...
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Anteater Insider: Navigating Barriers to Student Success
In this episode of the Anteater Insider, vice provost for enrollment management, Patricia Morales, and director of undergraduate advising for social ecology, Danielle Primavera, discuss how they collaborate on lifting the student experience to meet students where they are in their academic…
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UCI Podcast: Evaluating Flood Risk in California
Brett Sanders, UC Irvine professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been focusing his research efforts on understanding flood risk in Southern California, with a significant emphasis on the impact of climate change-caused sea level rise on coastal communities. Lately he has been...
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UCI Podcast: Insights into college admissions
In this episode of the UCI Podcast, we’re going to dive into the applications process with an insight into undergraduate admissions. Joining Sheri Ledbetter is Dale Leaman, the executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Leaman brings an extensive background to higher education...
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Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. For more on UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu.
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