UCI institute to study environmental effects

UCI has created a new Environmental Institute to develop solutions concerning global change, officials announced Thursday.

The institute will focus on conducting research on climate change and its effects, green solutions, and new energy technologies. Scientists from various backgrounds and departments across campus will work on these projects.

The institute will award grants on a competitive basis to UCI research teams who are geared toward research, innovation and societal response.

Michael Prather, the Fred Kavli chairman at UCI, will direct the new institution.

“We want to encourage our top researchers to collaborate with their colleagues across campus, expand the scope of their research and help answer questions about our future world,” he said in a news release.

— Daniel Tedford