December 13, 2011 – It’s the holiday season, and much to the delight of economists, commerce is booming. But most shoppers are probably unaware that the products they purchase at the mall could be altering the Brazilian rainforest or increasing deforestation in Sumatra. CALIT2 a

December 05, 2011 – In 1948, the U.S. government, for the first time, took steps to manage water pollution by adopting the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. A long list of amendments followed in 1972, and again in 1977, and the policy became known as the Clean Water Act. Thes

November 22, 2011 – CALIT2 faculty affiliate Bill Cooper, civil and environmental engineering professor, has been elected a 2011 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The world’s largest general scientific society, AAAS is dedicated to advanci

November 21, 2011 – The Second Annual Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) has issued a call for projects.  A collaboration between CALIT2 and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), the MDP engages UCI undergraduate students from all disciplines in design pro