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Irvine, Calif., April 22, 2021 California s wildfire problem, fueled by a concurrence of climate change and a heightened risk of human-caused ignitions in once uninhabited areas, has been getting worse with each passing year of the 21st century.
Researchers in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine have conducted a thorough analysis of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection wildfire statistics from 2000 to 2019, comparing them with data from 1920 to 1999. They learned that the annual burn season has lengthened in the past two decades and that the yearly peak has shifted from August to July. The team s findings are the subject of a study published today in the open-access journal
College Foreign Cash at Risk as Senate Targets China’s Clout
Bloomberg 1 hr ago Daniel Flatley, David McLaughlin and Janet Lorin
(Bloomberg) A broad attempt by Congress to stem China’s influence could put at risk research collaborations and funding that U.S. universities count on by subjecting some foreign gifts and contracts to national security reviews.
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Senators are seeking increased oversight of grants and contracts to universities from overseas as part of a bipartisan package of legislation designed to increase U.S. competitiveness with China in science and technology.
The proposal would give U.S. national security officials new authority to scrutinize foreign gifts and contracts of more than $1 million to schools if the funding is related to research and development of “critical technologies” and provides access to material nonpublic technical information.
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Faculty member puts sexual assault research into action
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Adrienne Baldwin-White develops apps, online trainings for prevention, support
A volunteer experience at a rape crisis center a decade ago gave Adrienne Baldwin-White a sense of clarity and urgency that guides her research and outreach to this day.
Baldwin-White, an assistant professor in the University of Georgia School of Social Work, has conducted pioneering studies that explore the norms that contribute to gender-based violence. Seeking to benefit as many people as possible, she has translated her findings into an interactive, educational tool for college students that is designed to prevent sexual assault, as well as an online training for police departments and an app for physicians.
Effective place-based policy can be model for future incentives, evidence shows April 15, 2021
“We evaluated the effects of one of a new generation of economic development programs, the California Competes Tax Credit, on local job creation. Our findings show that CCTC awards increased employment among workers residing in both high- and low-income communities and that the local multipliers are larger for nonmanufacturing job creation than for manufacturing,” says study co-author David Neumark, UCI Distinguished Professor of economics.
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Irvine, Calif., April 15, 2021 Finally, an economic development tax incentive program that works – that’s the conclusion of an analysis by researchers at the University of California, Irvine. They found that each job incentivized under the California Competes Tax Credit led to more than two additional people working in that location. The positive results indicate that the program, intended to a