After moving to a new office space, the UCI Blum Center is learning about their neighbors and inviting you along. Today, we meet the Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research located in Social Ecology I. — By Sasha Tesoro November 2, 2021 With the start of a new in person school year after the whirlwind that was working and learning in lockdown, the UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation was given a new start. …

By Kyra Trinh March 9, 2021 As winter quarter nears its end, the Blum Center prepares for another round of Small Change, Better World, where we provide seed grants for one-time, social projects that address a specific need. …

By Kyra Trinh February 23, 2021 UC Big Ideas is an innovation ecosystem in which students across the University of California campuses receive funding, resources, and other entrepreneurial opportunities for their ideas that solve pressing social challenges. …

How the transition to remote teaching and learning is changing university education for students and faculty — By Michael Dennin June 4, 2020 Being thrown in the deep end of the pool. This is what the switch to a remote university environment feels like for many students and faculty. While there are challenges associated with any sudden change, this particular one is compounded by a litany of…

By Kyra Trinh May 7th, 2020 As part of the course UPPP 115: Global Poverty & Inequality in the 21st Century, students attended a webinar with guest speaker Lara Fisher, President and CEO of South County Outreach, to learn about the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on low-income and homeless…

By Richard Matthew April 7th, 2020 22 years ago, I wrote an article with a colleague from Georgetown University entitled “Sex, Drugs and Heavy Metal: Transnational Threats and National Vulnerabilities.” It was published in the journal Security Dialogue. In it we argued: The increasing degree and rate of human mobility…

2019 conference brought together 250 peacebuilders from around the world — The environment, conflict, and peace are inextricably linked. And there is critical need to further the understanding of where positive interventions can be built into the conflict-environment cycle. In the interest of supporting this essentially important dialogue, the Blum Center partnered with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association to host the First…

By Richard Matthew December 23rd, 2019 Jan. 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. It arrives on the heels of the holiday season, during which Americans spend some $465 billion on gifts and celebrations, according to ABC News. Ironically, holiday shopping and human trafficking are closely related; but they shouldn’t…

By Armin Takallou November 16th, 2019 “If a mother has to choose between using her money to fill her prescription or feed her kids, she will often choose to forgo her own medical treatment,” says Co-Investigator Dr. Victor Cisneros, MD, MPH. This highlights the unfortunate reality that many patients face…