Skip to main content

In the Media

LAPD, Sheriff’s Department arrests drop amid coronavirus outbreak

Los Angeles Times

Crime will likely decline as people change their routines, said UC Irvine criminology professor George Tita, who is part of an interdisciplinary working group that is studying the effect of coronavirus on crime trends in L.A. With residents working from home and avoiding restaurants, bars and gyms, there is less potential for street crime to occur.

Muralist puts love on the wall at UC Irvine

Daily Pilot

Nancy Guerra, dean of UCI’s School of Social Ecology, said the school invited Cook to paint the latest mural because of its message. The mural — measuring 32 feet wide and 8 feet tall over two walls — is part of the school’s Compassion Action Project, a partnership among the School of Social Ecology, the UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation and the Living Peace Foundation.