Michael Dennin is an Irvine resident, husband to a wife who teaches at Mater Dei High School and father of three daughters. A firm believer in public outreach on science, Michael has earned numerous teaching honors, created an award-winning online course, gives inspiring public speeches, makes himself available to journalists and is presently writing two books. One is a textbook for non-science majors, and the other is a 10-chapter book for the general public, originally titled God is the Ultimate Superhero, now published as Divine Science: Finding Reason at the Heart of Faith, draws on his experiences as a physicist and a Catholic.
His most recent project, The Physics of X: Where X is Everything Except Politics can be found on his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/michaeldennin
No stranger to print media and being behind the camera, Michael has been featured in many publications and television series. Enjoy the selected media features below to get a glimpse of how Michael’s teachings are impacting the community.
- Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear-Based Technologies
- 10 Things You Believe That Are Holding You Back From Success (and What to Do Instead)
- What Matters to Me and Why: Michael Dennin
- Flying High: 2017 Celebration of Teaching Awards Winners Recognized with Banners on Campus
- Division of Undergraduate Education Raises Over $74,000 From More Than 450 Donors
- UCI Students Award 70,000 in Funding to Eight Local Nonprofits Through New Experiential Philanthropy Course
- Student Population Growth at UCI Spurs Construction of High Tech Classroom Facility
- He Wants to Believe: Michael Dennin
- Connectivity, Convergence and Collaboration: International Conference on China
- Focused on the Future
- CollegeNET Awards Michael Dennin as Social Mobility Innovator in Higher Education
- Vice Provost Michael Dennin is Nominated for OCBJ Innovator of the Year Award
- UCI Gets 2.7 Million Grant to Study Undergraduate Achievement within Physics and Chemistry Courses
- The National Science Foundation Awards a Grant to University of California, Irvine for Support of Conference Designed to Explore Pathways for Latino Students in STEM
- UCI Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project