Life of the party

To make the most of his UC Irvine education, Jose Quintana has thrown himself into politics

Undergrad overachiever

Thanks to a UCI research program, junior Bryan Xie is already co-author of a groundbreaking study

Tenacity pays off for tissue engineer

Public Impact Fellowship supports Seema Ehsan’s efforts to develop a better way of testing cancer drugs

Blackjack guru named Extraordinarius

Former math professor Edward Thorp will receive UCI Alumni Association’s top award May 16

UCI in the News

  • Reuters, May 21, 2013 4:40 pm

    Case to watch: California case to test compulsory union dues

    . That decision "suggests the court now thinks that the longstanding legal rule that employees who are represented by unions can be compelled to pay for the services they receive involves elements of coerced speech," said Catherine Fisk, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
  • Orange County Register, May 21, 2013 4:39 pm

    UCI hires ex-USC dean as provost

    UC Irvine has hired a USC political science professor and former dean as its university provost and executive vice chancellor, rejecting an 11th-hour appeal by a group of UCI faculty to reconsider the candidate's appointment to the second-most powerful campus administrative post.
  • Orange County Register, May 21, 2013 4:37 pm

    UCI Medical Center staff to walk off jobs

    Nearly 1,700 health care workers at UCI Medical Center in Orange plan to walk off their jobs early today in a protest over pensions and what they claim is hospital understaffing that compromises the quality of patient care.
  • Time Magazine, May 21, 2013 7:44 am

    Marijuana: The Next Diabetes Drug?

  • Orange County Business Journal, May 20, 2013 4:36 pm

    Will ICU have a ball with sale talk? Mike makes $5M statement

    OC’s position as a center of eye devices and research is multifaceted and now has Jennifer Simpson, clinical professor of ophthalmology at UC Irvine, leading the development of a new potential treatment to save the eyesight of patients with cystinosis.
  • The Orange County Register, May 20, 2013 12:37 pm

    UC Irvine School of Law graduates second class

    85 students graduated from UCI's School of Law on May 11. The class of 2013 was the second class from one of the most high-profile law schools in the country.
  • The Orange County Register, May 18, 2013 12:41 pm

    UCI union plans 48-hour strike

    UC Irvine Medical Center has canceled about 70 elective surgeries to prepare for a strike next week by patient care employees who make up 40 percent of hospital staff.
  • CNN.com International, May 18, 2013 10:53 am

    Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn’t

  • Red Tape Chronicles - MSNBC, May 18, 2013 9:23 am

    Students can’t resist distraction for two minutes … and neither can you

  • The New York Times, May 17, 2013 12:40 pm

    Making a word meme

    “It’s short, digestible, easily interpretable and easily mis-interpretable,” said David S. Meyer, a University of California, Irvine, sociology professor.
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