Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture receives $50,000 gift

Dr. Farzan M. Naeim and Dr. Hooshang Meshkinpour have donated $50,000 to create an endowed fund in the Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture. The gift will advance the mission of the center through supporting lectures, conferences and other programs associated with the Iranian world. “Drs. Naeim and Meshkinpour have been supporters of […]

Alum Jordan Edmunds named a Hertz Fellow

Jordan Edmunds, who earned bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and biological sciences at UCI in 2018 before becoming a doctoral student in electrical engineering & computer sciences at UC Berkeley, has been named a 2019 fellow by the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing groundbreaking applied science with real-world benefits […]

UCI’s Samuel Jordan Center to host 12th Biennial Iranian Studies Conference

EVENT: The University of California, Irvine’s Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture will host the 12th Biennial Iranian Studies Conference, a series of events celebrating Iranian scholarship and culture. The four-day conference will bring together hundreds of experts, students, academic and nonacademic researchers, and aficionados of Iranian studies for a range of panels, […]

Jordan’s Queen Noor to speak at UCI on diversity, cooperation

The widow of King Al Hussein is interested in education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding, as well as their application to human security.

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Study shows importance of patient-reported outcomes in diabetes management care model

A successful pharmacist-involved collaborative care model for managing diabetes must include patient-reported, as well as clinical, outcomes, according to a recent study published online in Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. “There have been many studies that show the pharmacist-involved collaborative care model is effective, but we wanted to understand why the level […]

Students passing School of Humanities

Bridges to Understanding

UCI humanities centers provide insights on the similarities and differences between cultures

Mark Lazenby

Body and soul

New dean of nursing school fascinated by intersection of medical and spiritual care

Cliff, a chocolate Labrador retriever K-9 dog

Working like a dog

UCI’s first K-9 police officer uses his nose to help keep the campus safe

Study authors Lamees Alhassen (left) and Olivier Civelli

UCI-led study finds medicinal plant extract to prevent morphine addiction

Findings point to herbal treatment to potentially help curb the opioid epidemic

Mark Lazenby

Advanced practice nurse and philosopher Mark Lazenby named dean of UCI nursing school

Priorities include increasing workforce diversity, addressing healthcare disparities