Year: 2008

Finlayson-Pitts awarded Tolman Medal

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, chemistry professor at UC Irvine, has been awarded the Tolman Medal from the Southern California section of the…

Dr. Antoine Khoury to lead pediatric urology

World-renowned urologist Dr. Antoine Khoury has joined the Department of Urology and will assume the position of chief of pediatric…

Healing the generation gap

Beverly Cho spearheads programs to encourage her fellow medical students to spend time with seniors

Acclaimed human-computer interaction scholars to join UCI faculty

Gary and Judy Olson, pioneers in the fields of human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work, will join the UC Irvine…

Older corneas found suitable for transplantation

Dr. Ronald Gaster, UC Irvine professor of ophthalmology, participated in a national study showing that older corneas are as suitable…

Newly discovered galaxy cluster is farthest ever identified

UC Irvine scientists have discovered a cluster of galaxies in a very early stage of formation that is 11.4 billion…

Study focuses on Arab American women and employment

Arab American women, while highly educated, often have lower levels of employment than women of other racial or ethnic groups,…

Epilepsy marked by neural 'hub' network

An increased number of neuron “hubs” in the epileptic brain may be the root cause for the seizures that characterize…

Sarnecka awarded grant to study early childhood learning

Barbara Sarnecka, cognitive sciences professor at UC Irvine, has been awarded a two-year, $152,000 grant from the National Institute of…

Conflict resolution

Cecelia Lynch, director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, tackles the tough issues