Day: March 20, 2009

Sarah Lopez receives a hug from her mother, Esthela

A ‘match’ made in medicine (Story and photo essay)

Professional sports have their annual drafts; medical education has Match Day. That’s when thousands of medical school graduates nationwide learn where they will begin their careers as doctors. A story and photo essay capture the 76 UCI students who learned where they matched in a festive, emotional March 19 event.

Physicist receives German research award

Zuzanna Siwy, physics & astronomy assistant professor at UC Irvine, has received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the…

Chemist honored for reducing air pollution

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at UC Irvine, will receive a California Air Quality Award from the Coalition for…