Month: January 2010

Don't count Haiti out, UCI professor writes in newspaper editorial

Amy Wilentz, English and literary journalism professor, is familiar with Haiti’s politics and culture and the resolve of its people.…

Two UCI chemists awarded DOE early-career research grants

UC Irvine chemists Eric Potma and Matt Law are among 69 scientists awarded grants through the U.S. Department of Energy’s…

UCI physics & astronomy professor to be awarded Van Biesbroeck Prize

Virginia Trimble, UCI physics & astronomy professor, will receive the 2010 George Van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society.…

Scientists identify new class of leukemia-killing compounds

David Fruman (pictured), UCI associate professor of molecular biology & biochemistry, and colleagues have demonstrated that a new class of…

Donations sought for competitive "I Bleed Blue" blood drive

In the spirit of the Black & Blue Rivalry Series between UC Irvine and Long Beach State, UCI students, faculty…

Former men's basketball coach Bill Mulligan passes away

Bill Mulligan, who brought national acclaim to the UCI men’s basketball program in the 1980s, died Jan. 12 at the…

James Fallon

New stroke therapy successful in rats

People with impaired mobility after a stroke soon may have a therapy that restores limb function long after the injury, if a supplemental protein works as well in humans as it does in paralyzed rats.

UCI among Princeton Review's 100 best-value colleges

UC Irvine has been deemed one of the “Best Value Colleges for 2010” by The Princeton Review and USA Today.…

Neuron stroke

People with impaired mobility after a stroke soon may have a therapy that restores limb function long after the injury, if a supplemental protein works as well in humans as it does in paralyzed rats.

MLK Symposium

Writer and activist Tim Wise will deliver the Dr. Joseph White Lecture as part of UC Irvine’s 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.