Month: March 2010

UCI’s new pigmented lesion program monitors people at high risk of dermatological cancer.

Programs win Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval, denoting commitment to highest quality of patient care.

Students will attempt to raise $25,000 for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UC Irvine Douglas Hospital. The effort is part of a larger push to engage the philanthropic spirit on campus.

Political science graduate student Kathy Rim studies the political involvement of Asian Americans and is writing content about their contributions to American history that will be included in new textbooks.

Plants that grow rapidly have poor internal defenses against pests. So it’s ladybugs, and others, to the rescue.

Most nurses see patients in health clinics, hospitals and offices, but Jill Berg makes house calls, consulting with people who have asthma and other chronic pulmonary conditions. Her mission: to help them breathe easier.

There’s a war occurring each day in our backyards – plant versus plant-eating insect versus insect-eating insect. Research by UC Irvine’s Kailen Mooney suggests the outcome – of interest to farmers – is a stalemate.

Francisco Ayala, UC Irvine professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, who has vigorously opposed the entanglement of science and religion while also calling for mutual respect between the two, has won the 2010 Templeton Prize.

Francisco Ayala, UC Irvine professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, who has vigorously opposed the entanglement of science and religion while also calling for mutual respect between the two, has won the 2010 Templeton Prize.

Sociology professor Judith Treas consulted on the design of U.S. census forms arriving in more than 120 million mailboxes this month. Census results affect the allocation of more than $400 billion in federal funding.