Month: March 2010

Woman on the beach

Stopping skin cancer before it starts

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

Heart and stroke cert

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

Care-a-thon

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.

Kathy Rim

Telling their story

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.

Plant predator

Plants, insects wage garden war

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

A student's drawing of common allergy triggers

Helping kids breathe easier

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.

Plant predators

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.

UCI professor Francisco Ayala

UCI professor wins 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.

Ayala Templeton

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.

Census forms

An inside look at the US census

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.