Month: February 2012

UCI Care-a-thon to keep participants dancing for six hours

Proceeds from fundraiser will go to UC Irvine Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit.

Gases drawn into smog particles stay there, UCI-led study reveals

Airborne gases get sucked into stubborn smog particles from which they cannot escape, according to findings by UC Irvine and other researchers published Feb. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dennis Hastert to deliver annual Peltason Lecture

On Feb. 23 Hastert will discuss his political career and reflect on the past, present and future of Washington, D.C.

UC Irvine News Brief: Website names Henry Pontell among top 10 'coolest college professors'

The professor of criminology, law & society and sociology is lauded by Best Colleges Online, which is devoted to news and trends in online education.

UCI leads multicampus collaboration to reward use of designated drivers

Health Education Center wins second grant to expand DUI awareness program from nine college campuses to 13.

Cinder the golden retriever sits with children

Different breed of therapist

Cinder, a golden retriever with a sweet face and slow gait, reclines on a dog bed at the UC Irvine Child Development Center as, one by one, half a dozen 8- and 9-year-olds deliver pats and hugs. One boy puts his arms around her in a warm embrace; another gently curls up at her side. From behind […]

Home court advantage

Over the past 40 years, UC Irvine’s tennis programs have boasted numerous national championships, conference titles and All-American performers. In their efforts to continue this tradition, coaches Mike Edles and Trevor Kronemann rely on extensive personal experience: As former UCI student-athletes themselves, they contributed much to this record of tennis excellence.

Scientist pouring liquid into a beaker

Intelligent design

UCI’s new and retrofitted Smart Labs employ occupancy and air-quality sensors to cut energy use by 50 percent.

Russell Dalton

A love/hate relationship

New book by UCI’s Russell Dalton explores dynamics between voters, political parties.

UC Irvine News Brief: UCI undergrad baskin' in glory after inventing new ice cream flavor

Junior Kelsey Lien wins a national Baskin-Robbins contest with “Nutty Cream Cheese Brownie.”