Year: 2012

13 from UCI named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows

Twelve UC Irvine researchers and one administrator have been made fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Thomas Lane

A test of nerves

Thomas Lane leads UCI’s efforts to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis

Professor Daniel Stokols

Online course off to great start

Dan Stokols’ iTunes U course has drawn more than 150,000 subscribers since its debut in June

Brief exercise immediately enhances memory, UCI study finds

A short burst of moderate exercise enhances the consolidation of memories in both healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment, scientists with UC Irvine’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory have discovered.

Chef Paul Baca preparing Thanksgiving dinner

‘Eaters on campus for T-Day still get feast

UCI staff, leadership will host a traditional meal for students not home for the holiday

Coach courts players abroad

Former Turkish pro is key to boss Russell Turner’s international recruitment efforts

Deborah Lowe Vandell

Lessons from the School of Education

New dean discusses ways of strengthening California’s academic system

Dr. Daniela Bota

New front in fight against brain cancer

Experimental vaccine trains immune system to target remaining tumor cells after surgery, chemo

Don Mason, miniature telescope implant recipient

Tiny telescope improves focus

Anaheim man, 94, among first to get implant restoring some vision lost to macular degeneration

Gavel in front of an American Flag

Law students serve those who serve their country

Tom Wilson signed up for the UC Irvine School of Law’s pro bono program because he wanted to help underrepresented members of the community get legal issues resolved. He quickly learned that many members of the nation’s military fall into that “underrepresented” category. Since spring 2010, UCI law students have volunteered at Camp Pendleton, doing […]