Month: February 2013

UCI medical students to honor humanism, compassion in clinical care

UC Irvine medical students will promote humanism in medicine during the third annual Gold Humanism Honor Society Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care on Thursday, Feb. 14.

UCI medical students to honor humanism, compassion in clinical care

UC Irvine medical students will promote humanism in medicine during the third annual Gold Humanism Honor Society Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care on Thursday, Feb. 14.

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation awards UCI’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute $3 million for retinal degeneration research

The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, which is part of UC Irvine Health, has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for fellowships and instruments that advance research to prevent blindness caused by such diseases as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.

Epilepsy conference to focus on traditional, alternative and customized treatments

UC Irvine epilepsy conference for healthcare professionals, patients and the public will address emerging roles of exercise, sleep and cognitive training and examine ways to integrate these activities into comprehensive treatment plans. Renowned epilepsy researcher Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D., will discuss stress and epilepsy.

Middle East river basin has lost Dead Sea-sized quantity of water

Already strained by water scarcity and political tensions, the arid Middle East along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is losing critical water reserves at a rapid pace, from Turkey upstream to Syria, Iran and Iraq below.

Esther Phu and Victoria Lee

Campus festival to mark Lunar New Year

Professor sheds light on cultural traditions of major Asian holiday

Bert Semler

Going viral

UCI microbiologist Bert Semler seeks to stop certain viruses from replicating, changing the way we fight the common cold and other illnesses

UCI’s iMedEd Initiative named a 2012-13 Apple Distinguished Program

The iMedEd Initiative – UC Irvine’s innovative medical education program based on iPad tablet computing – has been chosen as a 2012-13 Apple Distinguished Program.

Rudy Giuliani greeting audience members

Learning to lead

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani offers insights in campus talk

UCI women's golf partners with Kia for exclusive sponsor exemption

The UC Irvine women’s golf program and Kia Motors have teamed up to create a unique and elite women’s collegiate golf opportunity: A sponsor exemption into the 2013 Kia Classic will be awarded to the winner of the 2013 UC Irvine Invitational, presented by Kia.