Month: March 2013

UCI’s new School of Education jumps in U.S. News’ graduate school ranking

Irvine, Calif., March 12, 2013 – UC Irvine’s School of Education is among a number of campus graduate programs moving up in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 ranking of “Best Graduate Schools,” announced today. The education school, approved in July by the University of California regents, leaped six spots, to 37th nationwide. Before its […]

Professor James Nowick

A global ‘gift’

UCI’s free, online chemistry lectures open the classroom doors to all

A reputation takes root

UCI is again named a Tree Campus USA

Emotion-health connection not limited to industrialized nations

Irvine, Calif., March 7, 2013 – Positive emotions are known to play a role in physical well-being, and stress is strongly linked to poor health, but is this strictly a “First World” phenomenon? In developing nations, is the fulfillment of basic needs more critical to health than how one feels? A UC Irvine researcher has […]

UCI autism center to screen documentary 'Through the Heart of Tango'

EVENT: UC Irvine’s Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Southern California is hosting a private screening of “Through the Heart of Tango,” a remarkable documentary about a group of young adults with developmental disorders learning to bond through dance. WHEN/WHERE: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, March 16, Crystal Cove Auditorium, UC Irvine Student Center (grid E8, […]

Dreaming big

After starting a campus club to assist Kenya schools, Nithin Jilla aims to improve access to education on a global scale

UCI to host statewide MathCounts competition

EVENT:  Regional winners from throughout California will vie for titles in the statewide MathCounts competition. Participants will include students from Irvine’s Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Venado Middle School, Sierra Vista Middle School and Turtle Rock Elementary School. The top four finishers will represent California in the nationwide finals in May in Washington, D.C. WHEN/WHERE: […]

molecular dynamics simulation of p53 and stictic acid

Sequestration casts shadow over research labs

Recent UCI discovery related to cancer treatment is the type of work endangered

Engineering professor receives prestigious NSF early-career award

The National Science Foundation has recognized Timothy Rupert, UCI assistant professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering and chemical engineering & materials science, with a CAREER award.

Engineering professor receives prestigious NSF early-career award

The National Science Foundation has recognized Timothy Rupert, UCI assistant professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering and chemical engineering & materials science, with a CAREER award.