Year: 2013

Eight UCI physics & astronomy professors are involved in Higgs boson data analysis

With a major neurology award and $10 million in funding, Dr. Tallie Z. Baram strives to understand early-life brain development

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 7, 2013 — An annual UC Irvine gala celebrating recipients of the UCI Medal raised more than $1 million, which will provide benefits for students through the prestigious Chancellor’s Fund for Scholarships and Fellowships. More than 600 guests turned out Saturday, Oct. 5, for the 2013 UCI Medal Awards. One of Orange […]

Stergios Skaperdas, economics professor, has been appointed to a five-year term as the Clifford S. Heinz Chair. Established in 1988 by the UC Regents, the honor recognizes an outstanding UC Irvine scholar who studies the economics of peace. Skaperdas specializes in political economics research, and he has published groundbreaking work on the  role the absence […]

The American Chemical Society has named Professor Doug Tobias and ACS Fellow  — a prestigious honor bestowed upon 96 distinguished scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and contributions to ACS.  “I was surprised but delighted to receive this honor at this stage of my career,” Tobias said. “I am indebted and very grateful to the […]

UC Irvine Health and MemorialCare Health System have announced they are entering into an affiliation agreement to expand access to high-quality, cost-effective health care throughout Orange County and create new models of care that improve the health and well-being of their communities. UC Irvine Health and MemorialCare Health System will begin this collaboration with a […]

With the opening of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute’s new home, UC Irvine builds on its reputation as a major clinical and research center

“Plastic Flowers Never Die,” a documentary by UC Irvine’s Roxanne Varzi, is playing at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills as part of the sixth annual Noor Iranian Film Festival.

EVENT:  Ernest Moniz, secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy and a nuclear physicist, will speak with UC Irvine students, faculty and staff about the clean energy revolution. WHEN/WHERE:   1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, in the UC Irvine Student Center’s Crystal Cove Auditorium (bldg. 113, grid E8 on campus map: http://communications.uci.edu//documents/pdf/UCI_12_map_campus_core.pdf)  NOTE: Event may be cancelled […]

UCI will host – and compete in – the California Challenge, which pits alternative-fuel race cars against each other