Year: 2014

On this Stem Cell Awareness Day, UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center will open its doors to both campus and community supporters.

Campus highlights Mental Health Awareness Week Oct. 5-11

UC Irvine scientist Weian Zhao will receive a prestigious National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award to further his efforts to create stem cell-based detection methods and treatments for cancer.

Exhibition celebrates iconic abstract painter Ed Moses, one of UCI’s earliest art instructors

UCI’s Program in Public Health and a coalition of Orange County community groups have been awarded $1.3 million by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention for a three-year joint project to improve health and ease the burden of chronic disease in Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana.

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 3, 2014 – Are kids a career killer for women? A new study by UC Irvine sociologists concludes that motherhood imposes a long-term professional penalty from which women in the workforce never fully recover. The career costs are less pronounced in countries that allocate more funds to child care. “Researchers have long […]

A White House summit focused on improving health and fitness for Americans with disabilities will include the voice of Dr. Dan Cooper, a UC Irvine pediatrician nationally renowned for childhood exercise research.

School of Medicine claims 14 of 77 new hires

UC Irvine has been awarded $700,000 from The Rose Hills Foundation to support students in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) pursuits. Each year for the next four years, The Rose Hills Foundation Undergraduate Science & Engineering Scholarships will assist 18 high-achieving undergraduates. The students will meet with one another at regular intervals throughout the year to discuss their goals and share their experiences.

Research by UC Irvine immunologists reveals new information about how our immune system functions, shedding light on a vital process that determines how the body’s ability to fight infection develops.