Month: March 2015

UCI is ranked No. 3 in the West for economic value

UCI is named among the nation’s “Best Bang for the Buck” colleges in Washington Monthly’s new book “The Other College Guide.” The campus is No. 3 in the Western region and No. 1 in California for its low net price, high graduation rate and reported alumni earnings.

Levee detonations reduced 2011 flood risk on Mississippi River, UCI-led study finds

Researchers urge greater control of resultant erosion in future scenarios

Howard Gillman

Great expectations

As his investiture ceremony approaches March 31, UCI’s chancellor, Howard Gillman, sets high goals

A crash test dummy for a water polo concussion study

Heading off concussions

Professor James Hicks, director of UCI’s Exercise Medicine & Sport Sciences Initiative, leads novel probe of impact injuries in water polo

Charles Limoli

NASA awards UCI $9 million to study underlying mechanisms of ‘space brain’

Charles Limoli will lead effort to see how cosmic radiation affects astronauts’ cognition

Howard Gillman

Howard Gillman to be officially invested as sixth chancellor of UCI

EVENT: A program of dance and impromptu theater hosted by actor Cary Elwes will highlight the investiture of UC Irvine’s sixth chancellor, Howard Gillman. Officially taking the helm during the campus’s 50th anniversary year, Gillman will talk about his vision for UCI’s regional, national and global impact over the next 50 years. WHEN/WHERE: 2-4 p.m. […]

Dalai Lama

14th Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday to be celebrated with a Global Compassion Summit July 5-7

Three-day summit is presented by Friends of the Dalai Lama in partnership with UCI and Center for Living Peace, with a special world birthday event at Anaheim’s Honda Center

Peter Ditto

Political liberals display greater happiness, UCI study finds

Results contradict earlier self-reports of higher spirits among conservatives

Dalai Lama Scholars: Then and now

Current and former honorees discuss their service projects and subsequent accomplishments – and the award’s lasting influence.

We check in with Kathy Dong, Jasmine Fang and Armaan Rowther in advance of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s summer visit to campus.

Francisco Javier Mendieta Jimenez speaks with UCI students

Shooting for the stars

Mexican Space Agency hopes partnership with UCI will help develop program’s ‘human capital’