Month: March 2015

Howard Federoff

Dr. Howard Federoff named UCI vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of medicine

Irvine, Calif., March 11, 2015 — Dr. Howard Federoff – a nationally renowned clinical and research leader at Georgetown University and a groundbreaking investigator for neurological disorders – will join UC Irvine as vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. In this position, Federoff will oversee and guide the development […]

UCI School of Law ranks 30th in first year of eligibility

Education, engineering also gain ground on annual U.S. News & World Report list of best graduate schools

UCI study of fruit fly ‘brain in a jar’ reveals mechanics of jet lag

First real-time imaging of intact circadian neural networks shows how light shifts disrupt biological clocks

UCI student executive council vetoes flag resolution

The Executive Cabinet of the Associated Students of UC Irvine vetoed Saturday a resolution passed earlier this week by six undergraduate members of the student legislative council that banned hanging a flag from any nation in the common lobby area of the student government offices. This misguided legislation was not endorsed or supported in any […]

Campus statement on flying the American flag

Earlier this week, six undergraduate members of the UCI’s student-government Legislative Council passed a bill that bans hanging a flag from any nation in the common lobby area of the student government offices. This misguided decision was not endorsed or supported in any way by the campus leadership, the University of California, or the broader […]

Nursing science gets top rankings in Western survey

UC Irvine’s Program in Nursing Science has been ranked in the top 5 percent of 200 four-year bachelor’s programs in the western U.S. by NurseJournal.org in its annual survey of America’s best nursing schools. Among comparable programs, it’s 10th in quality, seventh in satisfaction and fifth in value. Overall, it’s the highest-rated nursing program in […]

Connie Pechmann

Twitter helps smokers kick the habit, UCI-Stanford study finds

Hybrid approach combines automated messages with social media platform

UCI Students

No place they’d rather be

Three first-year undergraduates reflect on why they became Anteaters

Gordon McLaren & Christine McLaren

Forging ahead in the fight against hemochromatosis

Christine and Gordon McLaren’s research advances are improving the prognosis for a hereditary blood-iron overload disorder

Christina Rodriguez

Fostering freshmen

Summer Bridge experience eases transition to UCI for first-generation, low-income or disabled students