Month: October 2015

Solar panel installation

Solar flair

UCI-led Team Orange County puts finishing touches on its entry in global competition to design, build best zero-net-energy home

Laureate lectures

Nobel Prize recipient Mario Molina returns to UCI to talk about the history of climate change science

UCI study finds jet lag-like sleep disruptions spur Alzheimer’s memory, learning loss

Results suggest greater emphasis on managing slumber habits of people with AD risk

A doctor-to-be without borders

UCI’s first undocumented medical student, Oscar Hernandez is determined to serve the Latino community

Bridging the first-generation gap

Mentoring program pairs new students with upperclassmen who also are first in their families to go to college

‘Love hormone’ helps produce ‘bliss molecules’ to boost pleasure of social interactions

UCI study uncovers role of oxytocin in triggering marijuana-like neurotransmitters

US Treasurer Rosie Rios to discuss currency redesign at UCI event

EVENT: U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios, the driving force behind plans to put a woman on the new $10 bill, will talk about currency redesign and answer questions in an appearance at UCI. WHEN/WHERE: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, Room 1517, Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway (bldg. 214, grid F9 and F10 on campus map: http://communications.uci.edu//documents/pdf/UCI_14_map_campus_core.pdf) […]

Provost with a purpose

Enrique Lavernia helps set campus on new strategic course, guided by lifelong belief in power of higher education

UCI-led group suggests ways to better manage urban stormwater runoff

Rain barrels, absorbent roofs, permeable pavement could help reduce waste

Engineering professor elected to lead international computing society

Jean-Luc Gaudiot, UCI professor of electrical engineering & computer science at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, was recently voted 2016 president-elect of the IEEE Computer Society, an international organization dedicated to all aspects of modern computing technology. An IEEE fellow, Gaudiot will begin his term Jan. 1, 2016; he automatically will ascend to the […]