UCI biologist Katrine Whiteson joined other U.S. scientists Friday, May 13, at an event hosted by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy to announce a new National Microbiome Initiative that will foster integrated study of microbiomes across different ecosystems. Microbiomes are the communities of microorganisms that live on or in people, plants, soil, oceans and the […]
Undergraduate event showcases a robotic coat, Italian singing techniques, snakebite cures, invisibility stickers and hundreds of other student projects
12 winning teams share $100,000 in cash, prizes at annual event
EVENT: Stephen Smith, executive director of the Shoah Foundation, will share his progress on digitizing the stories of Holocaust survivors using interactive, three-dimensional exhibits and holograms that live on long after the storytellers have died. WHEN/WHERE: 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, The Paul Merage School of Business auditorium (bldg. 222, grid F10 on campus map: https://communications.uci.edu/documents/pdf/UCI_15_map_campus_core.pdf) INFORMATION: Media […]
Professor will organize high-level conferences to reduce conflict in managing resources
A team of UCI medical students led by sophomore Soe Thein has received the 2016 LGBT Health Achievement Award from the American Medical Student Association. The group, which also included students from UCLA and USC, was honored for hosting the Southern California LGBT Health Conference, which was held Feb. 20 in UCI’s Medical Education Building. […]
Oceangoing study characterizes dark, sunlight-absorbing compound
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