Month: September 2016

Tracing coffee’s evolution from little-used African bean to ubiquitous beverage

Research to focus on effects of maternal experiences, environmental factors

Trend is most pronounced among the better-educated, UCI study finds

Hiring of 100 educators goes long way toward satisfying strategic plan goal of 250

University of California, Irvine professors Anne Calof and Arthur Lander were honored as the 2016 Champions of Hope in science by Global Genes, a rare disease patient advocacy charity, at its fifth annual Tribute to Champions of Hope gala on Sept. 24. Calof and Lander are among the world’s leading researchers on Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, […]

UCI’s groundbreaking eSports arena opens with much fanfare

UCI’s Louis DeSipio and David Meyer put presidential politics into perspective

Jennifer Lee,Chancellor’s Fellow and professor of sociology, joins two Pulitzer Prize winners in describing the immigrant experience for Los Angeles magazine’s October issue. In an article titled “What Defines a Successful Immigrant,” Lee compares how the starting points of various first-generation Asians and Latinos contribute to their ultimate success. Many of her first-generation students, she notes, are embarrassed to […]

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Distinguished Professor of English and comparative literature, has been named the winner of the sixth Pak Kyong-ni Prize. South Korea’s first international literary award, it was established in 2011 to honor the achievements of the late South Korean novelist Pak Kyong-ni (1926-2008) and, with a cash prize of more than $90,000, is one of […]

Improved Earth system models paint bleak climate change picture