Month: June 2019

In new role, he will lead campus’s quest to be a national model of inclusive excellence

A Q&A with UCI’s chief diversity officer

An interdisciplinary UCI team is improving assistive robotic technology for homebound children, limited-mobility adults

Five assistant professors at the University of California, Irvine will receive $50,000 Hellman Fellowships, which are bestowed annually to support research by junior faculty. They join an elite group of 53 UCI Hellman Fellows since 2013, when the Hellman Fellows Fund established the program here. The 2019-20 awardees, representing a cross-section of disciplines, are: “Each […]

Karishma Muthukumar’s “Promoting Empathy-Based AI” project has been chosen as one of 33 finalists in the National Science Foundation’s 2026 Idea Machine competition. The entry from the cognitive sciences major, who just completed her freshman year, was one of 800 nationwide. If selected as one of the four winners, her “big idea” will help guide […]

Today a group of more than 80 scientists and engineers from 30 universities and a dozen companies released a road map to guide and encourage government agencies to invest effectively in engineering and synthetic biology research endeavors. Chang Liu, UCI assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is lead author of the document’s biomolecular engineering section. The […]

First filmed evidence of their existence is included in archival materials

Newly minted Ph.D. Deborah Lefkowitz is dedicated to solving real-world problems via community-engaged research

Young children tend to respond to questions of choice with option presented last

The UCI men’s rowing team finished up what proved to be a great 2018-19 season over the Memorial Day weekend by placing sixth in the American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta in Georgia’s Lake Lanier Olympic Park. After competing in heats throughout Friday and Saturday, the men’s second varsity 8 crew finished second in […]