Briefs

New spine tumor treatment may help breast cancer patients

UCI orthopedic researcher Joyce Keyak has found that radioactive bone cement she helped invent can improve treatments for patients when…

Ngugi nominated for top book prize

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature and director of the International Center for Writing and Translation…

Flores wins $1,000 AspiringDocs.org video award

Senior neurobiology major Victoria Flores is one of 10 winners of the AspiringDocs.org video contest and will receive $1,000 toward…

1988 presidential nominee Dukakis to appear at UCI

Michael Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts and the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, will speak on “American Politics and Presidential Campaigning”…

Greenfield to help set stimulus package health-research priorities

Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, Center for Health Policy Research executive director, has been appointed co-chair of an Institute of Medicine committee…

Loftus feted for contributions to psychology and law

Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology at UC Irvine, will receive the 2009 Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and Law…

Sociologist to study China's one-child policy

Wang Feng, UC Irvine sociology professor and chair, recently received a $500,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to study China’s…

Book sheds light on global human rights

The U.S. could learn a lot from other countries when it comes to human rights, according to a new book…

Biologist awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowship

Kevin Thornton, UC Irvine ecology & evolutionary biology assistant professor, has been awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. He…

Richard F. Kroll remembered as a top literary scholar

UC Irvine English professor Richard F. Kroll, a major figure in Restoration and 18th century literary studies, died Feb. 5…