UCI behind world's first embryonic stem cell study in humans
A therapy developed at UC Irvine that made paralyzed rats walk again will become the world’s first embryonic stem cell…
January 23, 2009
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Meteorological society honors UCI engineering professor
Soroosh Sorooshian, Distinguished Professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Irvine, has been selected as the 2009 Walter Orr…
January 21, 2009
Keirstead co-authors stem cell white paper
UC Irvine stem cell scientist Hans Keirstead (pictured) co-authored a white paper called “Catalyst For Cures: Embryonic Stem Cell Research,”…
January 14, 2009
Samsung taps HIPerWall video technology
The Highly Interactive Parallelized Display Wall (HIPerWall) in Calit2’s Visualization Lab has been transforming enormous research datasets into super-high-resolution images…
January 13, 2009
UCI named Climate Action Leader for measuring its greenhouse gasses
When UC Irvine joined the California Climate Action Registry last year, two staff members, Fred Bockmiller and Erin Lane, set…
January 12, 2009
UCI named one of 100 'Best Value Colleges'
UCI has been named one of the “Best Value Colleges for 2009” by The Princeton Review. The list salutes 50…
January 08, 2009
Paralympic sailing champ Nick Scandone dies
UC Irvine alumnus Nick Scandone ’90, who became a world champion sailor while battling Lou Gehrig’s disease, died in his…
January 05, 2009
Study finds state program ineffective at creating jobs
A new study co-authored by UC Irvine economics professor David Neumark (pictured), finds that California’s Enterprise Zone Program has no…
January 05, 2009
Toohey honored for humanism in medicine achievements
Dr. Julianne Toohey was one of 45 physicians nationwide to be nominated for the Association of American Medical Colleges’ 2008…
January 02, 2009
UCI software engineer honored for disaster Web portal work
Jay Lickfett, lead software engineer for UC Irvine’s RESCUE Consortium received a Platinum Award from the California Emergency Services Association…
December 27, 2008