Briefs

Professor Margot Norris invited into Finnish learned society

Margot Norris, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of English and Comparative Literature, has been nominated as a foreign member of the…

UC Irvine Healthcare boasts more than 90 'Best Doctors'

More than 90 UC Irvine Healthcare physicians made the Best Doctors in America list compiled by Best Doctors, Inc. Physicians…

Links between environment, security made by UCI professor

Richard Matthew, UC Irvine associate professor of planning, policy and design, addressed international policymakers at the World Conservation Congress Oct.…

Nasis wins 'Survivor' venture competition

Dr. Rania Nasis, UC Irvine Heath Care Executive MBA student and founder of start-up Wanzo, recently beat 40 other entrants…

Small intestine senses, reacts to food toxins

Toxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. New UC Irvine…

Castellanos honored by National Latina/o Psychology Association

Jeanett Castellanos, UC Irvine social science and Chicano/Latino studies lecturer and director of the Social Sciences Academic Resource Center, has…

UCI to study large-scale computer networks

If your Facebook page – or “node” – disappeared, would your whole social network come crashing to a halt? A…

New institute to explore how poor spend, save money

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded UC Irvine a $1.7 million grant to create a new research institute…

Loftus receives prestigious behavioral science award

Elizabeth Loftus, UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, will receive the 2009 John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the…

Lane awarded Chancellor's Fellow title

Thomas Lane, molecular biology & biochemistry professor, has been named a Chancellor’s Fellow, effective Sept. 1, 2008, to Aug. 31,…