Briefs

Biology student receives Fulbright fellowship

Christina Zdenek, a biology undergraduate student at UC Irvine, has been selected by the Australian-American Fulbright Commission to receive a…

Lotfipour appointed to new School of Medicine education role

Dr. Shahram Lotfipour, associate clinical professor of emergency medicine, has been appointed as the assistant dean of clinical science education…

Mosqueda receives community service award

Dr. Laura Mosqueda, the Reagan Endowed Chair in Geriatrics at UC Irvine, recently received the Donald N. Phelps Community Service…

Times' series on UCI memory research wins national award

Last year, UC Irvine neurobiologist Gary Lynch (pictured) published a groundbreaking set of research studies showing how the brain forms…

UCI creates new environment institute

UC Irvine has created a new research institute dedicated to the study of how the environment and society interact. The…

Three UCI professors win Guggenheim Fellowships

Three UC Irvine professors were among 190 artists, scientists and scholars who received 2008 Guggenheim Fellowships. The three are Edward…

UCI alumnus wins second Pulitzer for editorial cartooning

UC Irvine alumnus and editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez has drawn his second Pulitzer Prize for what the judges called his…

Finlayson-Pitts awarded Tolman Medal

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, chemistry professor at UC Irvine, has been awarded the Tolman Medal from the Southern California section of the…

Dr. Antoine Khoury to lead pediatric urology

World-renowned urologist Dr. Antoine Khoury has joined the Department of Urology and will assume the position of chief of pediatric…

Acclaimed human-computer interaction scholars to join UCI faculty

Gary and Judy Olson, pioneers in the fields of human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work, will join the UC Irvine…