Briefs

19th century India setting for A Midsummer Night's Dream

<![CDATA[In a new twist on Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be transported to late 19th century India under British…]]>

Evans receives 2008 Spedding Award

William Evans, professor of chemistry at UC Irvine, has been awarded the 2008 Spedding Award, the top honor for researchers…

UCI receives grant to support scholars with families

The Elsevier Foundation has awarded UC Irvine $87,500 over a three-year span to develop an innovative pilot program to address…

Health policy grant to build foundation for tailored therapeutics

Dr. Sheldon Greenfield and Sherrie Kaplan, co-directors of the Center for Health Policy Research in the UC Irvine School of…

New book explores China's one-child policy

<![CDATA[Susan Greenhalgh, professor of anthropology at UC Irvine, has written a new book called Just One Child: Science and Policy…]]>

Economists to study minority communities

UC Irvine economics professors Francesca Mazzolari (pictured) and David Neumark have received a $35,000 Labor and Employment Research Fund award…

New book challenges notion that monopolies have no redeeming virtue

Richard McKenzie, professor of economics and public policy at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business, has written a new…

Dr. Christopher Zachary demonstrates laser device on NBC's Today Show

<![CDATA[Dr. Christopher Zachary, clinical professor and chair of dermatology at UC Irvine, appeared on NBC’s Today Show Friday, Feb. 1,…]]>

UCI's Department of Neurolgical Surgery receives full accreditation

UC Irvine’s Department of Neurological Surgery received full accreditation for its neurosurgery residency training program by the American Council on…

Researchers receive education grant

UC Irvine researchers Liane Brouillette, educational leadership professor, and Kristen Monroe (pictured), political science professor, have received an $828,000 grant…