Briefs

Medical physics residency program accredited

The medical physics residency program in UC Irvine’s Department of Radiation Oncology was recently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation…

Furche wins two prestigious chemistry awards

Filipp Furche, associate professor of chemistry at UC Irvine, has received two prestigious awards. The Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (Germany’s…

UCI bariatric surgeons to undertake novel VBLOC Therapy study

Dr. Ninh Nguyen, chief of gastrointestinal surgery at the UC Irvine Medical Center, and colleagues are seeking participants in a…

Smedley selected as IEEE fellow

Keyue M. Smedley, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UC Irvine, has been elected as a fellow of…

Antarctic ice loss speeds up, nearly matches Greenland loss

Ice loss in Antarctica increased by 75 percent in the last 10 years due to a speed-up in the flow…

Olson honored by Association for Computing Machinery

Judy Olson, Donald Bren Professor of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine, has been named a Fellow of the…

Dourish elected to CHI Academy

Paul Dourish, a professor of informatics and computer science at UC Irvine, has been elected to the prestigious CHI Academy.…

Prather helps author new AGU climate change statement

The American Geophysical Union today released a new statement updating its position on climate change, the evidence for it, potential…

Tsai receives distinguished alumnus award

Chen Tsai, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UC Irvine, was recently awarded the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus Award…

Morales named to humanities board

Alejandro Morales, professor of Chicano/Latino studies at UC Irvine, has been selected to serve a three-year term on the board…