Briefs

Kobsa elected to lecture notes editorial board

Alfred Kobsa, informatics professor at UC Irvine, has been elected to the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science editorial board.…

de Figueiredo elected to Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, awarded honorary medal

Rui J. P. de Figueiredo, electrical engineering and computer science and mathematics research professor at UC Irvine, has been elected…

UCI professor publishes book on doing business in Japan

John Graham, professor of marketing and international business at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business, has co-authored a book…

Five UC Irvine students bring home research prizes

Five UC Irvine students were among 26 first-place winners for outstanding scientific research presentations at the 2007 Sigma Xi Student…

Shah receives physician service award

Dr. Nitin Shah, UC Irvine clinical professor of anesthesiology, has received the 2007 Physician Service Award from the Indian Medical…

Herbal extract found to increase lifespan of fruit flies

The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia increased the lifespan…

Greater parental guidance suggested for noisy toy use

UC Irvine hearing researchers tested the noise levels of some of the more popular toys this holiday season. They found…

School of Medicine breaks ground on state-of-the-art medical education building

A new medical education building for the UC Irvine School of Medicine will help prepare tomorrow’s doctors for healthcare in…

Lunch served on campus to thank local firefighters

Local firefighters, including those from Orange County Fire Authority Station 4 which protects the UC Irvine campus, were treated to…

UCI receives grant to improve English and arts instruction in K-2 classrooms

UC Irvine could one day claim it helped discover the next Picasso and Shakespeare, thanks to a $828,219 grant to…