Briefs

Dr. Hungs to discuss sleep disorders on TV

Dr. Marcel Hungs, neurologist and director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at UC Irvine Medical Center, will discuss sleep…

ACS grant to help young cancer researchers

The American Cancer Society has awarded UC Irvine a three-year, $300,000 Institutional Research Grant to allow junior faculty members, including…

Grape powder blocks genes linked to colon cancer

Low doses of freeze-dried grape powder inhibit genes linked to the development of sporadic colorectal cancer, UC Irvine cancer researchers…

Schedule set for 2007-08 Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Series

Leading intellectuals in the arts and sciences will give public talks on the UC Irvine campus during the ninth annual…

Language barriers adversely impact healthcare quality

For the millions of Americans whose native tongue isn’t English, language remains a critical road block to quality healthcare, according…

Criminology, Law & Society professor receives Fulbright award

Henry Pontell, Criminology, Law & Society professor at UC Irvine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and…

Toyota delivers plug-in vehicles to UCI, Berkeley

Toyota presented prototype plug-in hybrid electric vehicles today to UC Irvine’s Advanced Power and Energy Program and UC Berkeley’s Institute…

Mike Davis recognized for literary achievements

UC Irvine history professor Mike Davis recently received the 2007 Lannan Literary Award in Nonfiction and $150,000 for making “significant…

Ngugi novel gains international acclaim

<![CDATA[Praise continues to pour in for Wizard of the Crow, the 2006 novel by UC Irvine professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o.…]]>

Mukamel receives national award for research on older women

Dana Mukamel, UC Irvine professor of medicine and researcher in the Center for Health Policy Research, was presented with the…