Briefs

UCI hosts first ever blog-based art gallery exhibition

A handful of popular blogs have evolved into books, but Grand Text Auto – a blog about the potential of…

Berns' innovative 'laser tweezers' used in primate study

Michael Berns, founding director of the Beckman Laser Institute and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor at UC Irvine, is…

Studies find cell defects related to multiple sclerosis

In immunology studies related to multiple sclerosis, Dr. Michael Demetriou and his UC Irvine research colleagues found that defects on…

Avise publishes new book on evolution

<![CDATA[John Avise, distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Irvine, has published a new book titled On Evolution.…]]>

Meyskens named to Southwest Oncology Group post

Dr. Frank L. Meyskens, the Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. Endowed Chair and director of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center…

UCI scientists use mathematics to study cancer

A team of UC Irvine mathematicians has developed a computer model that produces 3-D simulations of a growing brain cancer.…

'Eater has landed at UCI's new Student Center

Anteater Tower, the signature piece of UC Irvine’s new Student Center, was adorned Aug. 30 with a nine-foot long bronze…

EH&S Spiked Punch crowned staff volleyball champs

Environmental Heath & Safety’s Spiked Punch volleyball team captured UC Irvine’s department staff volleyball championship Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the…

UCI professor emeritus honored in special-edition journal

Kenneth Small, professor emeritus of economics at UC Irvine, is the subject of a special issue of the Journal of Urban Economics, which published a selection of essays in his honor. Small was named a fellow of the Regional Science Association International in 2006 and was recently recognized as the 2007 UC Irvine Lauds & […]

State grant to support alcohol prevention program for drivers

Dr. Federico Vaca and the UC Irvine School of Medicine’s Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research were recently awarded…