Briefs

Marijuana-like brain chemicals work as antidepressant

Daniele Piomelli, the Louise Turner Arnold Chair in Neurosciences and director of the Center for Drug Discovery at the University…

Cancer Center director publishes poetry book

Dr. Frank L. Meyskens Jr., associate vice chancellor for the UC Irvine College of Health Sciences and director of the…

UCI hydrology center awarded United Nations water prize

UC Irvine’s Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS) has been named a joint winner of the prestigious 2007 Great…

Handel receives landscape architecture honor

Steven Handel, adjunct professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Irvine, has been elected an honorary member of the…

UCI-Israeli university engineering exchange program established

Henry and Susan Samueli have made a $2 million endowed gift to establish an exchange program among UC Irvine engineering…

Stem cells can improve memory after brain injury

New UC Irvine research is among the first to demonstrate that neural stem cells may help to restore memory after…

UCI dedicates more resources to stem cell research

UC Irvine has dedicated five new faculty positions to its stem cell biology program, representing a commitment of about $17…

Campus tunnels featured in 'Ghostlore' collection

<![CDATA[Legends and rumors surrounding UC Irvine’s tunnels are featured in Haunted Halls: Ghostlore on American College Campuses, a new book…]]>

Cooray named Chancellor's Fellow

Asantha Cooray, associate professor of physics & astronomy at UC Irvine, has been awarded the title of Chancellor’s Fellow. This…

Graduate student publishes report on DREAM Act

Roberto G. Gonzales, a doctoral candidate in the UC Irvine Department of Sociology, has published a study in support of…