Briefs

Regional wildfires highlight value of 'zotAlert,' UCI's emergency communications system

Brush fires this week in northeast Irvine prompted many calls to campus asking if classes would be held Monday. Such…

Web site launched to help California wildfire victims

<![CDATA[UC Irvine informatics professor Bill Tomlinson and a team of students have created a free Web site, www.CalFireHelp.com,…]]>

Holcombe named associate vice chancellor for research

UC Irvine oncologist Dr. Randall Holcombe has been appointed as the associate vice chancellor for research. In this position, Holcombe…

Neumark to study effects of women's health insurance

UC Irvine economics professor David Neumark recently was awarded part of a $2.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute…

UCI awarded nearly $1 million to train K-2 teachers in math, science

UC Irvine has been awarded nearly $1 million over four years from the California Postsecondary Education Commission for a project…

Hydrogen Fueling Station helps launch fuel cell electric vehicle fleet

UC Irvine’s Hydrogen Fueling Station, operated by the National Fuel Cell Research Center, was selected by General Motors to help…

Zender testifies on Capitol Hill about climate change

Charlie Zender, associate professor of Earth system science at UC Irvine, testified Thursday, Oct. 18, at a congressional hearing about…

Koenig elected to board of international disaster medicine group

Dr. Kristi Koenig, UC Irvine professor of clinical emergency medicine and director of public health preparedness, has been elected to…

Vaca study to focus on injury risk and young Latino men

Dr. Federico Vaca, UC Irvine associate professor of clinical emergency medicine and director of the Center for Trauma and Injury…

UCI undergrad wins Dalai Lama scholarship for using art to promote peace

For her efforts to use art as a medium to raise social awareness, Rebecca Dawn Westerman was recently named UC…