Briefs

Prototype Toyota hybrid to be tested at UC Irvine

A new plug-in electric hybrid Toyota is headed to the UC Irvine campus as part of a $3 million research…

KROQ jocks put UC Irvine programmer analyst on the air

The hosts of the Kevin and Bean morning show on KROQ 106.7 FM spoke for about 10 minutes Wednesday, July…

Anger, depression much higher among jailed teen girls than boys, study finds

Despite years working with troubled teens, psychologist Elizabeth Cauffman was surprised by the results of her new survey of kids…

Koenig and national health leaders talk about emergency preparedness

Dr. Kristi Koenig, co-director of emergency medical services and the disaster medical sciences fellowship in the UC Irvine School of…

Child development researchers find ADHD drugs stunt growth

UC Irvine pediatricians, led by Child Development Center director Jim Swanson (pictured), have found that after three years children who…

Atlantic Monthly declares great writers are made at UC Irvine

<![CDATA[ Atlantic Monthly‘s 2007 fiction issue commends UC Irvine’s master of fine arts creative writing program as one of the country’s…]]>

Vicki Ruiz named UCI humanities dean

Vicki L. Ruiz, a UC Irvine historian specializing in Chicano/Latino studies, has been named dean of the UCI School of…

Ruiz named interim dean of humanities

Vicki Ruiz has been named interim dean of UC Irvine’s School of Humanities, which includes 12 departments and 2,650 students.…

Harry Potter available at UC Irvine Bookstore

Fly on in on your Nimbus 2000 (or walk or drive if you must) to the UC Irvine Bookstore for…

UC Irvine Chancellor Drake heads to China to give keynote speech

UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake traveled Friday, July 20, to Beijing, China, where he will be the American keynote…