Briefs

If you’ve always wanted to know how to extract DNA from a termite, harvest stem cells from the cerebral cortex…

The Dhont Family Foundation, represented by Executive Director Andre G. Dhont (pictured), has given $100,000 to UC Irvine neurobiologist Hans…

Vector biologist Anthony A. James has been named Distinguished Professor in recognition of his research into infectious diseases such as…

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, distinguished professor of English and comparative literature, has been nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in fiction…

A person searching for a ripe tomato at the grocery store is more likely to notice apples, strawberries and other…

<![CDATA[In his new essay collection, China’s Brave New World – And Other Tales for Global Times (Indiana University Press), history…]]>

Jeanett Castellanos, a lecturer in UC Irvine’s Social Sciences and Chicano/Latino Studies and director of the Social Sciences Academic Resource…

Sixteen UC Irvine medical students, including those involved in the innovative PRIME-LC, will be spending some of their summer vacation…

A study by researchers at the Center for Evidence-based Corrections found that 4 percent of the 322 surveyed inmates report…

Two happy, healthy 4-year-old twins — Grant and Alexa Agamalian — convinced an anonymous Los Angeles donor to give $5…