Briefs

PRIME-LC student named AMA Minority Scholars Award winner

Elysia Alvarez, a first-year medical student at UC Irvine, has received a 2007 Minority Scholars Award from the American Medical…

Center for Citizen Peacebuilding asks for help freeing Ali Shakeri

UCI’s Center for Citizen Peacebuilding is asking for help calling for the release of Ali Shakeri, a founding member of…

UC Irvine pediatricians put the focus on children and exercise

Dr. Dan Cooper and The Pediatric Exercise Research Center at UC Irvine have teamed up with The Orange County Register…

Middle school affiliated with UCI's MESA program heading to national competition

For the second year in a row, Roosevelt Middle School in Compton will represent California in the MESA USA National…

Two UCI sailors named All-Americans

UC Irvine senior sailors Frank Tybor and Whitney Loufek were named Intercollegiate Sailing Association All-Americans. Tybor was named to the…

Four Honored by Asian Business Association

The Asian Business Association of Orange County honored four members of the UCI community at its annual Asian Pacific American…

UC Irvine urologists develop minimally invasive kidney surgery technique

UC Irvine urologists have successfully performed in the laboratory the first minimally invasive kidney surgery technique using a specially designed…

Private grant sends sociologist to French castle

Jen’nan Read, assistant professor of sociology, has won a scholar-in-residency grant from the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation that will…

Boxer visits UCI stem cell research center

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer visited UC Irvine’s Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center Thursday, May 31. Boxer toured…

Nine UCI baseball players earn All-Big West distinction

Nine UCI baseball players were honored on the Easton Big West All-Conference teams, giving the Anteaters the most honorees in…