Briefs

Postdoc wins L'Oréal USA Fellowships for Women in Science award

Maria Krish, a postdoctoral researcher in the UC Irvine Department of Chemistry, was selected Thursday, May 24 as one of…

Women's tennis coach, Mike Edles, named coach of year

UC Irvine women’s tennis head coach Mike Edles has been named the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s West Region Coach of the…

Living Our Values Award recipients announced

Chancellor Michael V. Drake announced the recipients of the spring 2007 Living Our Values Awards, which honor university employees who…

Top physician scientists win School of Medicine awards

The School of Medicine has announced this year’s Athalie Clarke and Junior Physician Scientist Award recipients. Sponsored by the Research…

Samueli Center adds naturopathic treatments to clinics

The Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine has added naturopathic treatments to its line of services. The center is the…

Former Department of Defense advisor discusses threat of nuclear terrorism

Harvard University’s Graham Allison will discuss what he considers the imminent threat of nuclear terrorism on American soil in his…

Trends show increase in alcohol-related crash fatalities for young women

Although young men have tended to be associated with alcohol-related crashes, young women are beginning to show an alarming increase…

UC Irvine immigration expert to testify before Congress

While considering comprehensive immigration reform, Congress called on UC Irvine sociology professor Rubén Rumbaut, a leading scholar on assimilation of…

Study shows first images of brain changes associated with memory

Neuroscientists at UC Irvine have developed the first images of the physical changes in brain cells thought to underlie memory,…

Dietary supplement blocks MS, diabetes symptoms

A dietary supplement has been found to suppress the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes…