Feelings of life enjoyment and satisfaction can influence physical health according to a new review study, co-authored by Sarah Pressman, associate professor of psychology and social behavior. Researchers found that by cultivating happiness and positive perceptions, individuals can improve their immune and cardiovascular systems, as well as the body’s ability to heal from injuries. “In […]
Affordability, academic excellence and alumni success are all important criteria when selecting which college to attend. For those who want all of that plus easy access to the beach, there’s really only one choice: UCI. For the second year in a row, Money magazine has ranked UCI the No. 1 college for beach lovers. To […]
UCI astronomer James Bullock has been appointed chair of the James Webb Space Telescope users committee. The group, which includes 10 to 14 American, European and Canadian scientists, was established to ensure that the observatory is operated in such a way as to maximize its scientific performance. The JWST, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, […]
Robert Spitale, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is among 22 individuals nationwide named 2017 Pew scholars in the biomedical sciences, one of the highest honors for early-career researchers. Spitale will receive $240,000 over the next four years from the Pew Charitable Trusts to develop powerful new tools for visualizing the production, localization and structure of […]
Money magazine scoured through 2,400 colleges and 27 data points to list the 711 top colleges, and once again, UCI rates highly for offering an affordable and accessible high-quality education coupled with alumni success. In Money’s 2017-18 Best College Rankings, UCI rated as the seventh-best college for your money (and fifth among public universities). Most […]
Extreme lightning storms are the main driver of recent massive fire years in Alaska and Canada, and these storms are likely to move farther north with climate warming, potentially altering landscapes, according to findings in Nature Climate Change by researchers from UCI, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and elsewhere. Analyzing satellite images and data from ground-based networks, […]
Joachim Vandekerckhove, associate professor of cognitive sciences, and Ramesh Srinivasan, professor and chair of cognitive sciences, have received a $337,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new methods of statistically modeling the relationship between brain activity and behavior. Using electroencephalogram technology, they’ll measure neurological signals on very short time scales to map the […]
John Joseph, an assistant professor of strategy in UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business, is the co-author of a research report that received a 2016 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award. The study, published in the June 2016 issue of the Strategic Management Journal, examined how mobile handset manufacturers decide when to introduce new […]
Imran Currim, Chancellor’s Professor of marketing and director of the Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, is the lead author on a research report named a “highly commended” paper in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. The study, published in the European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 50, Issue 12, establishes the longer-term positive […]
Six UCI professors are recipients of the first proof-of-product grants from Applied Innovation. These POP awards provide up to $125,000 each for innovators to move promising technologies closer to commercialization. More than 20 applications were submitted and reviewed by domain experts and industry advisers. The awardees and their projects are: The POP grants program is […]