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Francis Crinella

Don’t try to label him

Francis Crinella’s name is known to wine lovers and academics alike, and in both arenas his commitment to excellence stands out.

Diane Pataki

Climate change: smart strategies

Inundated with conflicting advice on how to reduce your carbon footprint? Diane Pataki, associate professor of Earth system science, will clear up the confusion.

Elizabeth Loftus

Lawyers tend to be overconfident, study finds

Study co-authored by UCI’s Elizabeth Loftus finds lawyers overly optimistic about case outcomes.

New stem cell building a hub of hope, healing

Dedication of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Hall is milestone in effort to unlock stem cells’ potential and marks a milestone for the future of medicine.

Julian Feldman

Julian Feldman, Extraordinarius

His vision led to the 1968 creation of an information and computer sciences department, which he twice chaired and would become the first ICS school in the University of California system.

Dr. Suzy Kim

Helping spinal injury patients move forward

Dr. Suzy Kim knows – from personal experience – that early, rigorous rehab is key for spinal injury patients.

Speaking of Jack

Campus and community leaders recall working with the multifaceted Jack Peltason.

In praise of Peltason

Jack Peltason, UC Irvine’s second chancellor and the University of California’s 16th president, has received the American Council on Education’s Distinguished Service Award for “a lifetime of achievement and service to higher education and to ACE.”

A mother and child

TLC boosts baby’s brain

UCI child neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Tallie Z. Baram has found that maternal care and other sensory input triggers activity in a baby’s developing brain that improves cognitive function and builds resilience to stress.

Transgenic Hydra expressing the green fluorescent protein.

UCI a historical hotbed of hydra research

UCI biologists’ groundbreaking work with the freshwater polyp hydra helped put a young campus on the map.