UCI butterfly expert’s advocacy for Hispanic scientists takes wing with award
Adriana Briscoe receives the 2020 University Faculty Award
December 19, 2019
Campus News
Greenland ice loss is at ‘worse-case scenario’ levels, study finds
UCI glaciologists play key roles on international assessment team
December 19, 2019
UCI-led team releases high-precision map of Antarctic ice sheet bed topography
New findings will help scientists predict climate change impact on frozen continent
December 12, 2019
UCI engineering team creates biocatalyst for microbial production of useful commodities
Scientists have demonstrated that – in labs – microbes can be used as tiny biological factories to produce fuels, pharmaceutical drugs and other commodities from renewable resources. But achieving output on a commercially viable scale has proven elusive. A key barrier has been so-called cofactors – biocatalysts that spur enzymatic activity in cells – as […]
December 10, 2019
Alumni couple Carol and Eugene Choi to receive UCI’s Extraordinarius award
Entrepreneur-philanthropists will be among 22 honorees at 50th Lauds & Laurels event
December 10, 2019
Nine UCI researchers named AAAS fellows
Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields
November 26, 2019
UCI Esports teams with GameChanger Charity, Amazon Web Services for Giving Tuesday
‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ tournament Dec. 3 will benefit hospitalized children, teens
November 25, 2019
Researchers develop ‘lab on a chip’ for personalized drug efficacy monitoring
UCI researchers and collaborators have developed a “lab on a chip” platform to facilitate continuous, inexpensive, rapid and personalized drug screening. The technology is capable of evaluating the effectiveness of treatments on cancer cells without bulky readout equipment or requiring the shipment of samples to labs. The scientists’ work is the subject of a new […]
November 21, 2019
UCI Provost Enrique Lavernia is chosen to receive prestigious materials science medal
Enrique Lavernia, UCI provost and executive vice chancellor, is the recipient of the 2020 Acta Materialia Gold Medal, an international award that recognizes leadership and outstanding contributions in materials science and engineering. Lavernia will accept the medal and present an overview of his work at the annual meeting of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society […]
November 18, 2019
Art history professor receives book award from Archaeological Institute of America
The Archaeological Institute of America has bestowed its 2020 James R. Wiseman Book Award on UCI professor of art history and visual studies Matthew P. Canepa, the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History and Archaeology of Ancient Iran, for his book The Iranian Expanse: Transforming Royal Identity Through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built […]
November 18, 2019