Faculty

UCI study reveals how they alleviate ‘chemobrain’ after cancer treatments

With Lunar New Year on the horizon, a UCI expert explains the origins and customs of the Asian holiday

Jed Brubaker’s graduate research guides Facebook’s new policy on postmortem account stewardship

UC Irvine has been selected, through a competitive bid process, to host a Water-Energy Nexus Workshop this spring. The goal is to distill lessons from Western U.S. states and develop recommendations to enable water and electrical utilities and other stakeholders to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in usage. Spearheaded by the University of California and the […]

Grasp of underlying molecular mechanisms could improve addiction recovery efforts

Driving on the 405 freeway in Orange County rush-hour traffic, Sarah Pressman can be forgiven if she doesn’t feel like smiling. When other cars cut her off or ride her bumper, she’s tempted to do what many commuters do: curse or engage in some creative sign language. But she grins and bears it – even […]

Revival of iconic “Billy the Kid” ballet honors its original choreographer, Eugene Loring, founding chair of UCI’s dance department

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 2, 2015 – For a better understanding of how forest fires behave and interact with climate, scientists are turning to the trees. A new study out of UC Irvine shows that differences in individual tree species between Eurasia and North America alter the continental patterns of fire – and that blazes burning […]

Campus’s CARE office, new victim advocate are committed to supporting those subjected to sexual violence, harassment

The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded $2 million to UC Irvine to develop a photonic “magnetic nanoprobe,” a microscope able to amplify, detect and possibly manipulate the extremely weak optical-frequency magnetic fields in matter.