Faculty

Beach volleyball player icing their ankle

Taming the weekend warrior

Dr. David Kruse, medical director of UC Irvine’s Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center, sees first-hand when weekend warriors push themselves a little too far. He offers his insights on avoiding injury while still having fun this summer.

Catherine Loudon

Going with the flow

Innovative biology course makes the unseen – and its movement – visible.

James Diego Vigil

Former 'street kid' now studies them

Professor who grew up in rough LA area credits family and social programs for his success in academia.

Christopher Klotz '06 is surrounded by Nigerian youths he coached

UCI grads make good

Alumni have found niches in nonprofit work, pro sports, Hollywood, law, TV and business

Shannon Dargenzio and her 230-pound English mastiff, Shera

Her next-best friend is a robot

Shannon Dargenzio says she is grateful UC Irvine Medical Center surgeons were able to remove a benign thyroid tumor without leaving a scar.

Mikael Nilsson

Taking the ‘waste' out of nuclear waste

While spent nuclear fuel continues to pile up by the ton across the United States, engineering professor Mikael Nilsson says the solution is clear: recycle it at the commercial nuclear power plants that create it.

Karen Rook

Shedding light on loneliness

Professor Karen Rook studies relationships and how they affect one’s health and happiness. Her research has shed light on the psychological toll of loneliness on the elderly.

Russell Dalton

Handicapping early presidential politics

Political science professor Russell Dalton weighs in on the early presidential race.

Barbara Dosher

Dean elected to National Academy of Sciences

Social Sciences dean and cognitive scientist is recognized for her research on attention, memory and perceptual learning.

David Neumark

Not all doom and gloom for Golden State

Study finds weather, geography, industry mix trump traditional business index measures.