Faculty

Dr. Gerald Maguire

Worldwide care for stuttering

Dr. Gerald Maguire started the world’s first clinic dedicated to the medical care of stuttering, and if patients in faraway places can’t come to his UC Irvine Medical Center office for treatment, he brings it to them.

The internet

Teens thrive in digital age

Teens who are into texting, gaming and “geeking out” are not wasting their time, according to results from the most extensive U.S. study on young people and their use of digital media.

Fan-Gang Zeng

Business of research

The first time Fan-Gang Zeng invented a cochlear implant – a device he believed could help thousands regain lost hearing – things didn’t work out too well.

Bronchitis up after wildfires

Raging wildfires that engulfed Southern California earlier this decade not only destroyed neighborhoods laying in their path, they also caused significant health problems for many who lived outside the fires’ reach.

Dancing with technology

If you can’t make it on “Dancing with the Stars,” try dancing with technology.

Genetically Modified Mosquitos

Declaring war on malaria

Anthony James knows mosquitoes, and he knows even more about the disease and illness they spread.

A bracero works the agricultural field

Immigrants’ impact on OC

“Immigrant Lives in ‘The O.C.’ and Beyond,” a new exhibit at UC Irvine’s Langson Library, traces the history of immigration, showing how the county arrived at where it is today.

West Side Story

UCI presents ‘West Side Story’

West Side Story, the groundbreaking and enduring American musical that addresses dual passions of gang membership and forbidden young love, will open at the Irvine Barclay Theatre Friday, Nov. 14, and continue through Saturday, Nov. 22.

Earth

Global business conference

Globalization has arrived, and companies are looking for ways to retool growth strategies in the expanded business world.

Poet, pollster highlight lecture series

UC Irvine’s 10th annual Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellows Series begins this month with political pollster John Zogby revealing why Americans voted as they did. Leading intellectuals in science and literature will round out the series in 2009.