Features

Astrophysicist Gregory Benford

Finding frugal aliens

‘Benford beacons’ concept could refocus search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Michael Montoya

Forging a faster path from lab to clinic

UCI’s Institute for Clinical & Translational Science will receive $20 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to hasten the transformation of scientific discoveries into medical advances for patients.

Brain scan of a rat

Whisker stimulation prevents strokes in rats, UCI team finds

Whisker stimulation prevents strokes in rats with arterial obstruction, UCI team finds.

Is the ocean making you sick?

This summer, surfers and swimmers will risk more than sunburn — the ocean could make them sick. UCI researchers are testing the waters and working to improve the detection, identification, measurement and elimination of coastal pollutants.

Honoring her heritage

First-generation college student Cheyenne Reynoso is intent on giving back to her Native American community.

Elvia Ramirez

Custodial workers ‘insourced' by UCI

Elvia Ramirez has labored to keep the UC Irvine campus shipshape for more than two decades. As of July 1, she became part of the UC workforce.

Emily Rosenberg

Touching the past

Professor of the Year Emily Rosenberg has a hands-on approach to teaching 20th century U.S. history.

Dr. Krishnansu Tewari

Overcoming ovarian cancer

UCI’s gynecologic oncology group forges what is being called the largest breakthrough for treating ovarian cancer in more than a decade.

UCI alumna Doreen Fang

UCI alum recalls billiard cues, tuna melts

Doreen Fang ’94, who recently competed on ‘The Next Food Network Star,’ is cooking up quite a career.

Susan Turner

Just the facts

Susan Turner’s office at UC Irvine looks as cheerful as a kindergarten classroom, with a bright mural of butterflies painted by her mother and a vase filled with flowers crafted from beads. Her surroundings belie the often grim task at hand: researching crime and punishment. As director of UCI’s Center for Evidence-Based Corrections and a criminology, law […]