Health

Tassel town

Anteater class of ’17 is ready to tackle the future

$1.25 million pharmaceutical sciences donation will fund lab's biomaterials research

A $1.25 million gift from PharmaResearch Products Co. Ltd. will fund research by Young Jik Kwon, UCI professor of pharmaceutical sciences. His BioTherapeutics Engineering Laboratory group has been exploring innovative methods for the efficient and safe delivery of therapeutic molecules such as drugs, nucleic acids and proteins. With this support, Kwon hopes to generate novel […]

$9.6 million grant fuels UCI malaria control research in Africa

Major federal funding establishes campus as international center of excellence

State grants will support nursing education programs

The Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing was recently awarded grants for $240,000 and $80,000 through the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act of the California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development. Both are designed to bolster programs aimed at educating nurses to serve in areas of unmet need and to increase the […]

Dr. Claudia Kawas awarded $100,000 Potamkin Prize for dementia research

The American Academy of Neurology is giving UCI’s Dr. Claudia Kawas a 2017 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s & Related Diseases for her dementia work. Sometimes referred to as the Nobel Prize of Alzheimer’s research, the $100,000 award is an internationally recognized tribute to those advancing our understanding of dementia. Kawas will be […]

Making their mark

For the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, we take a look at some current UCI trailblazers

A perfect match

Engaged couple among graduating medical students who learn in dramatic ritual where they’ll serve residencies

UCI's critical theory program is No. 1 in U.S. News' graduate school rankings

11other fields of study place in top 25 among public universities in annual list

A perfect match

Engaged couple among graduating medical students who’ll soon learn in dramatic ritual where they’ll serve residencies

School spirit

Nursing faculty, staff and students celebrate program’s elevated status