Magazine

Physician alumnus researches (future) life on Mars while teaching medicine at UCI

New campus building reconfigures interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle some of the future’s most complex issues

Well-timed Infectious Disease Science Initiative strives to make UCI a global leader in an urgent and ever-evolving field

Three Questions With Dr. Donald Forthal

UCI center offers compassionate perspectives on health and disease

This is not my first epidemic. Indeed, it was in the early days of HIV/AIDS, in a series of life-changing circumstances, that I was inspired to leave a planned career as bench scientist in cell physiology and embrace the study of public health. Partially motivated by tensions between the government and communities seeking answers to […]

Students in the burgeoning AI@UCI Club form fast friendships while sharing knowledge and mentoring each other in the applications of artificial intelligence

The switch flipped, and what started as a disquieting new reality quickly turned into a more settled way of life. While the majority of UCI undergraduates moved home, those remaining on campus saw the implementation of health and safety guidelines and social distancing. From mandatory temperature checks outside the Student Health Center to near-empty cafeterias […]

While all but essential research shut down, studies connected to COVID-19 ramped up as UCI’s scientific community mobilized in a quest to serve the public good. Researchers harnessed their intellectual resources to investigate how the coronavirus behaves and mutates. They created diagnostic tools to help doctors predict which patients aremore likely to be admitted to […]

The daunting challenge seemingly happened overnight: Stop what you’re doing, rethink how you’re doing it, and adapt – now. With each day delivering a flurry of new and often confusing information about the COVID-19 pandemic, UCI Health and the campus community mobilized to figure out how to combat this invisible yet deadly enemy. Health and […]