EVENT: The grand opening of UC Irvine’s eSports arena – the first at a public university – will feature top-ranked players on UCI’s new League of Legends team. With 80 custom PCs from iBUYPOWER and a live webcasting studio to broadcast to millions of viewers, the arena will be a Southern California epicenter for competitive […]
Taking and sharing smartphone photos boosts positive feelings
Entrepreneur Marios Papaefthymiou chairs University of Michigan program
Two of UCI’s most high-profile researchers are featured at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, at which leaders from around the globe and across many disciplines engage in deep and inquisitive discussion of current innovations and issues. On Friday, June 24, UCI vector biologist Anthony James participated in a panel on recent advances in gene editing that have allowed […]
Six junior faculty awarded support for research, scholarly work
UCI competition challenges students to design machines that can search for disaster victims
Inc. magazine’s annual roundup of the nation’s “16 coolest college startups” includes two companies founded by current and former UCI students. Versafit, an app that matches gym rats, power walkers and other exercise buffs with workout partners, was launched in January by MBA student Julian Clarke and Paul Merage School of Business alumnus Alton Chislom ’15. The magazine also honored CubeForme, a monthly subscription service that surprises customers with […]
In 20 years, stem cells, genetics and robotics will get patients back on their feet after a blood clot in the brain
Machine sounds enable reverse engineering of source code
Study correlates tiredness, bad mood, distractibility and social media browsing