Carrie Carmody

Getting in their Facebook

What’s grad student Carrie Carmody doing now? Exploring how adolescents socialize on the Net

Ruben Hipolito pictured with President Barack Obama

Scout's honor

When UCI undergraduate Ruben Hipolito learned he was chosen from among 3.5 million Boy Scouts to represent the organization before the U.S. president and Congress this month, he followed the official scout motto: Be prepared. Hipolito, assistant scoutmaster of Huntington Beach Troop 1134, was one of seven distinguished scouts who met with President Barack Obama […]

Donald McKayle

'Dance Visions 2009' celebrates Donald McKayle

UC Irvine’s dance department presents “Dance Visions 2009,” which this year also serves as a celebration of the life and career of an irreplaceable dance treasure, Donald McKayle.

Construction at UCI

A year of growth, achievement

The year has been exciting and rewarding for UC Irvine – from promising new research collaborations to impactful breakthroughs, dedicated outreach projects, diverse cultural activities, continued campus growth and athletic success.

Genetically Modified Mosquitos

Declaring war on malaria

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

children's dance class

Passing the barre

Former Joffrey ballerina Jodie Gates floats on pointed toes across a well-worn wooden floor, a dozen or so pairs of little feet pounding in her wake. As part of a free children’s ballet workshop she offers through her annual Laguna Dance Festival, Gates playfully shows her young charges how to move like a butterfly, a […]

Airtime cards in China circulate as alternative currencies.

Money in the digital age

Are those crisp green bills wilting in your wallet? Coins collecting dust? As face-to-face transfers of money grow rarer in an increasingly digital world, cash is no longer king.

Oladele Ogunseitan

Public health: The big picture

The field of public health looks at the big picture, and that image is coming into focus at UC Irvine as its Program in Public Health marks its greatest growth stage in its young, five-year history.

New institute to explore how poor spend, save money

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded UC Irvine a $1.7 million grant to create a new research institute…

New institute to explore how world's poor use technology to spend, store and save money

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded UC Irvine a $1.7 million grant to create a new research institute…