Ayala Templeton

Francisco Ayala, UC Irvine professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, who has vigorously opposed the entanglement of science and religion while also calling for mutual respect between the two, has won the 2010 Templeton Prize.

UCI’s first Rhodes scholar

Much-lauded Megan C. Braun ’10 will study international relations at University of Oxford.

Kei Akagi

Kei Akagi, master of improv

Jazz pianist, composer and teacher connects with people through his music.

Matt Astrella

A cultural institution

Matt Astrella helps UCI Bookstore become center of campus literary life and home for new authors.

Late theorist's notes may help resolve physics issue

The dusty boxes that line the walls of Jeff Barrett’s UC Irvine office mark a high point in his academic…

Jeff Barrett

A quantum leap forward?

With $160,000 from the National Science Foundation, Jeff Barrett and colleagues are combing through, scanning and preserving documents they hope will shed light on how to understand measurement as a consistent physical process in quantum mechanics – one of physics’ most debated puzzles that Everett believed he had solved as a graduate student.

Barrett physics

With $160,000 from the National Science Foundation, Barrett and colleagues are combing through, scanning and preserving documents they hope will shed light on how to understand measurement as a consistent physical process in quantum mechanics – one of physics’ most debated puzzles that Everett believed he had solved as a graduate student.

Ginger Stickney tests Ava Martin’s cochlear implant

UCI expands options for hearing-impaired

New technology in cochlear implants and hearing aids means children needn’t suffer from hearing loss, says UC Irvine Dr. Hamid Djalilian.

Kei Akagi

Master of improvisation

Kei Akagi was 24 and pursuing a doctorate in philosophy at UC Santa Barbara when he decided music was his true calling. It was 2 a.m., he’d just finished performing with his jazz band, and he suddenly realized he hadn’t done any work on a graduate presentation due the next day. “I sat down in […]

Chef Shane Gagnon

Cooking up savings

Cooking classes at Anteater Recreation Center are among the low-cost enrichment activities at UC Irvine, kicking off an occasional series called “UC I Can Afford It.”