UCI Podcast: Did COVID-19 cause a mental health pandemic?
Tim Bruckner discusses the importance of equity in pandemic response
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Going ‘solo’ to come together
UCI Illuminations contest showcases student creativity during COVID
Caution urged for reopening schools to prevent spread of COVID-19 crisis
Large-scale testing of children, expansion of school-based health centers recommended
UCI student’s empathy-based AI project is among finalists in NSF ‘big idea’ competition
Karishma Muthukumar’s “Promoting Empathy-Based AI” project has been chosen as one of 33 finalists in the National Science Foundation’s 2026 Idea Machine competition. The entry from the cognitive sciences major, who just completed her freshman year, was one of 800 nationwide. If selected as one of the four winners, her “big idea” will help guide […]
Veronica Newhart wins two-year NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship
Veronica Newhart, Ph.D. ’18, was awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the National Institutes of Health-funded UCI Institute of Clinical & Translational Science TL-1 Training Program. She will examine how interactions via telepresence and human service robots allow home- and hospital-bound populations to maintain social connectedness and engage in technology-mediated experiences that contribute to improved […]
A life transformed
Daniela Estrada reflects UCI’s commitment to the success of first-generation Latino students
Technology that includes, not isolates
Doctoral candidate Veronica Newhart will meet with state lawmakers to advocate for graduate research such as her own
UCI study links selfies, happiness
Taking and sharing smartphone photos boosts positive feelings
Music vs. Alzheimer’s
Favorite songs from a person’s past can ease depression, agitation and other symptoms of dementia, says a UCI researcher who donates iPods to nursing homes
World class
UC Irvine helps foreign students transition to So Cal life with mentors, workshops and activities