Retrieving sight

Research looks at how brain adapts when what you see isn’t what you get

NASA rendering of the Blended-Wing-Body aircraft

Futuristic air travel

Sharp increases in the price of jet fuel and growing concerns about sustainability have spurred demand for greener, more efficient aircraft, and UCI researchers could help shape the future of commercial aeronautics.

A glimmer of excitement lit students' eyes as they explored healthcare professions

Medical students for a day

When they arrived at UC Irvine Medical Center, the two dozen Silverado High School students seemed unsure about what was ahead.

UCI recognized for innovative transportation

UC Irvine’s Parking and Transportation Services and ZEV-NET recently were honored in the 2008 Clean Air Awards’ Innovative Transportation Projects…

Michael Cahalan, and graduate student researcher Melanie Matheu

Circumventing autoimmunity

The immune system is the body’s military force, assigned to protect against disease and infection. But sometimes, the T cells and B cells that carry out this vital mission turn against their host and mistakenly attack healthy tissue in a process called autoimmunity.

New Professors

UCI welcomes new faculty

Experts on everything from reconstructing the human hand to interpreting the U.S. Constitution have joined the UC Irvine faculty in the last year.

Fighting poverty, protecting the planet

Heather Goldsworthy hopes to show that economic development and environmental protection can coexist

Timothy Osborne

Guarding against toxins

Toxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. It’s one way the body defends itself.

UCI expert discusses Fed rate cut

Business school professor Peter Navarro analyzes the Federal Reserve’s emergency interest rate cut

Dean Rafael L. Bras

Engineering: 'We will grow'

It’s been a busy few weeks for Rafael L. Bras, the new dean of UC Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering.