Anesthesiology program addresses mind, body, spirit

Program to address anxiety before surgery helps reduce postoperative discomfort and could even lower the amount of pain medication needed

Rachel Moran

Raising the bar

Rachel F. Moran is on a mission. As a founding faculty member at the University of California, Irvine School of Law and the newly elected president of the Association of American Law Schools, she seeks the return of the citizen-lawyer, who not only represents clients but helps improve society. “The vaunted image of the citizen-lawyer, […]

Pirates continue attacks off East African Coast

UCI expert available for interviews about this breaking news story: Wayne Sandholtz, political science professor

Scientists use environmentally controlled clean rooms to manufacture a variety of products

Small-scale lab yields large possibilities

UC Irvine opens its second clean room suitable for producing microdevices with organic material.

Frank LaFerla

Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia gets new chief

Neurobiologist Frank LaFerla is taking the reins of the UC Irvine Institute for Brain Aging & Dementia, hoping to boost clinical offerings and move forward with a new building dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease research.

Fungi fight global warming

The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally: mushrooms growing in the dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions.

Dried mushrooms slow climate warming in northern forests

The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia…

Buzz about biology

Rebecca Aicher shares her passion for plant ecology with high school biology students

Tales from the front

David Morris of the M.F.A. fiction writing program offers firsthand look at the Iraq War

Herbal extract found to increase lifespan of fruit flies

The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia increased the lifespan…