Orthopedic surgery chair awarded prestigious traveling fellowship

Dr. Ranjan Gupta is the first UCI faculty member to be named an ABC Fellow by the American Orthopaedic Association.

Valdevit, team win Popular Mechanics award for world’s lightest metal

UCI mechanical & aerospace engineer and fellow researchers at HRL Labs and Caltech developed micro-lattice metal.

Stanley Grant to head $4.8 milllion international water project

UCI civil & environmental engineer and his group will lead U.S.-Australian effort to find low-energy ways of turning wastewater into drinking water.

Kate Klimow heads community, government relations

New assistant vice chancellor is an experienced O.C. exec who will engage local and state leaders in supporting UCI priorities.

Renowned UCI scholar R. Duncan Luce passes away at 87

A recipient of the 2003 National Medal of Science, Luce is hailed as one of the most influential figures in the social sciences.

UC Irvine studies therapy robot’s effect on chemo patients

Oncologists at UC Irvine use Paro therapy robot to learn whether the cuddly mechanical creature lowers stress and improves outcome for cancer patients.

Pet therapy without the pet

Oncologists at UC Irvine Medical Center study whether an interactive therapy robot can benefit women receiving chemotherapy.

2012 Medalists are announced

Two couples and one individual have been selected to receive UC Irvine’s most prestigious honor, the UCI Medal, which confers lifelong recognition on those who have made exceptional contributions to the university’s mission of teaching, research and public service. The annual Medal was first awarded in 1984 to UCI founding Chancellor Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. […]

Susan V. Bryant named UCI interim provost

Acclaimed scientist and respected leader has served the campus for 40 years and knows it well.

Ph.D. candidate in economics awarded prestigious UN internship

An aspiring economist, she’ll work this summer in New York City in the Department of Economic & Social Affairs’ Division for Public Administration & Development Management.