A blue & golden anniversary

As UC Irvine turns 50, the campus community celebrates a ‘bright past’ while anticipating a ‘brilliant future’

John Southon and Benjamin Fuller

Down to the bones

UC Irvine researchers sort out the sticky situation at the La Brea Tar Pits by refining methods for measuring the age of fossils

Gene Tsudik

You’ve been hacked

With computer ‘break-ins’ growing in sophistication and number, UC Irvine researchers work to foil future attacks

McDonnell Douglas seamstress funds UCI graduate fellowships in engineering

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013 – Ida Melucci, a seamstress who worked for McDonnell Douglas and then Boeing, has left a bequest of $1.5 million to UC Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering to create graduate fellowships. “We are honored that Ida Melucci entrusted us with her gift to continue to support and enhance the education […]

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.

UCI research finds OC drives economy in Southern California

Campus’s first regional progress report on socioeconomic, quality-of-life trends will make its debut at June 14 breakfast.

Joint Commission renews UC Irvine heart failure, stroke certification

Gold Seal of Approval denotes commitment to highest quality of patient care.

The day they became doctors

They entered the UC Irvine School of Medicine with dreams of making a difference someday, five eager students armed with distinctive skills, talents and experiences they hoped could be used to improve human health. They saw their dreams come into focus on Match Day, March 16, when they learned where they will start their careers as doctors.

Major cause of chronic kidney disease-related inflammation is identified

UC Irvine researchers have uncovered an important source of inflammation seen in people with chronic kidney disease, which is increasingly common due to the epidemic of obesity-related diabetes and hypertension.