Cybersphere of influence

Social ecologists probe positive, negative effects of digital technology

Henry Samueli is named a 2017 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Henry Samueli, Broadcom Corp. co-founder and UCI Distinguished Adjunct Professor of electrical engineering & computer science, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for 2017. The distinction is awarded to academic inventors who’ve demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation with outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of […]

Geneticist Emiliana Borrelli receives prestigious honors

For more than 30 years as a researcher at INSERM – the French equivalent of the National Institutes of Health – and the UCI School of Medicine, Emiliana Borrelli has earned international recognition for her studies on the neurotransmitter dopamine and its role in brain diseases, movement disorders and addiction. This fall, the Chancellor’s Professor […]

Sizing up 2017

Record-breaking donations highlight big year at UCI

Mesa Court Towers named design-build project of the year

UCI residential complex lauded for redefining the college living experience

Honoring the ‘godfather of black psychology’

Pioneering mental health professional, renowned scholar and beloved UCI teacher-mentor Joseph White is recalled as an inspirational campus icon

Finding her way

Visually impaired Ph.D. student has her sights set on becoming a writing instructor

Scientific method acting

Cross-disciplinary course explores role of neurobiology in performing arts

Professor to tackle software inefficiencies with grant from Naval Research Office

Harry Xu, associate professor of computer science at UCI, and UCLA colleagues have been awarded $4.9 million from the Office of Naval Research to support their work on reducing software inefficiencies. The four-year grant will fund the development of software customization techniques that can greatly reduce the redundancies and waste in modern, object-oriented big data […]

Carrie Menkel-Meadow named American Bar Foundation Fellows Outstanding Scholar

UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Law Carrie Menkel-Meadow has been selected to receive the 2018 American Bar Foundation Fellows Outstanding Scholar Award. The award recognizes her decades-long work in creating, building, shaping, and internationalizing the field of alternative dispute resolution, and for her major contributions to the studies of the legal profession and feminism. Awarded annually […]