Kristine Preston steps softly onto UC Irvine’s Ecological Preserve, 62 acres of cheerful wildflowers and sweet-smelling sage scrub tucked above University Hills. “We had a pair of birds using this plant two days ago, which is just incredible,” she whispers, pointing to a large prickly pear cactus. The 40-year-old plant is one of a whole […]
Anthropology professor studies evolution of traditional practice among rural poor into lucrative industry embraced by Americans.
Dr. Ralph Clayman brings surgical precision and a singular focus on healing to his new role as medical school dean.
UCI physicist Gary Chanan focuses on fine-tuning the world’s largest telescopes.
Camera in hand, Gilberto Cardenas has chronicled his journey from soldier to undergrad researcher. His photographs have appeared in international scientific journals.
Virginia Trimble, UCI physics & astronomy professor, will receive the 2010 George Van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society.…
Levity, gossip and idle chitchat have no place in Dr. Ralph Clayman’s operating room. The pioneer in minimally invasive surgery once asked a gabby colleague to leave in the middle of an operation because the chatterbox lacked focus. Clayman, a urologist so dedicated he gives his home phone number to patients, makes no apologies for […]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named 10 UC Irvine professors new fellows. In all, 115 UCI…
The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.
The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.