Students in Minority Science Programs rack up 17 awards for research presentations at conferences

UC Irvine undergraduates participating in research training in the Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences’ Minority Science Programs received 17 awards for their research presentations at three national conferences this fall.

Rose Hills Foundation awards UCI $700,000 to aid STEM undergraduates

UC Irvine has been awarded $700,000 from The Rose Hills Foundation to support students in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) pursuits. Each year for the next four years, The Rose Hills Foundation Undergraduate Science & Engineering Scholarships will assist 18 high-achieving undergraduates. The students will meet with one another at regular intervals throughout the year to discuss their goals and share their experiences.

3 professors win ACS physical chemistry awards

UC Irvine chemists Ara Apkarian, Filipp Furche and Douglas Tobias have won three of the four American Chemical Society physical chemistry division awards for 2014.

Environmental Health & Safety programs win awards

Two environmental health and safety programs at UC Irvine have received awards from the Campus Safety, Health & Environmental Management Association. UC Irvine was the only university to win two of the prestigious awards.

NIH awards UCI $10 million to study early-life origins of adolescent mental disorders

With $10 million in new federal funding, UC Irvine researchers will study how maternal signals and care before and after birth may increase an infant’s vulnerability to adolescent cognitive and emotional problems, such as risky behaviors, addiction and depression.

NIH awards UCI $10 million to study early-life origins of adolescent mental disorders

With $10 million in new federal funding, UC Irvine researchers will study how maternal signals and care before and after birth may increase an infant’s vulnerability to adolescent cognitive and emotional problems, such as risky behaviors, addiction and depression.

NASA awards Eric Rignot $2.6 million to continue mapping Antarctic ice motion

UC Irvine Earth system science professor Eric Rignot, along with project scientists Jeremie Mouginot and Bernd Scheuchl, have been awarded $2.6 million by NASA to continue mapping ice motion in Antarctica.

NASA awards Eric Rignot $2.6 million to continue mapping Antarctic ice motion

UC Irvine Earth system science professor Eric Rignot, along with project scientists Jeremie Mouginot and Bernd Scheuchl, have been awarded $2.6 million by NASA to continue mapping ice motion in Antarctica.

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation awards UCI’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute $3 million for retinal degeneration research

The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, which is part of UC Irvine Health, has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for fellowships and instruments that advance research to prevent blindness caused by such diseases as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.

State board awards $2.833 million for desert research center improvements

The California Wildlife Conservation Board has awarded $2.833 million in Proposition 84 funds for new construction at UC Irvine’s Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center in Borrego Springs.