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Irvine, Calif., Feb. 25, 2014 – The University of California, Irvine today announced the creation of the UC Irvine Institute for Innovation, an interdisciplinary and campuswide center focused on integrating research, entrepreneurship and technology to create real-world applications that benefit the public and drive the economy. The institute is envisioned to be “an epicenter of innovation […]

John Hemminger, vice chancellor for research at UC Irvine, today addressed the congressional Subcommittee on Energy and called for increased support of fundamental science research to address an emerging innovation deficit in the U.S. “The strong support from Congress and the American people for fundamental scientific research and higher education has been responsible for the […]

Deeply concerned about major federal budgets cuts to research and higher education at a time when other nations are steadily increasing investments in those areas, UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake today joined more than 150 other university leaders in calling on Washington to close the innovation deficit.

Finding by UCI and University of Kansas researchers builds on earlier work about the effect of the patent system on the inventive process.

Critical care specialist Dr. Elizabeth Turner was awarded $50,000 to – along with Dr. Chris Fox and Dr. Mark Rosen – implement an educational program on the bedside use of handheld ultrasound.

Rommie Amaro, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences and computer science, will use the five-year grant to further study trypanosomes.

UCI’s automated bike-sharing system was selected by editors of Campus Technology magazine as one of 11 programs to be honored out of almost 500 entries.

UCI’s new TechPortal smooths the road from invention to successful commercialization of university-based inventions.

Overcoming a research snag was child’s play for assistant biomedical engineering professor Michelle Khine – and it earned her international recognition.

Bill Tomlinson, informatics assistant professor, uses a computer game to test the efficiency of the U.S. patent system, and it doesn’t score well.