Small intestine can sense and react to bitter toxins in food

Toxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. New UC Irvine…

Calling all nurses

UCI’s nursing science program is filling the gaps in nurses’ ranks

Student staffers lead a cheer for incoming freshmen

UCI traditions tutorial

What’s a university campus without tradition? A pretty thin experience. Here’s a small tutorial on UC Irvine traditions that have evolved over 43 years.

Elliot Handler

Mobile medicine

UC Irvine’s Mobile Medicine unit hit the road nearly six years ago, delivering healthcare and specialized geriatric services to senior citizens.

UCI Vice Chancellor Brase and UC Vice President Lapp

UC VP Lapp taps UCI's King of Green

Wendell Brase is already leaving his reduced-carbon footprint on the state: UC Irvine’s vice chancellor for administrative & business services has made his mark at UCI with green buildings, waste recycling, solar energy and more. And now, Katherine Lapp, executive vice president of the University of California, has asked Brase to chair the Climate Solutions Steering Group, which will focus on implementing carbon-neutral technology and solutions on UC campuses.

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts

AirUCI expands horizons

UCI is ramping up its focus on air quality and climate change research in an effort to tackle some of today’s most pressing environmental challenges.

Fire sparks action

UCI student Lori Chiu leads Alternative Break effort to aid fire-devastated La Jolla Indian Reservation

UCI joins CIRM in observing Stem Cell Awareness Day

Scientists throughout California and in Australia celebrate Stem Cell Awareness Day Thursday, Sept. 25, to foster greater understanding about stem cell research and the range of potential applications for disease and injury. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine – the state’s stem cell research funding agency – and Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories in […]

Etel Solingen's Nuclear Logics receives top book award in political science

‘Carrot and stick’ theory could help curb proliferation of nuclear weapons

UCI receives $5.4 million to study large-scale computer networks

If your Facebook page – or “node” – disappeared, would your whole social network come crashing to a halt? A…