David Daar

Have iPad, will travel

It’s not out of the ordinary for medical students to spend their summers abroad working in clinics and gaining invaluable experience. But a UC Irvine cohort has an additional mission: sharing their knowledge of portable technologies that will transform how medicine is practiced.

Emergency medicine residents first to use iPads for patient care

Loaded with required textbooks and lecture materials, the tablet computers also offer quick access to electronic medical records while on rounds.

2012 Medalists are announced

Two couples and one individual have been selected to receive UC Irvine’s most prestigious honor, the UCI Medal, which confers lifelong recognition on those who have made exceptional contributions to the university’s mission of teaching, research and public service. The annual Medal was first awarded in 1984 to UCI founding Chancellor Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. […]

Prototype of the blended-wing-body jet

No mere flight of fancy

As a child, Robert Liebeck loved tinkering with model airplanes. The UC Irvine adjunct professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering is still at it — but now he’s working on a much different kind of model, one that could revolutionize air travel. Called the blended wing body, the concept results in aircraft that look more like […]

Susan V. Bryant named UCI interim provost

Acclaimed scientist and respected leader has served the campus for 40 years and knows it well.

UC Irvine’s provost accepts position as University of Oregon president

Respected leader oversaw explosive campus growth, maintained commitment to quality.

No. 2 pencil not required

End-of-year exams, projects can take unorthodox forms.

UCI ranks first in the nation on list of top 100 universities under 50 years old

Times Higher Education analysis puts it fourth among young institutions worldwide.

Child sits at computer

Growing up, ‘geeking out’

Mizuko “Mimi” Ito spends a lot of time “geeking out” at her computer. She plays video games, trolls the Internet, chats, and visits social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter for hours on end. “My kids often say, ‘What’s it like to have a normal parent?’” she says with a laugh. Ito’s not going […]

Allison Jacobs

Renowned cop turns to UCI for online degree

Officer who cracked Jaycee Dugard case enrolls in first-of-its-kind program, now 10 years old.