Dr. Roger Steinert named interim dean of UCI School of Medicine

Renowned eye surgeon Dr. Roger Steinert has been named interim dean of the UC Irvine School of Medicine.

UCI School of Medicine first to integrate Google Glass into curriculum

As physicians and surgeons explore how to use Google Glass, the UC Irvine School of Medicine is taking steps to become the first in the nation to integrate the wearable computer into its four-year curriculum – from first- and second-year anatomy courses and clinical skills training to third- and fourth-year hospital rotations.

Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center to host second annual Stem Cell Art Exhibition and Community Reception

“Stem Cells Offer Hope” is from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at Sue & Bill Gross Hall: A CIRM Institute on the UC Irvine campus.

Windell Middlebrooks

Serious study makes humor happen

Alumnus Windell D. Middlebrooks, an actor and popular pitchman for Miller High Life, takes our questions

UC Irvine-led study finds ‘truthiness' in people's names

Why look up the facts when you can find “truthiness” in a name? The same scientists who discovered that photographs lend legitimacy to all kinds of claims have discovered a new route
to Stephen Colbert’s “truthiness,” which is the gut feeling that something is true regardless of what the facts support.

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor judges UCI law school competition

Two students argue in moot court the constitutionality of Illinois gun laws

Athina Markopoulou

A perfect balance

An engineer, professor, researcher, entrepreneur, wife and mother finds a second home at Calit2

Lawrence Patihis

A psychological split

Therapists, scientists differ notably in acceptance of repressed memories

Rachel Martin

Venus flytraps, venom and vision

Rachel Martin’s offbeat interests have led to a potentially eyesight-saving discovery

Therapists, psychology researchers still split on repression of traumatic memories, study shows

Skepticism about repressed traumatic memories has increased over time, but a new study by UC Irvine scientists shows that psychology researchers and practitioners are still divided over their validity.