Medal gala

UC Irvine’s premiere fundraising event honors campus friends and raises $1.1 million for scholarships and other key initiatives.

Dr. Chris Fox

Ultrasound in the ER: Wave of the future

Portable ultrasound scanners in the ER can save lives by expediting diagnosis.

Luis Alonzo

Summer program lures diverse grad students

Increasing diversity among ranks of UC Irvine graduate students is goal of four summer research programs.

Dr. Chris Fox

Wave of the future

All too often, a stethoscope and a doctor’s touch are still the primary tools for diagnosing emergency-room patients. UC Irvine physician Chris Fox aims to change that. Rather than feeling for a broken bone or swollen abdomen or merely listening to the heart, Fox has trained UC Irvine Medical Center’s emergency department clinicians to use the latest in lightweight, high-resolution […]

Calling Skid Row home: making L.A. district a viable community

In Los Angeles’ Skid Row district, homeless camps, shelters and drug treatment centers share the streets with upscale lofts and…

Mike Powe

Calling Skid Row home

UCI’s Mike Powe studies ways to make the Los Angeles district an inclusive, viable community.

2009 Medal

Four people have been selected to receive UC Irvine’s most prestigious honor, the Medal, which annually confers lifelong recognition on those who have made exceptional contributions to the university’s mission of teaching, research and public service.

Chancellor Emeritus Ralph Cicerone

Baseball field named in honor of Ralph Cicerone

To recognize his support and love of the game, the baseball field has been named after Chancellor Emeritus Ralph Cicerone, who helped bring the sport back to UCI.

UCI receives recovery act grant for global health training

Public health professor Guiyun Yan received a $135,000 Framework grant from the Fogarty International Center to expand global health studies…

Mary Amasia with her prototype anthrax detection system

Identifying a killer

Doctoral student Mary Amasia’s anthrax detection system permits a more rapid response to a deadly disease.