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.

Engineering's Amasia develops rapid anthrax detection system

Mary Amasia is making huge strides to improving methods to detect anthrax, which has become a lethal bioterrorism threat. While…

Studying kids at home alone

Growing up in Connecticut with working parents, UC Irvine education doctoral candidate Maria Parente had a well-defined after-school routine: “I’m…

Studying kids at home alone

Graduate student Maria Parente studies the effect of unsupervised after-school settings for children.

A winning season

Volleyball player Jon Steller is a standout on the court, in the community and at school