Extending an olive branch

Dalai Lama scholar Ali Malik helps open up campus dialogue about bringing peace to the Middle East

Dried mushrooms slow climate warming in northern forests

The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia…

Political Word Cloud

Politicalspeak decoded

Presidential candidates and political bloggers typically have a lot to say, but the subtext to their messages isn’t always clear.

"Mavericks" on top of the white house seal

Political maverick paradox

Republican Sen. John McCain has staked his bid for the U.S. presidency on his reputation as a “political maverick,” a politician who is unafraid to cross party lines to “vote his conscience” on important policy issues.

Retrieving sight

Research looks at how brain adapts when what you see isn’t what you get

UCI breaks ground on new stem cell building

UC Irvine broke ground today on a new stem cell research building that will strengthen and unify this…

Crossing over

For undergraduate Cristian Martinez, research opens doors to a promising career – and new life

Oladele Ogunseitan

Public health: The big picture

The field of public health looks at the big picture, and that image is coming into focus at UC Irvine as its Program in Public Health marks its greatest growth stage in its young, five-year history.

Castellanos honored by National Latina/o Psychology Association

Jeanett Castellanos, UC Irvine social science and Chicano/Latino studies lecturer and director of the Social Sciences Academic Resource Center, has…

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…