UC Irvine News Brief: Men's volleyball team ranked No. 1 in the nation

After winning the UC Santa Barbara Tournament title last weekend, coach John Speraw’s Anteaters took the top spot this week in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.

UC Irvine News Brief: 'Mathemagician' Arthur Benjamin to perform on campus Thursday

At the free event, which is open to the public, he will demonstrate and explain his ability to compute more quickly than a calculator, among other feats.

UC Irvine News Brief: Dodgeball record inspires

Fitness website “Greatist” names UCI dodgeball achievement one of 15 most inspiring health and fitness stories of 2011.

UC Irvine News Brief: Clinical trial of UCI-created stem cell treatment opened to U.S., Canadian patients

Three people have already been enrolled in first-ever test of a human neural stem cell-based therapy for chronic spinal cord injury.

UC Irvine researchers urge caution when buying noisy toys

Misusing popular toys that feature sound could result in permanent hearing loss.

UC Irvine News Brief: Psychopathy misunderstood disorder

Psychopathic personalities are portrayed in popular media as charming, intriguing, dishonest, guiltless, and in some cases, downright terrifying. But scientific research suggests that psychopathy is widely misunderstood.

UC Irvine News Brief: Study shows drug combo may lengthen lives of some with breast cancer

UC Irvine’s Dr. Rita Mehta led a study that shows anti-estrogen combo is better than single drug.

UC Irvine News Brief: Pierre Baldi named IEEE fellow

Chancellor’s Professor in the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences and director of the Institute for Genomics & Bioinformatics, he was honored for his contributions to machine learning and its applications in the life sciences.

UC Irvine News Brief: UCI water expert Bill Cooper is named an AAAS fellow

The civil & environmental engineering professor was honored by peers for his distinguished interdisciplinary contributions in environmental photochemistry and free-radical chemistry in nature systems and in water treatment.

UC Irvine News Brief: Creative writing director publishes book of poetry

Susan Davis’ “I Was Building Up to Something” is available through Moon Tide Press.