UC Irvine News Brief: Urban & regional planning master's program marks 20 years
Henry Cisnero, secretary of housing & urban development under President Clinton, was the keynote speaker at a University Club luncheon celebrating the anniversary.
Henry Cisnero, secretary of housing & urban development under President Clinton, was the keynote speaker at a University Club luncheon celebrating the anniversary.
The chair of UCI’s Program Public Health is honored for his role in raising the profile of the campus’s OCW site.
Event scheduled for March 26 marks the conclusion of a process agreed to last October by university and union officials.
It will enable the professor to take a sabbatical from teaching and service to focus on research in the 2012-13 academic year.
“Our study suggests that online uses support the development of adolescents rather than placing them at increased risk,” says UCI’s Stephanie Reich.
UCI ophthalmology professor receives second annual honor for extraordinary contributions to his field.
Keynote speaker at University Club reception is 1990 social ecology graduate Arif Alikhan, now deputy executive director for law enforcement and homeland security at Los Angeles World Airports, which includes LAX.
Recognized as one of the world’s leading researchers in identifying and cloning dopamine receptors, he plans to support efforts to apply systems biology methods to the discovery of new therapeutic approaches and help develop a professional master’s program.
The prestigious $50,000 award will help fund the assistant professor’s study of theoretical condensed-matter physics over a two-year period.
The professor of criminology, law & society and sociology is lauded by Best Colleges Online, which is devoted to news and trends in online education.