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One of the first of its kind in the nation, it will prepare emerging doctors and scientists to turn basic findings into new patient treatments.

Just five years after launching the program – which makes high-quality, university-level classes available for free online – the university has captured five prestigious awards.

The UCI professor emeritus of Spanish & Portuguese was given the Order of the Aztec Eagle for his teaching and dissemination of Mexican literature and culture in the U.S., Latin America and many parts of Europe since 1948.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.