Seeds of learning

Innovative outreach program helps Latino families discover language and life skills

Close collaborations

Hands-on research helps UCI undergraduates learn more about their subjects – and themselves

Shake, rattle and roll

Earthquake simulations offer young students the thrills – and spills – of university research

Climbing high

From her vantage, Debra Richardson sees computer technology transforming society for the better

Forecasting risky business

Philippe Jorion is advancing ‘new knowledge’ revolutionizing the financial industry

Drawing blood

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez tackles current events with gusto, sparing no one. He is a self-professed “equal opportunity offender.”

A good life

In the work of evolutionary biologist and ordained priest Francisco Ayala, science and religion have found a peaceful coexistence

Inside information

The needle on the television-like screen stabs repeatedly into a round shape that has been identified as a lymph node. The images are shadowy, reminiscent of cloud formations seen on radar sweeps, but one rhythmically throbbing form is unmistakable. It is the beating heart of the patient who lies sedated and sleeping on the narrow […]

Mixed blessing

Despite his ambivalence about how it’s being marketed, the co-creator of the Lyme disease vaccine sees exciting possibilities in the unique way it works

Making choices

Robert Cohen combines professional skill with scholarly achievement