From temporary loss of taste and smell to strokes and seizures, it’s clear a number of people with COVID-19 are suffering central nervous system impact. You can learn about the newest research into this concerning issue when Neurobiology and Behavior Chancellor’s...
Heather Bilton did an amazing job of navigating the complex new software procurement process in making a large acquisition of a new software for our undergraduate lab courses. This process took over a month but Heather’s diligence and follow up made sure it was...
Congratulations to Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Vice Chair and Professor Catherine Loudon, one of ten Entomologists honored as 2020 Fellows of the Entomological Society of America. Professor Loudon is the 3rd UCI-affiliated person to be selected as a Fellow....
It's been my pleasure to work on Dunlop School commencement and undergraduate convocation for the past three years with the amazing team of Kristin Fung and Diana Tien-Chan from Student Affairs. They are not only super-responsive and amazingly competent, they are fun...
UCI MIND, the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders at UCI, has been awarded a $14.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, one of the National Institutes of Health, to sustain critical research and education as Orange County’s only Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
Developmental and Cell Biology Professor Arthur Lander received the prestigious Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award for 2020-21. This high Academic Senate honor recognizes Senate members who are respected scholars and who have made...
A big shout out to the entire MB&B administrative team, they are awesome!! Leading the team is our fearless, knowledgeable and super hard-working MSO, Bessy Varela. I can't thank Bessy enough for managing the department so brilliantly especially during these...
UCI has been awarded a record $529 million in research funding for fiscal year 2019-2020. In recent years, across campus, schools have made remarkable progress towards the centralization of their Research Development and Pre-Awards operations. Dunlop School began the...
An interdisciplinary team of UCI faculty and staff led by School of Biological Sciences Associate Teaching Professor Jessica Pratt was recently awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support STEM teacher preparation through...
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor Joleah Lamb and postdoctoral scholar Raechel Littman are collaborating with with other scientists and organizations to comprehensively examine contaminants in oysters in Myanmar. The findings are alarming, showing...