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Biz Journals, May 8, 2008 2:33p.m.
Stem cell board OKs $271M for 12 construction projects
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine OKs $271M for 12 construction projects [East Bay] Stem cell board OKs $271 million for 12 construction projects [San Jose] Stem-cell cash flows [San Francisco] California will spend...

UCI MENTIONED: ...CIRM funds. A $60.5 million, 61,575-square-foot facility at UC Irvine. CIRM will provide $27.2 million. The Broad Stem Cell Research Center, a...  Full Story »


San Jose Mercury News, May 8, 2008 11:51a.m.
Photographers won't be charged for athletes' pictures found on porno sites
The Orange County district attorney's office says a four-month investigation determined Scott Cornelius and Allen Rockwell didn't commit any crimes. Cornelius, a University of California, Irvine, police employee currently on paid leave, is still being investigated by the university to determine.

UCI MENTIONED: ...and Allen Rockwell didn't commit any crimes. Cornelius, a University of California, Irvine, police employee currently on paid leave, is still...  Full Story »


The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 8, 2008 3:16a.m.
Radcliffe Institute Sticks With Its Dean; Irvine Picks Dean of Engineering; Western Washington U. Names New President; U. of Massachusetts at Amherst Chooses Chancellor
ADVANCED COMPUTATION: Barbara J. Grosz, interim dean of Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study since July, has been named to the position...

UCI MENTIONED: ...that mix very much," she said. *** MOVING UPSTREAM: The University of California at Irvine has named Rafael L. Bras, an expert in...  Full Story »


USA Today, May 7, 2008 7:44p.m.
Decades of details flood woman with unmatched memory
"Where did the years go?" Middle-age people often ask that plaintive question as time seems to accelerate, the days blur together, and children grow up in a...

UCI MENTIONED: ...superior autobiographical memory. She was studied by memory experts at University of California- Irvine for six years before they reported the...  Full Story »


Discovery Channel, May 7, 2008 10:04a.m.
Fewer Wildfires, Less Carbon Stored?
-- Fire suppression in the western United States may be decreasing the stored in the forests there, finds new research in a study that contradicts what scientists have long...

UCI MENTIONED: ...couldn't not be the case,' said Michael Goulden of the University of California, Irvine, who authored the study with graduate student Aaron Fellows.  Full Story »


www.asco.org, May 7, 2008 7:54a.m.
Phone counseling helpful after cervical cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Telephone counseling may give cervical cancer survivors a boost to their well-being, and possibly their immune function as well, a small study...

UCI MENTIONED: ...well-being, and possibly their immune function as well, a small study suggests. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found that among...  Full Story »


LA Times, May 7, 2008 4:28a.m.
$227 million in grants going to build California stem cell labs
UCLA, USC and UC Irvine are among a dozen research centers getting the...

UCI MENTIONED: ...grants going to build California stem cell labs UCLA, USC and UC Irvine are among a dozen research centers getting the money. ADVERTISEMENT Most...  Full Story »


OC Family Magazine, May 7, 2008 3:39a.m.
Today's best birth-control options
Most women who see their physician for birth control assume theyâ ll leave with a prescription for the pill. But contraception is no longer synonymous with birth-control...

UCI MENTIONED: ...for contraception that best fits their lifestyle. fam Dr. Antoinette Marengo-Barbick is an obstetrician-gynecologist with UC Irvine Healthcare.  Full Story »


Earthtimes.org, May 6, 2008 3:52a.m.
Virginia Tech Bookstores Selects Arkeia EdgeFort Appliances as Data Protection Solution
CARLSBAD, Calif. - (Business Wire) Arkeia Software, the leading provider of powerful, innovative data protection solutions, today announced that Virginia Tech Bookstores has selected Arkeia EdgeFort, an all-in-one, appliance-based backup and recovery...

UCI MENTIONED: ...University Southern Polytechnic State University Texas A&M University University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego University...  Full Story »


the review, May 5, 2008 9:30p.m.
Local poet proves her craft is ageless
Despite writing poetry since she was in high school, Joann Balingit said she still considers herself a new poet. "I feel like I'm just getting started in a way," Balingit...

UCI MENTIONED: ...about that." After attending Florida State University, she attended graduate school at the University of California, Irvine and Indiana University...  Full Story »


KCBS, May 5, 2008 3:33p.m.
Part III: 'I can't believe that it couldn't happen'
EDITOR'S NOTE After months at Project Walk, quadriplegic John Pou had made progress but it was frustratingly slow, and the strain on family finances and especially on the children was...

UCI MENTIONED: ...regaining function.'' Project Walk had recently partnered with the University of California, Irvine, to measure any correlation between its therapy...  Full Story »


SPIE, May 5, 2008 9:54a.m.
Seeing The Light Through the Eyes of an Entrepreneur
By David A. Benaron David A. Benaron, CEO of Spectros, has enjoyed a successful career as a physician, researcher, inventor, innovator, and serial entrepreneur by staying focused on the...

UCI MENTIONED: ...market. Spectros, through its affiliate FirstScan (an alliance between Spectros, the University of California at Irvine, N.I.T., the University of...  Full Story »


USA Today, May 4, 2008 7p.m.
Spring's dark side: An upswing in suicides
The sun is shining. Flowers are blooming. It's May, and many of us feel great. But the thoughts of some vulnerable people grow dark at this seemingly bright time of...

UCI MENTIONED: ...longer days, says Richard McCleary, a researcher at the University of California- Irvine. Aristotle believed suicidal thoughts arose from overheated...  Full Story »


Washington Post, May 4, 2008 5:34p.m.
Molecular Action May Keep Birds on Course
Four decades after scientists showed that migratory birds use Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves during their seasonal journeys, researchers have at last found a molecular mechanism that may explain how they do...

UCI MENTIONED: ...moving around,' said Thorsten Ritz, a biophysicist at the University of California at Irvine, who nonetheless called the new work 'breathtaking.  Full Story »


Glendale News Press, May 3, 2008 5:06a.m.
Scholars win college money
The burden of paying for college has been lightened considerably for three Glendale Unified School District students who will receive significant financial assistance through the Michael & Susan Dell...

UCI MENTIONED: ...â I think I was really determined,â he said. Megerdichian will attend UC Irvine, where he plans to major in engineering. In addition to...  Full Story »


Eye World, May 3, 2008 2:13a.m.
EyeWorld revisits Winter Update 2008 ... As we look ahead to next years meeting, we leave you with some additional pearls from this years meeting
February 4 ... Cataract complication avoidance and management Roger Steinert, M.D., University of California, Irvine, Calif., discussed lens selection for the presbyopic...

UCI MENTIONED: ...Cataract complication avoidance and management Roger Steinert, M.D., University of California, Irvine, Calif., discussed lens selection for the...  Full Story »


Daily Pilot, May 3, 2008 1:55a.m.
UCI win one for the 'aged'
NORTHRIDGE They call him Grandpa Lowey. And while fifth-year senior catcher Aaron Lowenstein has caught a no-hitter, as well as all the victories of a watershed postseason that ended in the 2007 College World Series, the good-natured banter surrounding one statistical omission in his 151-game...

UCI MENTIONED: ...the good-natured banter surrounding one statistical omission in his 151- game UC Irvine baseball career was getting, well, a little old.Everybody...  Full Story »


 

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