November 18, 2009 – Engineering professor and CALIT2 academic affiliate Maria Feng has been recognized by UCI’s Academic Senate with its 2009-10 Distinguished Mid-Career Award for Research. Feng, professor of civil and environmental engineering, is one of seven faculty members t

November 17, 2009 – Chemistry graduate student James Taing studies the chemical reactions and interactions between tiny silver particles that are only 30 nanometers in diameter. Since a nanometer is just 1/70,000th the diameter of a human hair, Taing can’t use just any microscop

November 12, 2009 – In an eerie coincidence of timing, on the same day last week that the Ft. Hood shootings occurred, CALIT2 hosted a workshop focused on the ways in which technology can benefit national emergency management . Co-sponsored by the United States Department of Hom

November 09, 2009 – Digital media and the Internet are transforming how young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life.  A newly-created Digital Media and Learning Research Hub located at the University of California, Irvine will provide a international center

October 28, 2009 – Matthew Sullivan, chemical engineering and materials science graduate student researcher, received the Roland B. Snow Award for microscopy this week at the Materials and Technology Society Annual Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, Penn. The Snow Award ho

October 27, 2009 – In narrative storytelling, time and place are key elements, and actions always have consequences. In children’s stories particularly, the main character usually outwits the villain or otherwise overcomes obstacles, leading him or her safely into the arms of a

October 27, 2009 – In the 2002 futuristic movie “Minority Report” officer John Anderton, played by Tom Cruise, uses a series of hand gestures to manipulate multiple images on large circular screens at police headquarters. Now computer science associate professor Aditi Majumder i

October 26, 2009 – Would-be entrepreneurs got a comprehensive look last week at what they can expect in the process of launching a new business. The insight came courtesy of Luis Vasquez, vice-president of OCTANe LaunchPad, who headlined the most recent Entrepreneurs Forum on Oc

October 21, 2009 – They may have been out of school for many years and retired from successful careers, but approximately 30 eager and inquisitive students happily returned to the classroom last week. They were attending OLLI, the Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, which, for th

October 20, 2009 You put your right foot in, You put your right foot out. You put your right foot in And you shake it all about. The Hokey Pokey, with its whimsical cadence and simple movements, beckons even the most reluctant would-be dancers to join in the fun. While the joys of par