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June 29, 2011 – CALIT2 is separated by only two degrees from the U.S. White House. Robert W. Conn, president of The Kavli Foundation, is a founding member of the CALIT2 Advisory Board, which held its annual retreat last week at the UC Irvine division. Conn, who attended that mee

June 23, 2011 – Nine hardworking undergraduate students got their first taste of summer this week but they weren’t sunning on the beach or waiting tables. Rather, they were attending an orientation for SURF-IT, a full-time, 10-week undergraduate research program that allows them

June 17, 2011 – CALIT2’s new eHealth Collaboratory, located on the third floor of the CALIT2 Building, gives researchers from many disciplines a place to share ideas, learn from each other and demonstrate their healthcare prototypes. This month, the debut of the institute’s late

June 13, 2011 – It’s a message that resonates with CALIT2. “When it comes to research, today’s big unanswered questions are complex and multi-scale, requiring an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach.” A sentiment Kathie Olsen, former chief operating officer for the National

May 18, 2011 – If feet could talk, those belonging to a dancer would probably have much to say. Jeff Russell, assistant professor of dance science, is listening. He uses innovative technology in CALIT2’s eHealth Collaboratory to study the demands of dance on the musculoskeletal

May 18, 2011 – Smart phones and other mobile devices are changing the way healthcare is delivered. Experts predict that by next year, the number of available mHealth applications will triple from 200 million to 600 million. By 2015, more than 500 million of the nation’s 1.4 bill

May 17, 2011 – Twenty-one-year-old Haley McDermott lives in Bakersfield, Calif., about 2-1/2 hours outside of Los Angeles. She has cerebral palsy, severe developmental delays and a seizure disorder. For the past six years, her mother, Debbie, has taken her every 4-6 months to Ba

May 13, 2011 – Two CALIT2-affiliated faculty members will be recognized for their excellence in undergraduate instruction by UC Irvine at the university’s 18th annual Celebration of Teaching on Thursday, May 26. Phil Collins, associate professor of physics and astronomy, and a m

May 12, 2011 – It turns out you really can be in two places at once – if you have the right gear. Musicians Michael Dessen, Mark Dresser and Myra Melford certainly succeeded last month with TeleMotions, a networked concert enjoyed by audiences at UC Irvine and UC San Diego. The

May 10, 2011 – Recent visits to CALIT2 from two Orange County business leaders are paving the way for future collaborations among researchers, industry and community partners. Retired Rockwell International CEO Donald Beall was followed a week later by Michael Mussellam, CEO of

May 10, 2011 – CALIT2 and UC Irvine’s Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (INRF) are seeking proposals for a new Collaboration Initiation Grant. The funding will support interdisciplinary research that utilizes CALIT2/BiON and INRF facility resources, with the goal of gener

May 09, 2011 – Four multidisciplinary projects boasting ambitious agendas recently achieved a boost in their quest to obtain funding. Microfluidic systems for biochemical sensing. Low-energy recycling of water runoff. Advanced hybrid desktop manufacturing systems. Game-based ast