May 18, 2012 – Update 05.23.12: Yesterday, Wotz was awarded the $15,000 grand prize in the student category by the competition’s expert panel of judges. Voting for the popular choice award continues through May 31 at http://appsforenergy.challenge.gov/submissions/7998-wotz

May 17, 2012 – Working at the micro- and nanoscale, graduate students in UC Irvine’s LifeChips program combine elements of biology, engineering, physical sciences and medicine to produce pioneering healthcare technologies.  The program is funded by the National Science Foundatio

May 16, 2012 – CALIT2’s Green IT Lab has gone gold. Lab director Bill Tomlinson and his doctoral student Joel Ross were both recognized by UC Irvine’s Academic Senate Council on Student Experience for outstanding accomplishments in undergraduate education. Tomlinson, associate p

May 04, 2012 – Today’s children and teens, who have been described as Generation I or “digital natives,” were born after the Internet had become a staple in our lives. They grew up with Google, Facebook, email and texting, not to mention digital cameras, online gaming and instan