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| California poppies bloom near the Biological Sciences Plaza. (Photo by Steve Zylius / UC Irvine) |
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| At UC Irvine, you’ll find something remarkable: a world-class research university open to educating all talented students willing to work hard. For tens of thousands of Anteaters each year, UC Irvine is not simply a place to earn a diploma; it’s a launchpad to a career, a community and a life enriched by curiosity, critical thinking and connection to the wider world. And thanks to an array of financial support programs, that launchpad is more accessible than many families realize |
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| | Colon cancer survivor raises awareness |
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| Pastry chef Jorge Sotelo (above left) is glad he insisted on the colonoscopy that caught his colorectal cancer at an early, treatable stage. Now he and his surgeon, Dr. Valery Vilchez Parra (above right), are taking to the airwaves to raise awareness among Spanish-language communities about the need for regular screening. “That’s how you beat this disease – by catching things early before they turn cancerous,” Sotelo said. "When I was first diagnosed, I shared that with my brothers, my friends at church, my colleagues at [work], and they went to get their colonoscopies right away.” |
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| Even after one of California’s largest cleanup efforts, nearly 70 percent of remediated homes near the former Exide battery smelter in Southeast L.A. still exceeded the state’s soil lead limit, according to a new study from UC Irvine researchers. Community- driven research helped expose ongoing contamination, prompting expanded testing, blood lead screening and stricter remediation oversight. “These neighborhoods are predominantly low-income, largely Latino and home to more young children than the county average, yet [many] yards the state declared ‘clean’ still exceed its own safety threshold,” said Jill Johnston (above), associate professor of environmental and occupational health and the study’s corresponding author. “That’s a systemic failure in how this cleanup was designed and verified. The community knew something was wrong – and the data proved it.” The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program and the National Institutes of Health helped support the research. #SpeakUp4Science |
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| | UC researchers elected to the AAAS |
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| UC Irvine’s new AAAS Fellows are (clockwise from top left) Payam Heydari, Chancellor’s Professor and Henry Samueli Faculty Excellence Professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Amir AghaKouchak, Chancellor’s Professor of civil and environmental engineering; Ann Marie Carlton, professor and vice chair of chemistry; Andrew Lankford, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of physics and astronomy; Michael Yassa, professor of neurobiology and behavior and James L. McGaugh Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory; Elizabeth Jarvo, Chancellor’s Professor of chemistry; and Geoffrey Abbott, professor and interim chair of physiology and biophysics. |
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| The University of California leads all universities in one of science’s highest honors: It has 50 new fellows in the latest class – the most elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society – including seven UC Irvine researchers. |
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| Devon Zangger, who earned an M.A. in teaching at UC Irvine in 2017 and is now a fourth-grade teacher at Irvine’s Solis Park School, has been named Elementary School Teacher of the Year by the Irvine Unified School District. Zangger was cited as exemplifying what it means to lead with heart, excellence and purpose, creating classrooms where every student feels valued and inspired. Through innovative strategies, the district said, she builds strong thinking skills, confidence and joy in learning. |
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| #UCIconnected spotlights interesting updates from the UC Irvine community. #IamUCI spotlights profiles of students, faculty, staff and alumni. Send submissions via email or post on social media with the #UCIconnected or #IamUCI hashtags. |
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The New York Times, April 7 Cited: Roxane Cohen Silver, Distinguished Professor of psychology, medicine and public health |
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KNX News 97.1 FM, April 6 Cited: Jill Johnston, associate professor of environmental and occupational health |
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KABC, April 3 Cited: Dr. Sanjay Kedhar, clinical professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences |
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