Author Archive for Stella Cho
Prof. Offers Hope for Future of Alzheimer’s
Science: Director for the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia offered strategies to arrest disease.
Put Down That Cigarette
You know what it looks like: a simple, three-inch stick, usually white, one-third inch in diameter and packed with tobacco, tar, nicotine and 599 additives approved by the U.S. government.
It is also notorious for its association with lung cancer and emphysema and banned from public enclosed spaces like restaurants and workplaces, children’s playgrounds and within [...]
Anesthesiology Head Quits
Hospital: Peter Breen retired amidst challenges to his leadership raised in confidential meetings.
Around the Ring
B.A. in Public Health and B.S. in Public Health Sciences offered
The undergraduate B.S. in Public Health Sciences and B.A. in Public Health will explore public health plans and research. Students will analyze public health programs and learn of the challenges of human health in an emerging population.
Students who wish to pursue medical school must still [...]
Frosh Dorms Overcrowded
housing: Housing Services makes up for overpopulation in dorms with converted triples and quadruples.
News in Brief
UCI Researchers Find Good Use for Fat
Fat has long been stigmatized and associated with obesity, but although too much fat is not good for one’s health, neither is too little fat. In fact, researchers at UC Irvine discovered that fat plays a significant role in storing proteins in cells that bind DNA and organize in [...]
News in Brief
Researchers Find Protein Helps With Long Term Memory
UC Irvine researchers discovered that a protein important during the developmental stage of brain cell growth plays a crucial role in the formation of long-term memories; these findings could help us understand and treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
According to Thomas J. Carew, chair of UCI’s Department of [...]
My Professor Lives Next Door
At the start of the new fall quarter, chemistry professor Rachel Martin and her husband will live among 100 international and American students at International Village, a cluster of four houses in Arroyo Vista, as a part of a new program at UC Irvine. Martin is the first professor at UCI to live in [...]
