Steve Allison, newly named director of UCI’s Newkirk Center for Science and Society, envisions the university to be a global role model for fair and equitable research.
Allison, who holds joint appointments in the Schools of…
Melissa Brock, Ph.D. student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Joana Tavares, Ph.D. candidate in Earth System Science, are two UC Irvine graduate students making an organized effort to understand and spread information on the…
Born from a need to give graduate students a broad skill set and more career-oriented training, UC Irvine’s Ridge to Reef Program (R2R) has been a major success. R2R, funded by a $3 million grant…
In recognition of her groundbreaking work on butterfly color and vision, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professor Adriana Briscoe was recently awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. As a pioneer in animal physiology and behavior, Dr. Briscoe’s…
As climate change continues to affect our world, a team of researchers brought together by UC Irvine professor Cascade Sorte is making a positive difference through collaboration and les châteaux de la France. Dr. Cascade…
Snakes and Acclaim: Lauren Merlino Wins NSF Fellowship
Spring is in the air. Lauren Merlino, a current Ph.D. student working in the Lutterschmidt lab, peers into a writhing mass of snakes, their sex hormones raging. Merlino’s…
Edwin Solares, who is currently finishing his Ph.D. In Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, has recently been awarded the prestigious UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. He is only the second person to receive this award as…