Focused on the big picture
Bren Professor Ramesh Jain aims to integrate health data and make it globally available – by phone. more
Confessions of a VC
Venture capitalist and blogger Fred Wilson shares his insights at the most recent UCI Top Trends in Technology event. video
Cultivating collaboration
Kay Family Foundation funds new mobile technology lab designed to encourage innovation and teamwork. more
Cancer breakthrough
UCI researchers find new target for treating wide spectrum of cancers; professor Richard Lathrop, shown here discussing the p53 protein, co-leads study. video
Building on a dream
After starting a campus club to assist Kenya schools, computer science major Nithin Jilla now aims to improve access to education on a global scale. more
Gene genie
Smartphone app developed by professor Gene Tsudik and fellow researchers permits secure storage and testing of DNA data. more
18 medical apps in 10 days
100 Bren School and 30 medical students from UCI team up in first-ever Med AppJam tournament, made possible by the Kay Family Foundation. more
College prep via app design
Coached by Bren School students, middle school teams learn STEM skills by creating educational smartphone games. more
The Brilliant Ten
Popular Science names associate professor Deva Ramanan one of “The Greatest Scientists of Tomorrow.” more
Hats off to our grads!
The Bren School alumni community welcomed more than 300 new members in June, as commencement ceremonies took place in recognition of recent PhD, MS and BS graduates. video
UCI to anchor $12.5M Intel research center
Informatics professor Paul Dourish (left) will co-lead the Intel Science & Technology Center for Social Computing. more
And the winner is…
The Butterworth Product Development Competition grand prize goes to Team Portfelo, pictured here with judge Kevin Kinsey, Dean Hal Stern and mentor Tony Crisp. more
Email ‘vacations’ decrease stress
Findings by professor Gloria Mark and scientist Stephen Voida could boost on-the-job productivity. more
Franz wins IEEE award
The IEEE Computer Society is honoring Professor Michael Franz with a 2012 Technical Achievement Award. more
Student Project Showcase
Annual event gives undergraduates an opportunity to show off both sponsored and entrepreneurial innovations. more
Making IT more PC
Values in design pioneer and new informatics professor Geoffrey Bowker advocates responsible technological innovation. more
Students build mobile applications in a week
A group of undergrads led by a master’s student won the inaugural AppJam with “TimeToGo,” a location-sensitive event reminder. more
Statistically significant
As new head of the UCI Center for Statistical Consulting, alumnus Vinh Nguyen aims to help researchers across campus and Orange County. more
Visualizing the future
Associate professor Aditi Majumder's lab team develops better, simpler, cheaper display technologies. more
Welcome Week 2011
Student leaders helped usher in 500+ new freshmen, transfers and graduate students to the Bren School during Welcome Week at UCI. more
Bioinformatics boosters
IGB summer research program exposes community college students to emerging field. more
Commencement 2010-2011
The Bren School awarded nearly 300 degrees during the 2010-11 academic year. Commencement ceremonies took place in June at the Bren Events Center. more
Rethinking 'reachability'
Melissa Mazmanian, assistant professor of informatics, studies the role of wireless technology in users' work and personal lives. more
ICS Day offers R&R
Student-organized festival features dunk tank, coding competition and video game demos. more
Helping Haitians find family
Chen Li, associate professor of computer science, and his students created a people-finder site to help quake victims reunite. more
You say you want a revolution
Researcher Ban Al-Ani tracks the role of social media in the Egyptian uprising. more
Playing by the numbers
Dean Hal Stern, a statistician and sports lover, is known for his statistically based opposition to the BCS football rankings. more