Posts Tagged ‘Academic Excellence’
Achieving Precision Health in Neuropsychiatry Online Lecture Program Featuring Dr. Dan Geschwind on May 28
Achieving Precision Health in Neuropsychiatry featuring Distinguished Speaker, Dr. Dan Geschwind UCI Precision Health through Artificial Intelligence Initiative presents an online lecture program Thursday, May 28 from 4-6 p.m. 4-4:50 p.m. Integrative Genomics in Psychiatric Disease – Dan Geschwind 4:50-5:00 p.m. Q&A 5-5:30 p.m. Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis – Xiaohui Xie 5:30-5:40 p.m. Leveraging…
Read MoreMichael Green Appointed Interim Dean of Samueli School of Engineering
Dear colleagues, On behalf of Chancellor Gillman, I am pleased to announce that Michael Green has been named interim dean of the Samueli School of Engineering, effective July 1, 2020. Since joining UCI’s electrical engineering and computer science department in 1997, Professor Green has served in a range of academic leadership positions including his current…
Read MoreLeo Chavez Honored by Society for Applied Anthropology for a Career of Contributions Enhancing Understanding of Latinx Communities
Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Spring 2020 Newsletter
Ellen Druffel Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Ellen Druffel, Distinguished Professor and Fred Kavli Chair in Earth System Science, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. She is one of 146 scientists from around the world being recognized this year for their outstanding and continuing achievements in original research. Professor Druffel…
Read MoreUCI Education Research Initiative April Update
Dear Colleagues, In these unprecedented times, we wanted to commend the resiliency being shown by UCI faculty, staff and students. The rapid shift to remote teaching, learning and research collaboration is a challenge that many of you have embraced. Your efforts are appreciated and will help ensure that UCI continues to be a leader in…
Read MoreFunding Call for Senate Faculty to Advance Equity During Covid-19 – Due May 15
Dear Campus Community, The current pandemic has profoundly interrupted patterns of work and life while causing widespread sickness and death at local, national and global levels. Even as the ongoing responses reflect the courage and ingenuity of people, communities and organizations, the impact of the novel coronavirus has created and transformed as well as exposed…
Read MoreFour at UCI awarded 2020 Guggenheim Fellowships
Dear colleagues, On behalf of Chancellor Gillman, we are pleased to announce that four UCI faculty members have been awarded 2020 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000 applicants. With specializations ranging from…
Read MoreEstablishment of the Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) as a provisional Organized Research Unit
Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce the establishment of the Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) as a provisional Organized Research Unit (proORU), under the Direction of Professor Krzystof Palczewski and Clinical Co-Director Baruch Kuppermann. The Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) focuses on fostering vision research at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute (GHEI). The purpose…
Read MoreEmergency COVID-19 Research Seed Funding Opportunity Offered by the UC Research Grants Program Office
Applications will be accepted starting today (April 6, 2020) and continuously until available funds are expended About this Seed Funding Opportunity In light of the emergence and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in California and beyond, the statewide funding programs of the University of California Office, of the President (UCOP) Research Grants Program…
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