Los Angeles Times, July 2, 2009 5:32a.m.
L.A. employers face immigration audits
Federal agency targets hiring practices in a nationwide...
UCI MENTIONED: ...the George W. Bush administration, said Stephen Lee, a professor at UC Irvine School of Law who has written about immigration enforcement against... Full Story »
Weather Underground, July 1, 2009 6:41p.m.
Sea Level Rise -- It's worse than we thought
From: New Scientist Sea level rise: It's worse than we thought * 01 July 2009 by Anil Ananthaswamy FOR a few minutes David Holland forgets about his work and screams like a kid on a roller...
UCI MENTIONED: ...very conservative conclusion does not hold," says Eric Rignot of the University of California, Irvine. To study the ice sheets, Rignot and colleagues... Full Story »
Empowher, July 1, 2009 11:24a.m.
Your Surroundings Mirror Your Beliefs
Related News FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet Read More WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Whatever you believe, new research suggests that you're likely to surround yourself with others who feel the same way, whether they be friends or talking heads on...
UCI MENTIONED: ...bias," he said. Peter H. Ditto, a psychology professor at the University of California at Irvine, said the study "confirms a lot of previous scientific... Full Story »
MSN Health & Fitness, July 1, 2009 9:47a.m.
Your Surroundings Mirror Your Beliefs
People find safety in those who think the same way, research...
UCI MENTIONED: ...bias," he said. Peter H. Ditto, a psychology professor at the University of California at Irvine, said the study "confirms a lot of previous scientific... Full Story »
DailyAdvance.com, July 1, 2009 6a.m.
Your Surroundings Mirror Your Beliefs
Whatever you believe, new research suggests that you're likely to surround yourself with others who feel the same way, whether they be friends or talking heads on...
UCI MENTIONED: ...bias," he said. Peter H. Ditto, a psychology professor at the University of California at Irvine, said the study "confirms a lot of previous scientific... Full Story »
Physics World.com, July 1, 2009 3:09a.m.
The idea that quantum mechanics can explain many fundamental aspects of life is resurging, as Paul Davies...
UCI MENTIONED: ...translated into neural information? A study by Thorsten Ritz at the University of California, Irvine, Christine Timmel s group at Oxford University... Full Story »
Science Daily, June 30, 2009 8:43p.m.
Experts Call For New U.S. Research Effort To Identify Which Health Care Services Work Best
A new report from the Institute of Medicine recommends 100 health topics that should get priority attention and funding from a new national research effort to identify which health care services work...
UCI MENTIONED: ...Professor of Medicine and executive director, Health Policy Research Institute, University of California, Irvine. "To make the most of this... Full Story »
Orange County Register (AP), June 30, 2009 5:17p.m.
Laguna homeless activists welcome legal settlement
Most residents interviewed say few homeless cause...
UCI MENTIONED: ...brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, Irell and Manella LLP and Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UCI law school. The city has now agreed... Full Story »
Discovery Channel, June 30, 2009 7:26a.m.
L.A. Traffic Causing Premature Births: Study
-- As famous for its traffic jams as it is for Hollywood star power, the Los Angeles, Calif. area has another dirty little secret: Air pollution is sickening pregnant women who live near roadways, more than doubling their risk of a premature birth, according to a new...
UCI MENTIONED: ...exposed to high levels of air pollution. Now Jun Wu of the University of California, Irvine and a team of researchers have shown that the effects... Full Story »
The Independent, June 29, 2009 11:11p.m.
User Rating: / 0 PoorBest In 15 years of writing about the Middle East, I have never encountered a situation that changed so fast that one could write an article that becomes outdated in the time it takes to write...
UCI MENTIONED: ...Jazeera Mark LeVine is professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of California Irvine and is the author of Heavy Metal... Full Story »
National Law Journal Legal Pad, June 29, 2009 8:08p.m.
Homeless suit settled with city
Laguna Beach agreed to settle a lawsuit over its treatment of disabled homeless people by constraining police from interfering with those asleep in public...
UCI MENTIONED: ...last December. The ACLU, Newport Beach law firm Irell & Manella and Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Irvine law school filed the suit on behalf... Full Story »
OC Metro Magazine, June 29, 2009 5:50p.m.
UC Irvine receives $300,000 for nuclear research
The U.S. Dept. of Energy allotted nearly $9 million for university programs to further nuclear...
UCI MENTIONED: ... UC Irvine receives $300,000 for nuclear research The U.S. Dept. of Energy allotted nearly $9 million for university programs to further nuclear... Full Story »
Modern Medicine, June 29, 2009 12:13p.m.
Melatonin Fails to Relieve Surgery Anxiety in Children
However, the medication did reduce emergence delirium compared to the sedative...
UCI MENTIONED: ...issue of Anesthesiology. Zeev N. Kain, M.D., of the University of California in Irvine, and colleagues randomized 148 children (ages 2 to 8... Full Story »
Al Jazeera, June 28, 2009 11:33p.m.
Obama's strategies failing in Iran
It took two weeks of intensified government repression against protesters in Iran before Barack Obama, the US president, moved from cautious commentary to describing the crackdown as "violent and unjust".
UCI MENTIONED: ...the rest of us? Mark Levine is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine and author, most recently, of Heavy Metal... Full Story »
San Diego Union Tribune, June 28, 2009 2a.m.
Some say new constitution would solve state's woes
LOS ANGELES California is drowning in ever-deepening red ink. The state may have to start issuing IOUs this week. And a debilitating cash-flow crunch could hit by the end of July unless somebody does something about...
UCI MENTIONED: ...one knows, said Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean of the University of California Irvine School of Law. There is significant disagreement among... Full Story »
Indy Star (AP), June 27, 2009 2:35a.m.
A With Americans looking to reduce their "carbon footprints," food seems an obvious place to start. Choosing a diet with a smaller carbon footprint means choosing foods that are processed in ways that emit less carbon dioxide -- a heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas -- into the...
UCI MENTIONED: ...Nathan Fiala, a doctoral candidate in environmental economics at the University of California- Irvine, estimates it requires 15 pounds of carbon... Full Story »
Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2009 1:32a.m.
Irvine financier Danny Pang reportedly received at least $83 million before firm was seized
Pang, who is accused by the government of operating a Ponzi scheme, got the money from inflated fees, salary and loans, a court-appointed receiver...
UCI MENTIONED: ...including claiming to hold degrees from UC Irvine. Pang apparently was a UC Irvine student leader -- serving as chairman of a campus organization... Full Story »
The Daily News Record, June 26, 2009 10:40p.m.
College: Too Many Dull Asians Here
WARD CONNERLY, FORMER University of California Regent, has an article, Study, Study, Study A Bad Career Move in the June 2, 2009 edition of Minding the Campus...
UCI MENTIONED: ...UC campuses has skyrocketed. UC Berkeley student body is 42 percent Asian students; UC Irvine 55 percent; UC Riverside 43 percent; and UCLA 38... Full Story »
Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot, June 26, 2009 3:34p.m.
ACLU agreement calls for Laguna Beach to not enforce state anti-sleeping...
UCI MENTIONED: ...by the ACLU, the law firm of Irell & Manella LLP, and Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UCI law school. This settlement agreement builds on the... Full Story »
Los Angeles Times Blogs, June 25, 2009 10:03p.m.
Review: Yvonne Rainer at REDCAT
Making dances about dance is a familiar postmodernist occupation. But what about making a dance about a dance and its first audience? And blending in a contemporary audience, to boot? Think wheels within wheels, layers upon...
UCI MENTIONED: ...the downtown New York neighborhood where Rainer lives when she s not teaching at UC Irvine. On Thursday, an unplanned change also occurred when... Full Story »
