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Keeping the coast clear

• University of California, Irvine
• Feb. 28, 2011, 2:33 p.m.

March 4 symposium highlights how citizens have partnered with scientists, politicians and bureaucrats to protect public access to the coast and ensure its continued health.

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Cactus restoration program is for the birds

• University of California, Irvine
• Feb. 28, 2011, 2:29 p.m.

UCI cactus restoration program aims to boost the population of a rare wren. Biologists are creating a welcoming habitat near campus that they hope will help the species thrive.

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Improving biomedical implants

• University of California, Irvine
• Feb. 15, 2011, 3:13 p.m.

UCI researcher Wendy Liu is trying to make the lifesaving devices less life-threatening.

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Plant restoration project taking root

• University of California, Irvine
• Feb. 7, 2011, 3:40 p.m.

UCI pilot program takes root on historic Irvine Ranch.

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Stroke research yields fellowship

• University of California, Irvine
• Jan. 31, 2011, 4:14 p.m.

Neurobiologist Christopher Lay receives $10,000 Public Impact Fellowship for ‘whisker work.’

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America’s scientist abroad

• University of California, Irvine
• Jan. 24, 2011, 4:52 p.m.

UCI botanist travels the world helping scientific groups

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Revolutionizing the education of doctors

• University of California, Irvine
• Jan. 18, 2011, 4:28 p.m.

By providing students with technological devices such as iPads and portable ultrasounds, UC Irvine School of Medicine is revolutionizing the way healthcare is taught. For the future doctors, such tools could one day be as standard as the stethoscope.

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Improving science education

• University of California, Irvine
• Jan. 18, 2011, 4:25 p.m.

UCI Professor Diane O’Dowd and others argue science teaching is not properly valued.

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Doctoring in a diverse society

• University of California, Irvine
• Jan. 18, 2011, 4:21 p.m.

An innovative undergraduate course, “Disparities in Medicine,” addresses diversity and how healthcare workers can embrace patients’ distinctive cultural beliefs, languages and faiths to provide better care.

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Tracking precipitation planetwide

• University of California, Irvine
• Jan. 10, 2011, 1:59 p.m.

Team creates online maps used by foreign countries to predict – and prepare for – intense rainfall.