Mimi Ito

Growing up, 'geeking out'

UC Irvine
June 4, 2012
Your kid is gaining useful skills playing Starcraft II, says UC Irvine cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito.

Health risks of thirdhand smoke

UC Office of the President
April 12, 2012
Thirdhand smoke is a new frontier, and UC's Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program has assembled a consortium of investigators to study the health risks caused by the remnants of cigarette smoke.

UC increases composting efforts

UC Newsroom
May 29, 2012
Campuses augment existing composting programs, educate people on use of the 'green bin' to achieve zero-waste goal.

Response to UC campus protest

May 4, 2012
UC officials have released a draft report on how the university responds to campus protest and civil disobedience. The public is invited to comment on the report through May 25.

Plastic found in 9 percent of 'garbage patch' fishes

May 1, 2012
The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean that has been labeled as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

Heading into zero gravity

UC San Diego students are in Houston, on a NASA plane, this week to investigate what happens in the heads of astronauts during weightlessness. They are part of NASA's Microgravity University, which offers selected students a rare chance to do research in near-zero gravity.
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