Friday, October 23, 1998
Community Briefs
UC Irvine leads
nation in geoscience
UC Irvine is the university with the greatest impact on
geoscience research in the mid-1990s, according to a national
publisher of research databases.
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), based in
Philadelphia, found that research articles by UCI scientists were
the most frequently cited papers in geosciences nationwide between
1993 and 1997. Geosciences are fields that encompass scientific
knowledge of the Earth, such as atmospheric chemistry and geology.
Two of UC Irvine’s recent Nobel Laureates won their awards for
their research on the greenhouse effect.
Papers by UCI geoscientists were cited an average of 9.5 times
by other researchers, ISI found. Citations are important because
they indicate cutting-edge scientific findings that lay the
groundwork for advanced research.
The next most-cited universities were Georgia Institute of
Technology, University of New Hampshire, Columbia University and
Harvard University.
ISI included in its rankings papers from professors in UCI’s
Department of Earth System Science as well as selected professors
in the Department of Chemistry.
A No. 1 ranking for UCI’s earth system science faculty is all
the more significant because the System Science program has existed
only since 1989, UCI Chancellor Ralph J. Cicerone said.
"It is truly amazing and very gratifying that we have risen to
the top, and done it so quickly," said Cicerone, who came to UCI in
1989 to create the Program of Geosciences, now the Department of
Earth System Science.
UCLA, Orthaepedic Hospital join forces
Yesterday a $200 million alliance was finalized between the
Orthopaedic Hospital and UCLA.
This alliance, which is not a buyout or merger, will expand
programs for patient care, research and education and it also
improve services at UCLA’s Westwood campus and the Santa Monica
UCLA Medical Center.
As far as the Orthopaedic Hospital is concerned, this non-profit
alliance will provide funding for renovations and will increase
outpatient services.
Other plans include the expansion of children’s orthopedic care
at the two UCLA health centers.
Former UCLA professor
Jon Postel dies at 55
Internet pioneer Dr. Jon Postel died last week at St. John’s
Hospital after complications following emergency heart surgery. He
was 55.
Postel, who received his B.S. and M.S. from UCLA, was well known
for creating the Internet’s address system and contributing to the
invention of ARPANet, a precursor to the Internet.
Postel was most recently a computer scientist with the
University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute
(ISI) and director of the Institute’s Computer Networked
Division.
"Jon played a key role in creating and maintaining ISI’s
creative and nurturing environment for research, technical and
support staff. He is irreplaceable," said Herbert Schoor, executive
director of the ISI.
"It is not enough to say that Jon will be greatly missed. His
presence enriched ISI immeasurably in many ways."
It was Postel’s research that led to the extended use of the
APRANet at UCLA, the site of one of the first nodes  a
physical location of a computer Internet site  connected to
the network.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports.
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