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The winter sun casts long shadows across a courtyard at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Photo by Steve Zylius/UCI
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UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
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UCI Minute: What is RSV, and what’s behind the surge in cases?
In this edition of the UCI Minute, Dr. Coleen Cunningham, senior vice president and pediatrician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital of Orange County and chair of the UCI Department of Pediatrics, addresses the recent surge of RSV cases and answers questions about the virus, including how to protect children from the disease.
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Steven Davis, a UCI professor of Earth system science, is a co-author of a paper that outlines the difficulties involved in decarbonizing the aviation industry. Photo by Steve Zylius/UCI
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UCI scientists chart future of sustainable air travel
In a paper published in Nature Sustainability, UCI Earth systems scientists outline ways for the airline industry to significantly reduce its high-carbon footprint, a necessary task to help make possible the goal set by many countries of stabilizing global mean temperature by 2050. Assuming moderate growth in demand for flights over the next few decades, steps to curtail aviation emissions include business practice and infrastructure enhancements, more efficient propulsion systems and greatly expanded use of sustainable aircraft fuels, the paper’s authors note.
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Receiving the awards on behalf of UCI Health are (from left) Dr. Joseph Carmichael, chief medical officer; Chad Lefteris, CEO; Susanna Rustad, chief procurement officer & executive director, virtual care; Dr. Shaista Malik, director, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute; and Tatyana Popkova, chief strategy officer.
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Irvine Chamber of Commerce honors UCI Health
During its Jan. 26 black-tie Excellence in Healthcare Gala, the Greater Irvine Chamber recognized outstanding healthcare organizations and innovative industry leaders who continue to make advances in the region’s formidable healthcare sector. Among the honorees was the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, which won the Wellness Program of the Year prize.
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Each element in this ICS-designed periodic table honors a Black pioneer in human rights, science and technology.
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ICS creates Periodic Table of Black History
To celebrate Black History Month in 2021, a Florida elementary school student named Dana Boone put up a periodic table of the elements honoring African American pioneers in science and technology. Boone got the idea from staff members at nearby Lakeland Public Library. Now, following their lead, UCI’s School of Information and Computer Sciences has created its own ICS Periodic Table of Black History.
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California drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate for schoolchildren
A California policy requiring all schoolchildren in the state to receive COVID-19 vaccines, which was enacted in October 2021 but has been on hold since April 2022, has now been lifted. The move, which affects 6.7 million children in California, comes as health officials plan to end the state’s official COVID-19 emergency status on Feb. 28.
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Updates on the Legal Landscape in Post-Roe America and Impact of the Dobbs Decision
Wednesday, noon (sponsored by UC Health & UCI School of Medicine)
Unholy Alliances: Labor, Sex Work, and Garveyism in the Dutch- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean
Wednesday, 3 p.m. (sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies)
Visit today.uci.edu to see and submit event listings. Events of general interest will be shared in UCI Digest two days before they occur.
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Note: Some news sites require subscriptions to read articles. The UCI Libraries offer free subscriptions to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Orange County Register and The Washington Post for students, faculty and staff.
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Engadget, Feb. 3
Cited: Peter Krapp, professor of film & media studies
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Wired, Feb. 6
Cited: James Randerson, Chancellor’s Professor of Earth systems science
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The Boston Globe, Feb. 3
Cited: Dr. Shruti Gohil, assistant professor of infectious diseases
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Celebrating Black excellence in biological sciences
#UCIBioSci tweets: We're excited to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth by highlighting Black excellence across #UCIBioSci! For our first feature, learn more about Roshae Roberts, Ph.D. candidate in the Interdisciplinary #Neuroscience Program.
#UCIconnected spotlights student, alumni, faculty and staff photos, essays, shoutouts, hobbies, artwork, unusual office decorations, activities and more. Send submissions via email or post on social media with the #UCIconnected hashtag.
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COVID-19 NOTIFICATION & HEALTH RESOURCES
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Upload your vaccine and booster records
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Daily COVID-19 Symptom check
By coming to campus each day, students and employees are attesting they are free of COVID-19 symptoms and are not COVID-19 positive. If you currently have symptoms of COVID-19 or recently tested positive, do not come to campus, or if you currently live on campus stay in your residence, and follow instructions for reporting your case or assessing symptoms on the UCI Forward page. Close contacts to a COVID-19 case are not required to stay home or quarantine, but should follow guidance for close contact instructions for masking and testing on the UCI Forward page.
Potential workplace exposure
UCI provides this notification of a potential workplace COVID-19 exposure. Employees and subcontractors who were in these locations on the dates listed may have been exposed to the coronavirus. You may be entitled to various benefits under applicable federal and state laws and University-specific policies and agreements. The full notification is available on the UCI Forward site. If you have been identified as a close contact to a COVID-19 case, the UCI Contact Tracing Program will contact you and provide additional direction.
UCI Forward – information on campus status and operational updates
Monkeypox information - Information and resources on monkeypox
UCI Health COVID-19 Updates – important information related to UCI Health
UCI Coronavirus Response Center – available at covid19@uci.edu or 949-824-9918
Contact Tracing and Vaccine Navigation Services – assistance with vaccines and vaccine uploads or to report a case, available at contacttracing@uci.edu or 949-824-2300
For questions specific to your personal health situation, please contact your doctor or healthcare provider.
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