June 30, 2023
UCI Digest
The New Swan Theater in Gateway Plaza serves as a welcoming view into Aldrich Park. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)
The New Swan Theater in Gateway Plaza serves as a welcoming view into Aldrich Park. (Photo: Steve Zylius/UCI)

UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

SCOTUS Justice Jackson cites UCI Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran’s book in dissent on affirmative action case

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson cited UCI Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran’s book The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap 15 times in her dissent of the court’s ruling this week to ban affirmative action. Citing Baradaran’s book, Jackson explained the decision to invalidate the Civil Rights Act of 1875 had tangible repercussions, as former slaves struggled to amass wealth due to discriminatory practices. Land ownership restrictions, sharecropping arrangements and laws criminalizing Black individuals perpetuated economic exploitation.

Anai Campos Contreras named 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow

Anai Campos Contreras named 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow
The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Anai Campos Contreras, incoming UCI postdoctoral fellow in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, a 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. Campos received a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in 2022 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Later this summer, she will join the laboratory of Thomas Martinez, UCI assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences. Her long-term research interests include identifying the cell mechanisms involved in cancer formation and finding new therapeutic targets.
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Opinion: Americans Are Living Longer and Prospering

The Wall Street Journal, June 27
Cited: Richard B. McKenzie, emeritus professor of business

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Uncovering the Impact of Social Determinants on the Risk of Alzheimer Disease: Michael Yassa, PhD

NeurologyLive, June 29
Cited: Michael Yassa, professor of neurobiology & behavior

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4th of July Facts & Figures

WalletHub, June 27
Cited: Jun Wu, professor of public health

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