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Anteater Time Machine: Circa 1983, students enjoying a spring afternoon in Aldrich Park. (Photo courtesy of UC Irvine Libraries Archives) |
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Transforming the caregiving experience |
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Dr. Adey Nyamathi, a Distinguished Professor emerita and founding dean of the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, is leading a research project seeking to harness the potential of robotics to improve the lives of elderly patients suffering from dementia. The aim is to design a robot capable of recognizing agitation in dementia patients and intervening to prevent falls and reduce caregiver burden. The robot, equipped with a tablet and multiple sensors, will be programmed to initiate conversations based on the individual patient’s history and interests. |
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Study reveals nuclear RNA degradation code |
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A study in Molecular Cell led by UC Irvine researchers may help significantly update our understanding of genetic diseases. Their study reveals that “improperly processed RNA transcripts” can cause problems in how our cells function. RNA is the set of instructions that cells use to make proteins, which are essential for our bodies to function. “This revealed key information about quality control in cells,” said the study’s first author Lindsey Soles, working with Yongsheng Shi’s laboratory in microbiology & molecular genetics. “Before this, we had very little understanding of how cells were able to check whether RNAs are properly processed.” |
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Year of Scholarly Values highlights intellectual character |
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“As academics and innovators, it’s important to not mistake an intellectual rut for a groove. Periodically reconsidering our intellectual character is helpful for this,” says David Reinkensmeyer, professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering. |
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UC Systemwide Human Resources is collaborating with Deloitte Consulting LLP to conduct a comprehensive faculty and staff employee benefits survey. The survey asks specific questions about your opinions of the employee benefits programs currently offered. Your feedback will help determine how offerings can be refined to better serve you. After a temporary postponement, the benefits survey will launch tomorrow – you’ll receive an email with a personalized link to complete the survey. |
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Having spent many years searching for her calling, social sciences undergraduate student Frankie Boren was delighted to discover the language science program at UC Irvine. Though she just started last fall, she's naturally become interested in psycholinguistics, which allows her to marry her interests in psychology and language. “I wasn’t content to study only what you could create with language. I’m just as curious, if not more so, about what the fundamental nature of language actually is and how it works, and why it works the way it does – like, what is this invisible thing that we are working with?" she says. |
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#UCIconnected spotlights interesting updates from the UC Irvine community. #IamUCI spotlights profiles of students, faculty, staff and alumni. Send submissions via email or post on social media with the #UCIconnected or #IamUCI hashtags. |
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KCBS, April 9 (Video) Cited: Christopher Schwarz, professor of finance |
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Associated Press, April 7 Cited: Gary Richardson, professor of economics |
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TechTarget, April 9 (Podcast) Cited: Dr. Manijeh Berenji, M.D., Ph.D., associate clinical professor of environmental and occupational health |
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