The Weekly Anteater

Your guide to what’s new and trending at UCI

Dear Friends of UCI,

Welcome to the Weekly Anteater report for what’s new and trending at UCI!

We’ve curated a collection of top news items and trending social topics. If you’re active on social media, please share this news with your friends and colleagues. We’ve attached social links and summaries for easy sharing!

On to this week’s big news…

A new era in Orange County healthcare

UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport academic health complex will bring a broad spectrum of healthcare services to coastal and southern OC

Tweet: https://bit.ly/3iLlb76 Press Release: http://bit.ly/3oaEpEj

“Once this project is completed, the UCI healthcare system will be unparalleled in this region…It will be a place to nurture health and lifelong wellbeing…” Chancellor Howard Gillman

UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport will anchor UCI Presidential Gateway

🎥 UCI Health stops at nothing to build a healthier tomorrow. UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport will bring the finest evidence-based care that only an academic medical system can offer.

UCI Health sets up vaccination site at UCI’s Bren Events Center

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“The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines is an important milestone for Orange County and UCI Health is proud to begin offering it to our patients,” says UCI Health CEO Chad Lefteris. “This vaccination event at UCI was the first of many in the coming months.”

UCI Health provided more than 2,600 vaccine injections to its 65-and-older patients on Jan. 16

Tech for people with visual disabilities

UCI researchers collaborate with Toyota to provide Aira, a visual interpreter service, to the local community during the pandemic

Tweet: https://bit.ly/365mgl7

A person with a visual disability using Aira to access visual displays in an airport. Aira Tech Corp.

Q&A: Ian Williamson, Dean of UCI’s Merage School of Business

Light sabers, Disneyland and nature spots — Dean Williamson is excited to become a Californian!

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UCI Merage Dean Ian Williamson is excited to come to California

UCI in the News

UC Irvine plans $1 billion, campus-adjacent medical complex with 144-bed hospital

UC Regents on Thursday, Jan. 21, approved a $1 billion medical complex with a 144-bed hospital next to UC Irvine’s main campus. Their approval clears the way for the university and its medical arm to get started on UC Irvine Medical Center Irvine-Newport, a multi-building complex that will offer specialty care in oncology, neurosciences, children’s health and other areas.

This Student's Upcycled Designs Go Viral on TikTok

The 22-year-old is currently studying drama and French at the University of California in Irvine, but dabbles in eco-friendly fashion design on the side. Sidney started playing around with a sewing machine last summer during quarantine, and having no formal background in design, she began posting her upcycled creations to TikTok simply for fun.

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Are Falling, but Variants Could Erase Progress

Public health experts had hoped that first vaccinating the groups at highest risk of death or most likely to be exposed to the virus would result in fewer deaths among those infected. But if new virus variants lead to significantly more infections, “it’s going to result, eventually, in more deaths,” said Andrew Noymer, an associate professor of public health at the University of California, Irvine.

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