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…
UCI scientists discover design secrets of world’s toughest insect
The diabolical ironclad beetle’s crush-resistant exoskeleton can survive being run over by a car
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Twin-demic? COVID-19 and flu have potential to strain health systems this winter
“So far there is no indication that there will be a new virulent flu strain this year,” says UCI Health Dr. Shruti K. Gohil, MD, “but there is no way to really know until the flu season is underway.”
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What do you meme?
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Study tents set up just in time for midterms
The tents are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for al fresco studying and are equipped with outlets and wifi. Face coverings and physical distancing required.
UCI in the News
..understanding what makes the beetle so diabolical and ironclad could aid development of synthetic products for use in construction or aeronautics, according to a [UCI] study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
“It illustrates that almost all of the voting fraud allegations tend to be small scale, individual acts that are not calculated to change election outcomes,” said Rick Hasen, an election law author and professor of law and political science at the University of California, Irvine.
Historically, the road to reform has often begun with protesters taking to the streets. A sociologist and a political scientist take stock of whether today’s activism will lead to actual change. … To delve deeper into these questions, Knowable Magazine turned to two leading social movement researchers: sociologist Edwin Amenta of the University of California, Irvine, and Christian Davenport, a political scientist at the University of Michigan.
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