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 celebrates Black History Month
A look at UCI’s Black Thriving Initiative & the UCI student-led #BlackinNeuro
“We aspire to be the nation’s leading destination for Black people to thrive…With our Black Thriving Initiative, UCI’s future is linked to the success of Black communities on and off campus.” — Doug Haynes, vice chancellor for equity, diversity & inclusion
Meet the inspiration behind Black In Neuro
Ph.D. student Angeline Dukes is driven to bring equity to her field
“We wanted to build a community where people felt comfortable talking about race-related issues, sharing research opportunities, and just knowing that there are more of us out there,” — Angeline Dukes, third-year Ph.D. candidate in Neurobiology & Behavior
UCI marks #WorldCancerDay
Starving cancer cells to death. Radiation without side effects. An app that helps children with cancer manage pain. UCI is tackling cancer on all fronts.
Did you know?
The UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center in Orange County.
NCI Cancer Centers are national leaders in cancer research, education and treatment, and centers designated as “comprehensive” are at the forefront, having met rigorous criteria for offering world-class patient care, innovative research with the potential to move quickly into practice, prevention strategies and community outreach.
🎧 UCI Podcast: Transforming lives and communities with UCI’s in-prison BA program
“People who complete a degree while they’re incarcerated tend to have recidivism rates approaching zero…For every dollar invested in higher education in prison, there was $5 of social benefit accrued because people become functioning tax-paying members of society.” — Keramet Reiter, director UCI LIFTED (Leveraging Inspiring Futures Through Educational Degrees)
UCI fellowships help fill virus-created void
Grad students facing financial hardships due to COVID-19 get both funding and a chance to learn new skills.
“UCI was the first UC campus to create a program like this…It’s this kind of innovative approach to serving our students that makes me proud to work at UCI. — Gillian Hayes, dean of UCI’s Graduate Division.
Celebrating #UCILove: Share your story!
Did you meet your S.O. or BFF at UCI? We want to hear your stories as we celebrate campus connections.
UCI In the News
The link between music and memory is something scientists and doctors at UC Irvine are continuing to study at UCI Mind. “It turns out that, not surprisingly, the brain handles different kinds of information differently, and music is different from language, from recognizing words, and other things and things around us,” Dr. David Sultzer, director of clinical research at UCI Mind, said.
The West is home to the four colleges ranked highest nationwide for diversity in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings, … The University of California, Irvine and California State University, Northridge tied for №2 nationally for the diversity of their students and faculty ….
Double-masking is largely about fit. … A surgical mask alone, for example, often has big gaps at the edges, allowing for particles to easily enter and leave. “It leaks like a sieve, it leaks like crazy,” said Jim Smith, a chemist and expert in aerosols (small particles) at the University of California, Irvine. “Surgical masks need a way to seal better around your face. That’s the whole point of double masking, in my view.”
