The Weekly Anteater
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!
RA Spotlight: Dinorah
“Being a FGLI (FirstGen, Low Income) student, I felt I had a social responsibility to be a resource for others. Moving to college during a global pandemic is not easy. I want to help Anteaters make the best of their experience.” Dinorah, UCI RA
More: https://bit.ly/3m8H93I
How To Handle COVID-19 Holiday Stress
“Parents can [help children cope] by acknowledging that this holiday season will not be the same, and pointing out that sometimes there are happy surprises when we do things differently.” UCI psychologist Jessica Borelli
More: fal.cn/3c7z4
Fan cutouts are coming to the Bren
The first wave of cutouts will be “cheering” from the Bren on December 27th. A safe and fun way to get in on the action. People, pets, anteaters all welcome!
More: fal.cn/3bT6s
UCI public health experts are working with Pacific Symphony to bring music back to Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
“Pacific Symphony has some very unique considerations related to preventing the spread of the virus…Even without audiences present, they’ll need to take a number of precautions to stay physically distant, especially when performing music.” Karen Edwards, chair and professor of epidemiology in UCI’s Program in Public Health.
More: https://bit.ly/3a1Bf24
Diary of a med student: UCI duo publish ‘diary’ of peer experiences to show students they’re not alone
“We wanted to address rising burnout and the importance of mental health in medicine by creating a safe space for inner reflection and expressing emotions.” UCI’s Daniel Azzam, co-author (with Ajay Nair Sharma) of “Diary of a Med Student.”
More: bit.ly/3lUiNux
UCI researchers develop at-home Coronavirus saliva test
“What we’ve shown is that we are capable of detecting really low levels of the viral protein, which is promising for future accuracy of being able to catch early infections as well as infections in asymptomatic people,” Julia Zakashansky, UCI engineering doctoral student.
More: https://fal.cn/3c9hN
UCI in the News
“It is very unfortunate and I’m hearing from my colleagues who are nurses that are the frontline, my students who work in the same setting, that things are just getting very busy and stressful. I think we’re hitting a situation where we’re going to be pretty maxed out very soon. So it’s alarming for sure,” UC Irvine epidemiologist and public health expert Sanghyuk Shin
Five months separated the deaths of Kobe Bryant and George Floyd: January 26 and May 25. Fathers of daughters they died young. Bryant was 41 years old and Floyd was 46. Apart from these similarities, the response to their untimely deaths could not be more different. How the country has responded — lauding one as exceptional and regarding the other as typical — highlights the enduring hypocrisy in confronting anti-Blackness in the United States. Douglas Haynes, UCI vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion.
“In a purely epidemiological perspective, uptake is everything. If about 10% of people do it, it’s useless…Even if it does get takers, it’s still unproven. Because then, what do you do?” Andrew Noymer, UCI public health professor
Thank you for reading! Questions? Please contact the social media team at UCI: ucisocialmedia@uci.edu
