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A cherry blossom tree displays its full bloom along Ring Road. Photo by Steve Zylius/UCI
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UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
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Fan-Gang Zeng is director of the UCI Center for Hearing Research. Photo courtesy of UCOP
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UCI professor elected to National Academy of Engineering
Fan-Gang Zeng, a professor of otolaryngology and biomedical engineering and director of the UCI Center for Hearing Research, has been elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honors for those in engineering and technical fields. Zeng is being recognized for developing better treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus and for fostering inclusiveness in the engineering profession. With this election, UCI is now home to 17 members of the National Academy of Engineering.
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Joanna Hernandez is the director of the Division of Undergraduate Education’s Transfer Student Center, which supports transfer students in their transition into UCI. Photo by Steve Zylius/UCI
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UCI’s Transfer Student Center helps guarantee a smooth transition for new students
For the thousands of new undergraduate transfer students who enroll at UCI each fall, adjusting to the university’s academic environment– or even learning their way around campus–can be challenging. To help them along, the Division of Undergraduate Education has created the Transfer Student Center to provide support and guidance. A full one-third of each new undergraduate class at UCI are transfer students, most of them from California’s community colleges. As TSC’s director, Joanna Hernandez, a first-generation Latina and former foster youth student, is dedicated to advocating for first-gen and low-income students’ needs.
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Rodrigo Lazo, interim vice chancellor for equity, diversity & inclusion, director of the UCI ADVANCE Program and English professor, (at podium above) was the guest speaker at the recent U See I Write: UCI Faculty Writing Retreat. Photo by Han Parker
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U See I Write: UCI Faculty Writing Retreat offers support for all junior faculty
Inside UCI’s Continuing Education complex on Jan. 27, a packed room testified to the growing popularity of the Winter Quarter’s all-day U See I Write: UCI Faculty Writing Retreat. The thrice-annual event has been held the past seven years thanks to the Office of Inclusive Excellence and alumni Ilona Yim, professor and interim chair of psychological science, and Elizabeth van Es, professor of education. It’s open to all UCI junior faculty who are interested in writing in a collaborative and supportive environment.
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UCI Professors of Law Mario Barnes, (left) and Professor Kaaryn Gustafson were both recognized by the American Bar Foundation Fellows as 2023 Outstanding Scholars.
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American Bar Association Fellows honor UCI law professors
UCI Law Professors Mario L. Barnes and Kaaryn Gustafson have been honored by the American Bar Foundation Fellows with the prestigious 2023 Outstanding Scholar Award. Presented to them at the ABF banquet on Feb. 4, in New Orleans, the award recognizes the duo’s decades-long research, scholarship and leadership in many areas of the law, including the interdisciplinary legal and social implications of race, ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic inequality. Awarded annually since 1957, the Outstanding Scholar Award is given by the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation to legal professionals engaged in outstanding scholarship in the law or government.
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IEFV | Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism
Friday, 12:15 p.m. (sponsored by the Institute to End Family Violence)
Visit today.uci.edu to see and submit event listings. Events of general interest will be shared in UCI Digest two days before they occur.
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Note: Some news sites require subscriptions to read articles. The UCI Libraries offer free subscriptions to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Orange County Register and The Washington Post for students, faculty and staff.
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KQED Forum (audio), Feb. 7
Guest: Michael Méndez, assistant professor of urban planning and public policy
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KNX In Depth (audio), Feb. 7
Cited: Andrew Noymer, associate professor of population health and disease prevention
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Los Angeles Times, Feb. 8
Cited: Katie Tinto, clinical professor and director of the Criminal Justice Clinic
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UCI celebrates Umoja Pilot Program’s Wiley George Wilson, Jr.
#UCIrvine tweets: “When Wiley George Wilson Jr. '22 transferred to UCI in 2019, he helped launch UCI's Umoja Pilot Program. Today, he is the UMOJA Pilot Program Coordinator/Student Adviser. “It takes a village to physically, mentally, and spiritually develop anyone."
#UCIconnected spotlights student, alumni, faculty and staff photos, essays, shoutouts, hobbies, artwork, unusual office decorations, activities and more. Send submissions via email or post on social media with the #UCIconnected hashtag.
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COVID-19 NOTIFICATION & HEALTH RESOURCES
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Upload your vaccine and booster records
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Daily COVID-19 Symptom check
By coming to campus each day, students and employees are attesting they are free of COVID-19 symptoms and are not COVID-19 positive. If you currently have symptoms of COVID-19 or recently tested positive, do not come to campus, or if you currently live on campus stay in your residence, and follow instructions for reporting your case or assessing symptoms on the UCI Forward page. Close contacts to a COVID-19 case are not required to stay home or quarantine, but should follow guidance for close contact instructions for masking and testing on the UCI Forward page.
Potential workplace exposure
UCI provides this notification of a potential workplace COVID-19 exposure. Employees and subcontractors who were in these locations on the dates listed may have been exposed to the coronavirus. You may be entitled to various benefits under applicable federal and state laws and University-specific policies and agreements. The full notification is available on the UCI Forward site. If you have been identified as a close contact to a COVID-19 case, the UCI Contact Tracing Program will contact you and provide additional direction.
UCI Forward – information on campus status and operational updates
UCI Health COVID-19 Updates – important information related to UCI Health
UCI Coronavirus Response Center – available at covid19@uci.edu or 949-824-9918
Contact Tracing and Vaccine Navigation Services – assistance with vaccines and vaccine uploads or to report a case, available at contacttracing@uci.edu or 949-824-2300
For questions specific to your personal health situation, please contact your doctor or healthcare provider.
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