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Anteater Time Machine: Children attend Earth Day festivities at UCI in April 1981.
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UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
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Basic Needs Center reopens in new spot
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Above, guests explore the UCI Basic Needs Center’s new digs during an open house on Tuesday. The center’s new location is 800 W. Peltason Drive, at the base of the Health Sciences walking bridge. In addition to a food pantry, the center offers emergency housing, social worker consultations, financial wellness programs, diaper support and transportation assistance.
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Pushing for inclusivity in dance
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Ballet dancers in wheelchairs? Absolutely, says M.F.A. student Bradford Chin (pictured above, second from left), whose graduate research includes teaching and choreographing for disabled dancers. He’s also studying how disability and ableism affect all dancers, regardless of physical abilities. As part of his thesis, Chin will showcase a new piece at Dance Escape 2023 that features two disabled dancers.
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Recognizing dementia’s warning signs
Although memory loss is the most well-known symptom of dementia, Hayley B. Kristinsson, a neuropsychologist with UCI Health Memory Disorder Services, says other cognitive changes can also signal trouble ahead. The list includes language changes, such as struggling to find the right word or using the wrong word, difficulty judging distances and mood and personality alterations, including anxiety and depression.
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FSA claim deadline is April 15
Claims for 2022 Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account expenses must be filed by this Saturday. A UCnet article lays out the details.
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Kei Agaki and Friends concert
Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts)
Art and Abolition: The Road to Imagining and Building the World We Need
Monday, 10:30 a.m. (co-sponsored by BTI Poetic Justice Initiative, Illuminations, School of Social Ecology)
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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From left, Brandon Jew, Brian Thompson and Lynnette Khalfani-Cox.
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Brandon Jew '01, biology, is the executive chef and owner of Mister Jiu’s, a Michelin-star restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown. He also authored a cookbook and opened a takeout Chinese restaurant, Mamahuhu.
Brian Thompson, M.F.A. '84, acting, is a character actor with dozens of movie and TV credits, including roles as a “Star Trek” Klingon, a Scandinavian wrestler, an Oregon logger and Hercules.
Lynnette (Darrell) Khalfani-Cox '91, English, is a personal finance consultant, author, TV personality and co-founder of TheMoneyCoach.net, a financial education company.
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Saturday event to feature UCI booth
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Guided hikes, a compost demonstration and a UCI booth distributing free succulents will be among the attractions this Saturday at a City of Irvine Earth Day celebration at Quail Hill Community Center, 39 Shady Canyon Drive.
#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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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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Parade, April 12
Dele Ogunseitan, professor of population health and disease prevention
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KCBS Radio, April 12
Guest: Dylan Roby, associate professor of health, society & behavior
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Voice of OC, April 13
Cited: Brett Sanders, professor of civil and environmental engineering
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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
Contact Tracing and Vaccine Navigation Services – assistance with COVID questions including vaccines and vaccine uploads or to report a case, available at contacttracing@uci.edu or 949-824-2300
Employee Experience Center – employee information on COVID benefits
For questions specific to your personal health situation, please contact your doctor or healthcare provider.
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