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Dilawar Syed (center), special representative for commercial and business affairs for the U.S. Department of State, speaks at the Business Innovation & Growth Fireside Chat with Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan (right) and Rodrigo Mahs, assistant dean of the Paul Merage School of Business. (Photo: Sandy Lee/UCI)
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UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
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Study shows importance of patient-reported outcomes in diabetes management
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A successful pharmacist-involved collaborative care model for managing diabetes must include patient-reported, as well as clinical, outcomes, according to a recent study by Joyce Yu-Chia Lee, a clinical professor in the School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. Along with researchers from the National University of Singapore, Yu-Chia Lee reviewed studies from around the world, including the U.S., Singapore, Brazil, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Hong Kong. The team’s study, published online in Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, found that the most successful collaborative care models incorporated clinical pharmacists, patient-reported outcomes and expanded pharmacist privilege practices.
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UCI student’s invention helps reduce pesticide use
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Dylan Riffle is a computer science major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and chief operating officer for Bioverse Labs. Riffle has patented several inventions, including the Bioverse One Sensor (pictured above), which traps insects, takes a photo and then uses machine learning to speciate the insect. The company’s Environmental and Crop Monitoring System can then deliver the population data captured by those sensors to farmers so they know exactly where and when to spray pesticides on their fields, enabling farmers to reduce pesticide use by up to 40%. In this interview, Riffle talks about his various projects, rooted in his interest in exploring the intersections of computer science, biology and agriculture.
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Reflecting on Earth 2023: UCI’s EcoGovLab
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UCI’s EcoGovLab was founded in 2022 to coordinate a growing array of projects and collaborations supporting next generation environmental governance. A key goal is to bring social science perspectives into interdisciplinary environmental research and education in the hopes of helping devise more effective public policy. EcoGovLab members (pictured above) recently traveled to the Salton Sea region to meet and learn from diverse environmental justice activists in the region.
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Sustainability achievements and tips from UCI
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Green Tip: Water by hand if you have a small garden area. Manually watering with a hose typically uses 33% less water than an automatic irrigation system. For more tips on going green, check out the Green Living Guide.
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UC’s natural reserves are one of California’s best-kept secrets
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UC Natural Reserve system executive director Steve Monfort, right, visits one of California’s natural treasures, Yosemite, with Breezy Jackson, director of the UC Merced-managed Yosemite Field Station in the UC Natural Reserve System.
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For environmental researchers, it’s impossible to overstate the value of accessing an array of intact ecosystems that represent California’s diverse flora and fauna; areas free from urban pressures, where faculty, students and researchers work together to understand and protect the state’s precious natural heritage. That was the dream of pioneering University of California scientists in the mid-20th century who worked alongside the UC Regents to create the UC Natural Reserve System. Steve Monfort, executive director of the UC Natural Reserve System, shares why biodiversity is the key to our future and how UC’s reserves are its best-kept secret.
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How to Build a Winning Pitch Deck
Tuesday, 5 p.m. (sponsored by Merage School of Business)
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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UCI Comprehensive Wellbeing Initiative Town Hall
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On Sept. 1, 2021, UCI was one of the first eight campuses in the U.S. to adopt the Okanagan Charter as a guiding and aspirational document to become a globally recognized Health Promoting University. Since then, a multidisciplinary leadership team has been working on infrastructure and strategy to move the initiative forward under the name Comprehensive Wellbeing Initiative. On April 19, UCI’s Comprehensive Wellbeing Initiative Town Hall fully introduced the initiative to the campus and shared what it’s all about. Participating were (left to right in photo courtesy of Doug Everhart) Roxane Cohen Silver, James Bullock, Jun Wu, Rodrigo Lazo, Marcelle Hayashida, Doug Everhart, Matthew Deines, Carrie Metzgar, Tom Andriola, Michael Yassa.
#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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ABC News, April 20
Cited: Isabella Velicogna, professor of Earth system science
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Women’s Wear Daily, April 19
Cited: alumna Aditi Mayer
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Wired, April 21
Cited: Hussein Omoumi, professor of ethnomusicology
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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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