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Anteater Time Machine: Engineering students take part in a wacky vehicle competition that predates the classic campus chase scene in Mel Brooks’ 1976 film, “Silent Movie.” Scroll down to see more competitors from the engineering event.
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Two professors receive Guggenheim fellowships
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Wang Feng, a professor of sociology (above, left) and Gene Tsudik, a Distinguished Professor of computer science (right), and have been named 2024 Guggenheim fellows. They are among 188 American and Canadian scholars in the social sciences and humanities who were selected from over 3,000 applicants. Since its establishment in 1925, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has granted over $400 million in Fellowships to over 19,000 individuals, among whom are more than 125 Nobel laureates, members of all the national academies, winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Fields Medal, Turing Award, Bancroft Prize, National Book Award, and other internationally recognized honors.
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Sustainability achievements and tips from UCI
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Scientist helps link climate change to Madagascar’s megadrought
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A research team led by Angela Rigden, an assistant professor of Earth system science, has found a link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar. The discovery originates in a multi-year satellite record of vegetation greenness which shows shifts in southern Madagascar that indicate changes in water availability. The team then compared the shift in the rainy season window to what some climate models report would happen in the absence of human-driven climate change, and that is when they noticed the hallmark evidence of a shortened rainy season.
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Study shows benefit of surgery by colorectal specialists
UCI Health clinicians have found that two common types of colon surgery ― colectomies and proctectomies ― have better outcomes when performed by colorectal surgery specialists compared with general surgeons. The study’s authors conclude that surgeon specialty is an important factor in clinical outcomes due to the additional training such surgeons receive and their experience in managing complex conditions.
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UCI professors join California colleagues for writer’s retreat
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For the past three days, around 20 faculty representing the University of California and California State University campuses have been crafting grant proposals for advanced research on topics spanning the social and behavioral sciences. The second annual writing retreat is hosted at a conference center near Lake Arrowhead by the California Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Social Science Advancement. Co-led by Holly Hapke, UCI social sciences director of research development, the National Science Foundation-funded program also features workshops and presentations by anthropologist Bill Maurer, dean of the School of Social Sciences, and Chancellor’s Professor emeritus Daniel Stokols.
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George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Saturday, 8 p.m. (sponsored by Irvine Barclay Theatre)
National Theatre Live Screening: GOOD With David Tennant
Sunday, 3 p.m. (sponsored by Irvine Barclay Theatre)
For more events, visit UCI Today.
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More entrants from the vehicle competition mentioned at the top of today’s UCI Digest. Notice how tires were used to protect the light poles from errant vehicles.
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National Geographic, April 10
Cited: Dr. Bryan Shapiro, UCI Health psychiatrist
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Inside Higher Ed, April 11
Cited: UC Irvine’s Metrics and Analytics Promoting Student Success program
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Reuters, April 11
Cited: Charis E. Kubrin, professor of criminology, law and society
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