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This is the final UCI Digest for 2024. The Digest team wishes you a Happy New Year, and we’ll see you again in January. |
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Top 10 holiday appetizers and bring-along dishes |
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The hectic seasonal calendar can make it especially challenging to stick with healthful habits and nutritional goals, especially when we’re cooking for others. "Planning ahead helps us feel more in control,” says Katie Rankell, a registered dietitian and program director of the UCI Health Weight Management Program. “It may also help reduce the holiday stress many of us feel at this time of year, which can trigger overeating." Rankell’s most popular appetizers, side dishes and desserts are sure to please a hungry holiday crowd. |
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Workplace violence prevention program update |
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The Workplace Violence Prevention Program continues to advance efforts to ensure a safer and more secure campus environment. They’re pleased to announce that Parker Dunwoody joined UC Irvine as the WVPP manager for the campus. He is a certified threat manager with over 20 years of higher education law enforcement experience. In his role, Dunwoody will oversee policy development, incident tracking, training and risk mitigation efforts to ensure compliance with workplace safety regulations. |
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What's causing that itch? |
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The urge to scratch can have many possible causes. The annoying sensation can be so severe for some that it has caused insomnia, mood disorders, suicidal thoughts and affected personal relationships. UCI Health dermatologist Dr. Linda Doan talks about what can trigger itching and when to see a doctor. |
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UCI’s Future Leaders Initiative students draw inspiration from business executives |
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The Future Leaders Initiative, a pioneering program from UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business, provides high school and first-year community college students with a weeklong immersion in the county’s dynamic business community. “We introduce students to the local business sector, enabling direct connections with executives and entrepreneurs who mostly come from STEM-related fields,” said Kevin Bradford, a marketing professor. |
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Whether your reading nook happens to be by a fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate or in a busy airport navigating hectic holiday travel, UC authors have you covered this year, with award-winning books spanning literary fiction, memoir, fantasy, nonfiction and poetry alike. Three UC Irvine MFA graduates are featured: Danzy Senna’s, Colored Television explores gender, race and identity in America; The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin is a memoir of recovery and redemption; and Jill Ciment authored Consent, a memoir with a twist. |
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Theater of community January and February, various dates and times (sponsored by Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Office of Inclusive Excellence and UC Irvine Illuminations) |
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Student athlete Déja Lee is a star on the women’s basketball team (she’s the reigning Big West player of the year) and an aspiring neurosurgeon. Lee took her passion for neuroscience to a new level by participating in the Irvine Summer Institute in Neuroscience at the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. Lee embarked on a research project exploring how early life experiences shape resilience. Using data from the adolescent brain cognitive development study, she focused specifically on young Black girls, analyzing how factors such as adversity influence their brain development and mental health outcomes. |
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UC Irvine's resident “Tomb Raider” expert |
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Anthropologist and archaeologist Christopher Lowman at the 28th “Tomb Raider” annual convention. The event celebrated 28 years since the release of the first video game in 1996. Drawing from his anthropological expertise, Lowman was the convention's "real-life" archaeologist, and his talk covered what the game got right (and wrong) about archaeology, as well as some of the real artifacts and sites that inspired elements of the video games. |
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#UCIconnected spotlights interesting updates from the UC Irvine community. #IamUCI spotlights profiles of students, faculty, staff and alumni. Send submissions via email or post on social media with the #UCIconnected or #IamUCI hashtags. |
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Reader’s Digest, Dec. 18 Cited: Bernadette Boden-Albala, founding dean of the Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health |
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Knowable Magazine, Dec. 17 Cited: Joshua Grill, director of the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders |
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Popular Science (Undark), Dec. 18 Cited: William C. Thompson, professor emeritus of criminology, law, and society |
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