Back-to-school jitters
UC Irvine
May 14, 2020
UCI Health pediatrician Dan Cooper is helping determine how K-12 classroom instruction can safely resume.
In the News
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STAT
May 1, 2020
Priscilla Chan of The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and UCSF chancellor Sam Hawgood praise the efforts of the nearly 30,000 DACA recipients who are health care workers.
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Supreme Court lets DACA proponents cite recipients' work fighting coronavirus
USA Today
April 20, 2020
The high court agrees to consider a supplemental filing regarding the real-world consequences of the COVID-19 global health crisis and the life-sustaining role of nearly 30,000 DACA recipients on the front lines.
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Bend it like the Bay Area: Doctors see flatter curve after 2 weeks of social isolation
Politico
March 31, 2020
The number of critically ill patients on site has not surged, said Jahan Fahimi, medical director of the emergency department at UC San Francisco's Parnassus campus. “Something is working.”
Video
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Meet Wikipedia's resident paleoartist
This Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist moonlights as one of Wikipedia's most prolific illustrators.
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It's not you. Bad doors are everywhere.
Wondering why you never seem to open that door right? A UC San Diego professor finally explains.
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'Bending the curve' on climate change
Renowned atmospheric scientist V. Ramanathan of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains how the state of California and the UC system together can lead the charge through the Carbon Neutrality Initiative and ‘bend the curve’ in global warming.
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A 'parking lot pitch' to the Pope
Last year, UC San Diego’s V. ‘Ram’ Ramanathan had an audience with Pope Francis in the parking lot of the Vatican. Ramanathan, who serves on the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences panel, delivered what he calls a ‘parking lot pitch’ to the leader of the Catholic Church. Here, Ramanathan describes this moment and how it may have influenced the Pope’s subsequent position on the matter.
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UC Irvine physicists exploring use of Blu-ray disc lasers to kill COVID-19, other viruses
UC Irvine
May 20, 2020
Blu-ray back in style? Its low-cost technology could be employed in hand-held devices and ventilation systems.
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Prestigious academies elect 34 UC faculty as new members
UC Newsroom
May 14, 2020
The National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences add new UC members to their ranks.
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Professor’s documentary film about refugee family honored at Vienna International Festival
UC Merced
May 11, 2020
“Songs that Never End” is one of five finalists for best international documentary and can be viewed online through May 14.
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Press Releases
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UC President Napolitano statement on May revision to Gov. Newsom’s budget
May 14, 2020
The University of California recognizes the unprecedented challenges California is facing in the wake of COVID-19 and regrets that Gov. Newsom was put into a position to steeply reduce the University’s budget in response to the State’s dramatically diminished revenues. Regardless, UC stands with the governor and the legislature to help lift the State out of this economic crisis.
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April 2, 2020
University of California President Janet Napolitano and the 10 UC chancellors today (April 2) sent the following letter to the UC community.
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UC temporarily adjusts admissions requirements to help students, families in wake of COVID-19
April 1, 2020
The University of California acted last night (March 31) to implement temporary measures which relax undergraduate admissions requirements for students looking to enroll at UC for fall 2020 and future years as applicable. These measures will help mitigate some of the extraordinary challenges students and their families face in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 11, 2020
The University of California has been on the front lines in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, since the earliest indications of its emergence in China. From top-flight medical care to groundbreaking research, UC’s scientists and physicians across its 10 campuses and five academic medical centers are part of the global effort to treat, understand and ultimately defeat the virus.
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UC Riverside panel discussion and art exhibition spark conversation about prisons and art.