July 14 - Anteater Olympians, combating Zoom fatigue
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Fifteen Anteaters are headed to the Summer Olympic Games. Scroll down for story.
CAMPUS UPDATES
UCI moves to reduce Zoom fatigue
Aiming to give people a breather between back-to-back meetings, UCI has adjusted the default settings for Outlook-scheduled gatherings to be five minutes shorter for meetings of 30 minutes or less, and 10 minutes shorter for sessions that run at least 60 minutes. Here’s an example of the new options for scheduling a meeting:
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
Olympics-bound Anteaters
Fifteen people with UCI ties are set to compete or coach in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (postponed from last year) in Tokyo. The Anteater contingent will represent four countries (United States, France, Croatia, South Africa) in eight sports (badminton, men’s indoor volleyball, women’s indoor and beach volleyball, cycling, men’s swimming, men’s and women’s water polo). And here are some Anteater Olympic fun facts.
UCI team gets $1M to study memory, learning
A multidisciplinary team of professors received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for research on learning and memory formation.
UC NEWS AND GENERAL NEWS
O.C. cases, hospitalizations rise
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 had hovered in the low- to mid-50s for weeks, but started climbing in late June and stood at 119 on Tuesday, including 25 patients in intensive care. Most were unvaccinated.
99.995% of kids infected with COVID survive, studies say
Children have an extremely slim risk of dying from COVID-19, according to some of the most comprehensive studies to date. And no child with a stand-alone diagnosis of asthma, diabetes, epilepsy or Down syndrome died from COVID-19, researchers said. New York magazine adds more context to the encouraging numbers.
EVENTS
Historicizing the Black Panther Party in Oakland (co-sponsored by UCI Humanities Center)
Thursday, noon
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.
UCI IN THE NEWS
After San Francisco shoplifting video goes viral, officials argue thefts aren't rampant
NBC News - July 14
Cited: Charis Kubrin, professor of criminology, law and society
Brain Games
This Is Your Brain with Dr. Phil Stieg - July 2 (podcast)
Guest: Susanne Jaeggi, professor of education and director of the Working Memory and Plasticity Lab
Five Ways Early Educators Can Make Math Fun, According to an Early Education Researcher
PBS SoCal - July 13
Cited: Andres Bustamante, assistant professor of education
#UCICONNECTED
Share your summer stories, photos
As the state and nation reopen, please let us know about any activities, trips or adventures you’d like to share. We’d especially welcome photos of Peter the Anteater plush toys in exotic or fun locales.
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COVID-19 NOTIFICATION AND RESOURCES
One new case on campus
An on-campus employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. For more information, visit the UCI COVID-19 dashboard.
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.