March 18 - Chancellor’s March message; COVID symptom check update
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Match play: Mark Joseph Slader gets mobbed with congratulatory hugs this morning as he’s matched to UCI’s residency program in emergency medicine. Medical school students found out where they will spend their residencies, as Bren Events Center hosted Match Day 2022. The School of Medicine reports 46 percent of its graduates will remain in the UC health system, and half of those future physicians will continue as Anteaters. Photo by Steve Zylius
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
Updates to COVID daily symptom check for employees
Before accessing any UCI property, all employees must continue to check themselves for COVID-19 symptoms daily. However, effective Saturday and in alignment with UCI’s updated guidelines, the “no” response will be eliminated from the Working Well daily symptom check. Starting Monday, only employees who self-report symptoms need to click the “yes” link available in the daily symptom check email or mobile app. Those employees should then follow the instructions provided in the response email they will receive and not access UCI property or report for on-site work until they have been cleared to do so by the UCI Center for Occupational and Environmental Health or Contact Tracing and Vaccine Navigation Services. If you have questions or concerns, contact the UCI COVID Response Center at covid19@uci.edu or 949-824-9918, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
March message from Chancellor Howard Gillman
“It’s hard to believe that winter quarter is now over, but today is the last day of final exams,” writes Chancellor Howard Gillman. “Students are taking their well-earned spring break from the rigors of their coursework. Staff and faculty are looking forward to the slower tempo of the break as well, a brief respite before the final push of the academic year.” He goes on to spotlight a few highlights from “a very busy quarter for all at UCI.”
UCI-led study: Blind people remember verbal details better than sighted people
The findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Brain Research, indicate superior recall does not extend to nonverbal noise bursts like pings or beeps. This research has implications for designing more inclusive products that can better assist those with visual impairments.
UC NEWS AND GENERAL NEWS
UCI IN THE NEWS
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.
Nuclear Anxiety is Nothing New. Here’s How to Handle It
Discover, March 17
Cited: Roxane Cohen Silver, Distinguished Professor of psychological science, medicine and public health
Why It Took 233 Years to Get the First Black Female Supreme Court Nominee
Bloomberg, March 18
Cited: Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of law
CalOptima plans $100 million ‘modernization’ to speed approval of treatments, claims
The Orange County Register, March 18
Cited: Margarethe Wiersema, Dean’s Professor of strategic management
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